But Johnson has converted only 2-of-6 54-hole leads into wins, none since the 2013 HSBC Championship.
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Johnson poured in a long putt for eagle on top of Casey to extend the lead back to three strokes and cruised home to the trophy and (more than likely) that Player of the Year award, which will be handed out after the Tour Championship in two weeks.
While competing at the men’s Olympic golf tournament, in which he finished tied for 37th, Fowler chose to add the Wyndham Championship to his schedule in an effort to make the U.S. Ryder Cup team on points.
“Afterward”, Johnson said, “I was like, man, I could have gave a good fist pump there”.
This performance will heighten the controversy about Paul Casey’s decision not to make himself available for the Ryder Cup.
“I’ve got a lot of confidence in every part of my game, especially all the work I’ve put in on my wedges, which has really paid off this year and this week a new putter that really worked”, said Johnson.
Jason Day: Day withdrew with a back injury halfway through his round on Sunday afternoon at Crooked Stick.
Roberto Castro finished third at 17 under after firing a five-under 67 in round four.
With his third win of the year, Johnson jumped to the top spot on the FedEx Cup points list as the top 30 players advance to the season finale Tour Championship in Atlanta in two weeks.
Even as everything seemed to go wrong, Johnson kept winning. “I think it means you had a good season and you played well again when it matters”.
Day was leading for the Vardon Trophy as the season low scorer but is now ineligible due to the withdrawal.
Dustin Johnson fired a final round of 67 at Crooked Stick to secure his 12th PGA Tour title, holding off Paul Casey who was runner-up for a second straight week. So you can look at that as unlucky or I didn’t hit a great shot. Didn’t play that well and had a few putts that I lipped out that I thought should have gone in.
“It was nice to make a good birdie on four. I just think, yeah, it’s something that’s really incredible to watch”. “(There were) still 15 more to go that I could birdie.
Big-driving Johnson, the 2010 BMW victor, went 15-under on the par-5 holes this week as he converted a 54-hole lead into a title for the third time in seven career opportunities.
The 30-player Tour Championship field will have significant Georgia and Georgia Tech connections. Had Holmes missed the final four-foot putt Fowler would have been in and Holmes would have been out.
Australian Adam Scott headlined a group tied for fourth at 12 under after shooting a one-under 71 in the final round.
2016 has been one of Johnson’s best years on the PGA tour, with the SC native winning the U.S. Open.
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Johnson answered his consecutive bogeys with a 20-foot birdie putt at the fourth, a seven-foot birdie putt at the par-5 fifth and four-foot birdie putts at seven and eight to reach 21-under, restoring his four-stroke lead over Casey.
