He’s still nursing a back injury courtesy of a bizarre mishap during Masters week, but Dustin Johnson remains the bookies’ favourite for the US Open in June.
Some of the names on the first page of the Masters leaderboard are veteran ones – Sergio Garcia, Jordan Spieth, Rickie Fowler. But some other guys are getting their first taste of Sunday pressure at Augusta National.
As we approach the 2017 Masters, we put our new formula* to work to determine who are the best current players who haven’t hoisted a trophy at one of golf’s four biggest events.
Only one World Golf Championship had eluded Dustin Johnson to this point in his career, but he erased that omission in his CV with a 1-up victory over a gallant Jon Rahm to claim the WGC–Dell Technologies Match Play in Texas.
Gifted Spaniard Jon Rahm signed off on his first US PGA Tour victory in commanding fashion, holing a 60-foot eagle putt on the 72nd green to win the Farmers Insurance Open by three strokes.
Former amateur star Jon Rahm started his professional golf career with a share of the 36-hole lead in his first tournament at the Quicken Loans National.
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