{"id":420582,"date":"2020-06-28T18:52:54","date_gmt":"2020-06-28T22:52:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/?p=420582"},"modified":"2025-04-23T16:38:00","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T16:38:00","slug":"dustin-johnson-travelers-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/dustin-johnson-travelers-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"Dustin Johnson Wins the Travelers Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dustin Johnson is a champion once again.<\/p>\n<p>For the first time in his career, Johnson wins the Travelers Championship, after shooting a final-round three-under 67.<\/p>\n<p>With the win Sunday, it is Johnson\u2019s 21<sup>st<\/sup> career PGA Tour victory.<\/p>\n<p>And the first time since the 2019 WGC Mexico Championship that the former World No. 1 is back in the winner\u2019s circle.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Birdie-birdie-birdie. \ud83d\udd25<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DJohnsonPGA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@DJohnsonPGA<\/a> is on fire.<\/p>\n<p>Leader by 2 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TravelersChamp?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@TravelersChamp<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hQIeeUjcxC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/hQIeeUjcxC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PGATOUR\/status\/1277334780376502274?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 28, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Dustin Johnson Wins 2020 Travelers Championship<\/h2>\n<p>&#8220;I was putting very nicely this week,&#8221; Johnson said to CBS&#8217; Amanda Balionis after his final round. &#8220;Today, I was hitting the ball really well but I wasn&#8217;t driving in the fairway. I figured out a way to get it done.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Johnson started Sunday two strokes back of 54-hole leader Brendon Todd. After birdies on holes four and five, Johnson shot up the leaderboard to move into a tie for the lead with Todd.<\/p>\n<p>But a wayward tee shot on the par-4 7<sup>th<\/sup> ultimately cost Johnson, who bogeyed the hole after missing a 10-foot par putt.<\/p>\n<p>The World No. 6 wasn\u2019t too concerned with the dropped shot. He responded with three straight birdies, which included holing his putt off the green on the 10<sup>th<\/sup>. After a bogey on the par-5 13th, Johnson secured a bounce-back birdie on the 14th to extend his lead.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">A wild par for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DJohnsonPGA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@DJohnsonPGA<\/a>. \ud83d\ude32<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;ll hold a 2-shot lead with 3 to play when play resumes.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/QuickHits?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#QuickHits<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/g65tTBgHuf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/g65tTBgHuf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PGATOUR\/status\/1277353708314116096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 28, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>With his tee shot on the 13th barely going out of bounds, the golf gods were with Johnson on the 15th hole, as his tee shot stayed on the bank and didn&#8217;t bounce into the water. He ended up making par on the 15th.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson\u2019s ability to respond after his bogeys, coupled with Todd\u2019s triple-bogey at the 12<sup>th<\/sup>, paved the way to victory for the Colombia, S.C. native.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was a long time between wins,&#8221; Johnson said. &#8220;Hopefully, it won&#8217;t be long until the next one.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Johnson\u2019s 21<sup>st<\/sup> career PGA Tour win matches Tiger Woods\u2019 number of victories since 2008. It is also the 13th consecutive season Johnson has won on the PGA Tour.<\/p>\n<p>In a week where Johnson shot his career-low round of 61 on Saturday, it was fitting that it ended with another PGA Tour victory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dustin Johnson is a champion once again. For the first time in his career, Johnson wins the Travelers Championship, after shooting a final-round three-under 67. With the win Sunday, it is Johnson\u2019s 21st career PGA Tour victory. 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