-Dustin Johnson won PGA St. Jude Classic
MEMPHIS - Dustin Johnson won the St. Jude Classic on Sunday in his second event back from injury that kept him sidelined for nearly three months.
Johnson began the final round two strokes of the leaders and took possession of the summit on three separate occasions, finally imposed by a stroke over John Merrick.
It is the sixth title of Johnson in his career, which was consolidated with consecutive birdies on No. 16 and 17, which led him to sign a 66 on Sunday and stay 9 under par in the championship with 271 total strokes.
Johnson aggravated his back in early March a jet ski lift at home and not return to the PGA Tour until last week's Memorial, where he finished tied for 19th.
For the win, Johnson got a check for over $ 1 million dollars and earned 500 points for the FedEx Cup race Merrick, who signed a 69 and finished with 272 total strokes, remained winless in 154 tournaments on the circuit.
Rory McIlroy, Chad Campbell and Nick O'Hern, three of the four players who had the chance to equate Johnson with a birdie at 18, sent their tee shots into the water.
Davis Love III, the U.S. captain in the Ryder Cup, signed a 69 and finished third, tied with O'Hern (69), Campbell (68) and Ryan Palmer (66) in 273.
McIlroy, who now is heading to The Olympic Club in San Francisco to defend his title at the U.S. Open, finished with 69 and tied with three other players on 274.
The officers of the tour ahead outputs more than three hours and sent players to the court in threes to avoid the storms predicted for Sunday afternoon. With so many players clustered in the TPC Southwind, the final round turned into a roller coaster with eight players coming to take the lead during the day.
Love, Merrick O'Hern and owned the lead after 54 holes, but I had company when they made their departure on Sunday morning.McIlroy, Kevin Stadler and achieved rapid Campbell birdies to join the group of players at 6 under par, and Johnson soon had seven were tied at the top with a birdie on the first hole itself.
McIlroy won a two-stroke lead after forming four birdies in the first 11 holes and looked set to win. But he finished the tournament with two bogeys and then with his first double bogey in two trips to Memphis on the 18th hole.
The definition took color when O'Hern made birdies at 15 and 17, leaving four players tied at 8 under par on the final holes.
Johnson recorded four birdies and a bogey in the round, the pointers meet at 8 under par when holed a 11-foot putt for birdie on the par-5 16. Then he climbed to the summit alone after leaving his second shot from 161 yards to 9 feet from the flag at 17 and holed his putt for birdie.
Then he found the fairway on the par 18 and ended enough to devote.
While Johnson waited in the clubohouse, O'Hern and Merrick had a chance to catch up, but first sent his drive into the water and the second could hardly close to par.
With the win, Johnson became the first player since Tiger Woods (1996-2000) who wins in each of his first five seasons on the circuit after leaving college.
Johnson is also the third player to win this event in his first appearance since the tournament moved to TPC Southwind in 1989.Adding to Lee Westwood (2010) and Dicky Pride (1994) and is the sixth player in the 54-year history of tournament wins in his first.
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