As if the leaderboard through 36 holes wasn’t good enough, Dustin Johnson decided he wanted to take control of the tournament, setting up what could be DJ vs Brooks Koepka duel.
Golf is fickle. Golf is cruel. Golf is unfair. Golf is hard. You’ve heard all the ways people describe this stupid game we love to hate. Brendon Todd, who has come back from the abyss multiple times in his career, knows them all better than anybody.
Because of the 13 cancelled events, plenty of big-name golfers who thought they had time to play their way into the top 125 are now sitting on the bubble.
On Thursday at Colonial, we’ll find out just how rusty Dustin Johnson is on the golf course post-quarantine. As for the press room, er, virtual press room, DJ is already back in mid-season form.Â
Dick Pound originally said organisers would wait until May before making a final call, but IOC president Thomas Bach and other organisers said preparations would continue as planned.
With the USGA and R&A having released the preliminary results of their Distance Insights Project – and concluding that something needs to be done to keep the cycle of distance increases from continuing – it seemed a worthwhile exercise to ask the players responsible for much of the handwringing what it is, exactly, they think needs to be done.
With three final pars, McDowell finished with an even-par 70 for the day, a 12-under 278 for the week and the satisfaction that he’s still got what it takes to win on the European Tour.