Dustin Johnson wins at Riviera, goes to No

“The guys out here are so good”, he said. Actually rarely they’re going to go your way.

The second round was completed almost 24 hours behind schedule, a result of Friday’s near washout as a major winter storm lashed southern California with torrential rain and strong winds.

His victory in Los Angeles on Sunday at the Genesis Open was his third since his defining success at Oakmont Country Club in June meeting the common understanding that 32 is a great age for a golfer.

Johnson’s flawless second round leaves him a shot ahead of fellow Americans Pat Perez and Cameron Tringale, who each birdied the 18th. On the 606-yard 17th hole in the second round, on a day when no one could get it back to the flag, Johnson went over the green.

Brandt Snedeker, Ryan Moore and Brooks Koepka were among the notable players to miss the even-par cut.

U.S. Open champion Dustin Johnson, who shot a five-under 66 on Thursday, was left cooling his heels in the clubhouse, yet to start the second round. Phil Mickelson is at 2-under 140.

Johnson won for the fourth time against some of golf’s strongest fields in the last eight months – the U.S. Open at Oakmont, a World Golf Championship at Firestone, a FedEx Cup playoff event at Crooked Stick and the best field so far this year at Riviera. Apropos of nothing but pertinent to everything in star-crazy southern California, his fiancee is Paulina Gretzky, daughter of hockey great Wayne Gretzky.

“To be No. 1 in the world you’ve got to play very well for a long period of time”.

He was fourth past year, second in 2015 and 2014. Now go win five tournaments and two majors.

Day, who shot rounds of 75 and 71 to finish tied for 64th at two-over, looked at the group of reporters waiting to talk to him after he signed his scorecard and said: “Let me guess”. I couldn’t have driven it any better.

PGA Tour executive Mark Russell said officials still hoped to complete 72 holes on Sunday, even though only two dozen players finished the second round on Friday. More rain is in the forecast for Saturday Morning with the diminishing precipitation expected before Sunday.

It was a truly eventful weekend on Tour, both in the States and Down Under.

Trigale equalled Saunders for low round of the tournament. Johnson was in cruise control all week at Riviera, shooting -17 under for the tournament and winning by five strokes. I knew I was going to hit a lot of bad shots…