LOS ANGELES (AP)--Dustin Johnson tshuav tus Genesis qhib rau lub twilight hnub Saturday realizing nws yuav tau me ntsis li 24 teev kom deb ntawm cov xeeb No. 1 nyob hauv lub ntiaj teb.
Nws wasnand #39; t qhov tsawg ntsis txhawj, mas vim nws tseem muaj 36 qhov pem hauv ntej.
Thiab txhua yam uas yeej mattered rau Johnson winning yog thaum Riviera, kawm kom nws hlub uas ua tau ib yam dabtsi los tab sis nws sim 5 xyoo tag los.
Johnson tau nws yooj yim heev rau hnub Saturday xuj thiab kom muddied dog dig. Nws tsuas muaj mus ua si qhov 18 ntawm ob round, txiav peb birdies lawm nws qhov nab rau lwm 5-tsis tau muaj 66 ua kem nws ib one-shot taug txhuas nyob tog cheej nyob ntawm txoj kev sib tw nag-plagued.
andquot; kuv xav yeej no kev sib tw, andquot; Johnson hais. andquot; Hais tias kuv tau txais No. 1 los tsis doesnand #39; t rau kuv nyob all.andquot;
Cov kev sib tw poob ib teev twg rau huab Thursday, ces xya teev thaum nag thiab cua tuaj tau rau yav qab teb California rau hnub Friday, thiab ob tug ntau teev sawv ntxov hnub Saturday mus kawm kom ntxuav kev ua si.
Jordan Spieth ntaus nws txhaj tshuaj thawj zaug thaum sawv ntxov txog 9 thiab nws kawg txhaj thaum 5:40 tsaus ntuj Thatand #39; s nraud 10 txhaj tshuaj rau cov hnub — ob pars mus kaw tawm nws ob kab tom 68, thiab ob tug txhaj tshuaj nyob rau hauv lub qhov qhib par-5 rov rau peb muab.
Johnson tau 10-132 qis thiab muaj taug txhuas nyob Pat Perez, leej twg birdied nws qhov kawg ob rau ib 66, one-shot thiab Cameron Tringale, uas nws cov npoo ntawm tej 82 ya mus ncaj nraim rau hauv lub khob ntawm No. 18 xyoo rau lub birdie thiab muaj 64.
Jhonattan Vegas tas nws ob round zoo ua ntej yuav su noj nrog pars plaub rau ib 68. Nws yog cov pab pawg neeg ntawm 7-tsis tau muaj 135 nrog Patrick Rodgers (67) thiab ncig xyuas PGA rookie J.T. Poston (69).
Sam Saunders, uas qhib rau lub 7-nyoog 64 hnub Thursday thiab didnand #39; t ua si txhua hnub Friday, dawm mus ib 77. Nws nyob rau ntawm kab muab txiav thiab muaj kev phom sij ntawm qhov cov thawj neeg uas ua ntawv hauv plaub lub xyoos ntawm txoj hau kev rau thawj kab muaj qhov ntuag kom txog rau thaum lub birdie ntev rau tus 17th mus. Saunders muaj cuaj tsav txhaj tshuaj.
Lub PGA ncig saib tau ib tawg loj thaum 71 players ntuag, nws ua tau kom tiav 72 qhov yog hnub xya. Qhov thib peb muab pib hnub Saturday tav su, tab sis yog tus kawg ntawm ob pawg twg tsis tee rho tawm hauj lwm vim qhov tsaus ua thiab yuav fim 36 qhov hnub kawg. Huab cua muaj sib koom txaus tias players lawm yuav nyom, ntxuav thiab muab lawv cov khoom golf nyom tsis ntev.
Johnson tug hauv cov tswj nws tej kev ua si thiab tsom xam cov yuav nkag mus ib marathon Sunday. Ua si yog muab resume thaum 6:50 a.m.
Nws hais dhau lub xyoo no tias Riviera yog txoj kev sib tw ib nws xav yeej sab nraum lub majors vim nws hlub cov hom kawm thiab ntau npaum li cas nws hlub nws, txawm tias nws tau muab nws tsis muaj ib yam tab sis heartache. Nws tau muab sij hawm rau yeej plaub zaug hauv tsib xyoos tas los no.
Tam sim no, ib tug yeej yuav tau txaus nws txav los No. 1 nyob hauv lub ntiaj teb. Johnson yuav muaj yeej ntawm Genesis qhib thiab muaj ntiaj teb No. 1 Jason Day tas tawm hauv peb sab saum toj mus rau No. 1 thawj zaug.
andquot; kuv donand #39; t txhawj txog ntawd, andquot; Johnson hais. andquot; kuv xav rau kuv tus kheej nyob rau txoj hauj lwm los yeej muaj qhov kev sib tw golf. Thatand #39; s yeej txhua yam kuv tu txog yog dab tsi uas yuav siv tau nws ua li no. Tas cov khoom, lub ntsiab lus thiab lub ntiaj teb golf rankings, tau, kuv xav kom muaj tiam sis Iand #39; m tsis txhawj xeeb txog it.andquot;
Hnub twg muaj 70 lwm yog yim txhaj tshuaj qab thiab tied rau 40th.
Spieth, los tua lub yeej ua rau puam xuab zeb, tswj nws 19th sib law liag round hauv par rau lub PGA ncig xyuas nrog ib 68 tab sis nws muaj li nws nws tsoo nws me ntsis thiab nkhaus feem ntau lub as thiv ntawd. Nws yog ntawm 5 hauv qab thiab nyob rau hauv ib khi rau 11th.
Perez tau los ib bogey ntawm cov par-5 thib cuaj thaum nws drove tshuav ntawm lub 10 ntsuab thiab ntaus seb nws xav tau zoo kom txhaj tshuaj li nws txawb uas khiav mus rau qhov ntsuab rau koob. Nws cia dov rau ib bunker, tab sis yog tus nifty uas tua los ntawm cov xuab zeb mus ko taw 3 rau par ntaus nws.
andquot; Lwm birdie, andquot; Nws hais tias nws pog ntsuab, them nyiaj homage rau qhov 313-vaj uas bedevils nws.
Nws ua hauj lwm zoo tshaj rau tus kawg ntawm txoj kab, rua nws chipping nyob rau ntawm birdie los ntawm kev nqus nchav rau tus 17th thiab txuj lom nws mus kom ze rau 8 taw rau birdie ntawm cov 18th. Perez twb lawm ib xa ntawm lub xub pwg muab hlais tawm lawm, zoo kawg li rau nws peb kev sib tw nyob Mexico winning. Tam sim no heand #39; s taws rov qab mus Mexico hauv ob lub lis piam rau lub ntiaj teb Golf Championship, thiab ib hnub xya uas loj cia nws npe cia lwm WGC ntawm tus Dell Match ua si.
Perez hais tias nws lub xub pwg mob pib rov hauv Phoenix, tiam sis nws muaj zog nws viav expects tsis muaj teeb meem dua li 36 qhov hnub xya.
Tringale khiav tawm birdies peb ncaj nraim rau pem hauv ntej cuaj thiab didnand #39; t tee txhaj tshuaj, txuag cov nws zoo dua no rau nws kawg txhaj koob tshuaj tivthaiv. Tom qab kev tsheb sai rau tsob ntoo eucalyptus ntawm 18 xyoo thiab tuaj txog luv, nws holed rau ib 3 mus rau cov pab pawg neeg kawg.
andquot; Hnov nws ntaus tus chij thiab ces thaum tib neeg pib yuav vwm, figured nws tau ncaim nws, andquot; Nws hais. andquot; yog ib kev lom zem rau end.andquot;
Tam sim no, cov kev sib tw yim li ho itand #39; s nyuam qhuav mus pib.