The American Dustin Johnson delivered this Friday a card of 63 shots, nine under par, to take command of the LIV Invitational in Chicago with three shots ahead of the Australian Cameron Smith.
Dustin Johnson, results
At Rich Harvest Farms, about 80 kilometers from Chicago, Dustin Johnson sealed nine ‘birdies’, without ‘bogeys’ to take advantage in the first of the three days of competition planned by LIV, the new golf league financed by the Saudi Arabian government that, based on millionaire prizes, is rivaling the PGA Tour.
British Open champion Cameron Smith made no mistakes either and his six birdies allowed him to contain Johnson’s big day. Matthew Wolff was placed in third position, with 65 hits, who made up for a bogey with four birdies and an eagle.
Brooks Koepka, double champion of the US Open and the PGA Championship, finished the first round in 70 shots, two under par, as did Phil Mickelson, who paid a triple bogey on the fifth hole. The Mexican Carlos Ortiz was the best Hispanic player with two under par, with the Chilean Joaquín Niemann who delivered a card of 71 strokes (one under par), while the also Mexican Abraham Ancer finished with one over par.
Eugenio López Chacarra was the best Spaniard with one under par, while Sergio García signed the pair. Also Spanish David Puig finished the first round with one over par. The Chicago tournament runs until next Sunday.
Dustin Hunter Johnson (Columbia, South Carolina, June 22, 1984) is an American golfer who has competed on the PGA Tour since 2008, where he has won a total of 24 wins and 106 top 10s. He currently plays in the Saudi league LIV Tour.1 In major tournaments, Johnson has been the winner of the 2016 US Open and the 2020 Augusta Masters; He also finished second in the 2011 British Open and in the 2019 and 2020 PGA Championships.
His victories also include the 2010 and 2016 BMW Championship, the 2011, 2017 and 2020 The Northern Trust, the WGC-HSBC Champions in 2013, the WGC-Cadillac Championship in 2015, 2017 and 2019, the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational in 2016, the WGC Match Play in 2017 and the Tour Championship in 2020.
He has also played in the Ryder Cup since 2010 and the Cup of Presidents in 2011 for the US team. Johnson was named the 2016 PGA of America and PGA Tour Player of the Year. He has spent more than 250 weeks in the top 10 of the World Golf Rankings, spending 81 weeks as the No.
1 from February 2017 to October 2018. Since 2012 he has been in a relationship with the singer and model Paulina Gretzky, with whom he has two children.
