So far in his 2021-22 campaign, Spieth ranks 180th in Strokes Gained: Putting.
It’s been a tough few weeks for Jordan Spieth on the greens. Actually, it’s been a tough season for the Texan with the flat stick. So far in his 2021-22 campaign, Spieth ranks 180th in Strokes Gained: Putting.
Not great.
That trend continued Saturday during the third round of the RBC Heritage. Spieth was working on a 4-under round, which was propelled by an eagle on the par-5 15th, as he quickly stepped toward a tap-in par putt to end his round 9 under for the tournament and just two shots off the lead heading into the final round.
Well, the tap-in didn’t go as planned. If you get uncomfortable with graphic content, look away now.
This isn’t the only time we’ve seen something like this from Spieth in recent weeks. Two weeks ago at the Valero Texas Open, he three-putted from two feet.
Fleetwood is still searching for his first win on the PGA Tour.
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. – When Tommy Fleetwood won the 2019 Netbank Golf Challenge in South Africa, he rose to 10th in the official world rankings and was considered by one and all to be among the game’s best players.
He hasn’t won since.
But the affable Englishman, 31, has yet to pull his long hair out of his head due to frustration. It’s not his nature. Instead, he has plodded along through the difficult times, trying to dig his past form out of the dirt.
“Like everybody else in the sport, in any sport, you’re trying so hard and you have such high expectations of yourself and you’re not getting those results, it’s difficult, and it’s frustrating,” Fleetwood said. “It’s just what it is. You have to get up every week and keep working hard and keep practicing.
“I said it a few times over the last year, standard’s getting higher and higher. So if you’re not playing well, you’re slipping. The gap gets bigger effectively. So you just have to keep up and play your game and trying to find what’s right for you and keep doing it.”
His third round Saturday in the RBC Heritage was more like the Fleetwood of old. He didn’t make a bogey in his 7-under 64 and raced up the leaderboard into a tie for second when the leaders were through six holes. Harbour Town Golf Links was vulnerable, with little wind and a tad softer conditions, or as Fleetwood said, “scoring would be different by a mile,” compared to Friday’s windy day.
While Fleetwood said he didn’t play “particularity great,” he caught a few breaks and capitalized on them to get into contention not only to win for the first time since 2019 but to win his first PGA Tour title; he has five wins on the DP World Tour.
“I never felt comfortable in my swing. Like I haven’t played well this week. But today was the day where I had nothing destructive in there,” said Fleetwood, who is now ranked 43rd in the world. “If I missed a shot, it was like a skanky one that would be in place somewhere and then I had a chance to go from there. I putted really, really well.
“It was just that I literally made zero mistakes, and then a few good shots where then I capitalized on it. It feels like I should be able to do that all the time.
“Unfortunately, that’s not the case.”
But he’s feeling more optimistic about his future.
“This year I feel like I’m on a much better track,” he said. “I don’t feel like I’m trying to find it every week. I was never playing that well, and then I always was trying to find the secret. I was never ready to play. I was always working on something on the range, thinking I need to hit it better, I need to hit it better. By the time it came to play, I was never ready.
“This year I feel I’ve got a much better mix of practice getting better, being ready to play, and actually I’m performing better at a more consistent level.
Cantlay dropped a silky left-to-right 21-foot putt on 18 to post a 67 and take a two-stroke lead.
The wind-swept oceanfront views of Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, often provide a backdrop that seems suitable for a Hollywood dream sequence. During the late portion of his second round at the RBC Heritage on Friday, World No. 6 Patrick Cantlay put that landscape to good use.
Cantlay made birdies on his final four holes, dropping a silky left-to-right 21-foot putt on 18 to post a 67 and take a two-stroke lead after the second round of the event.
After 36 holes, Cantlay sits at 9 under, two strokes ahead of Robert Streb and three ahead of a group that includes Joel Dahmen, Cameron Tringale, Erik van Rooyen, Aaron Wise, and first-round leader Cameron Young.
Cantlay, who has lagged ever-so-slightly in recent weeks after posting top-10 finishes in his first four events of the calendar year, was pleased to build momentum on a blustery day.
“Obviously, that’s a dream finish. I finally rolled in some putts, and that was really nice to see going into the weekend,” he said. “It was a tough day out there, and I figured any round under par or around even par would be a win for today. So finishing how I did puts me in a great spot for the weekend.”
Cantlay has plenty of work to do as the weather is expected to be an issue throughout the final two days of play. Winds that gusted in the 30-mph range might subside a bit, but the weekend forecast includes thunderstorms.
“I think we’ll get some more weather. It always tends to blow a little bit here,” Cantlay said. “I think just staying with my game plan and continue to leave the golf ball in the right spots, which is paramount around this place, I think is the key.”
While Cantlay had a stretch with four consecutive birdies, Dahmen nearly did the same, posting birdie four times in a five-hole stretch to briefly take the lead.
Joel Dahmen on the green during the second round of the RBC Heritage golf tournament. David Yeazell-USA TODAY Sports
Dahmen started on the back, but after making the turn made birdies on Nos. 1, 2, 4, and 5 to get a brief edge on the field.
The key to Dahmen’s round was his putter. On Friday, Dahmen holed over 117 feet of putts, or almost double the 65 feet he made in the first round.
He did give one back on the seventh hole but happily finished with a 67 on a day so windy he was forced to forego his signature bucket hat.
“When you get in the trees and the houses, actually you’ll feel completely different on the tee than where your ball’s at,” Dahmen said. “It’s really hard to actually just hit a golf shot when the wind is going one way and you’re standing the tee, and the ball is going to do something completely different up there. So that was really difficult for me.”
For Cantlay, who started strong at the Masters last week but fell back in the pack with a 79 in difficult conditions during the third round, the familiarity and framing at Harbour Town Golf Links is something he hopes to use to his advantage over the tournament’s final half.
Cantlay has a pair of third-place finishes at the event and has carded a number below 70 in eight of his dozen rounds at the tournament.
That could all set up for a dreamy finish.
“I think it frames up the shots you need to hit on each and every hole and you can’t just hit stock shots all day,” Cantlay said. “So I really like working the golf ball, flighting it in. Especially on days like today where you’re getting 20, 30 mile an hour crosswinds, you need to flight the ball down and really leave your ball in a good spot. If you do that around this golf course, you get rewarded.”
Everything you need to know for the third round of the 2022 RBC Heritage.
The PGA Tour is in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, for the RBC Heritage this week. Stewart Cink entered as the defending champion after opening last year’s event with consecutive 63s on Thursday and Friday.
The windy conditions caused havoc on Friday as not a single player was able to pull away from the pack — until late in the day. On the closing stretch, Patrick Cantlay made four straight birdies coming home to get to 9 under for the tournament and two past his closest competitor.
The Pete Dye-designed Harbour Town is playing as a par 71 measuring 7,191 yards this week.
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HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. – This Lowcountry region by the ocean, the famous lighthouse looming over the pristine land, offers the ideal locale for players to decompress after playing the Masters.
The links of Harbour Town, the southern hospitality, the laid-back nature, beaches, the cool breezes, top-scale restaurants, and ample opportunities to cast a line and float away the time on a boat makes many wanting to never leave.
Unfortunately, there comes the 36-hole cut.
And with the winds whipping cross Harbour Town, especially in Friday’s second round, it was not an easy walk around the tree-lined property. And after two rounds, some of the game’s biggest names, including Dustin Johnson, Rickie Fowler and Cameron Smith, will miss the weekend.
The cut came at even-par 142, with 71 players advancing to the third round.
Among those who made the cut on the number were past champions Graeme McDowell, Webb Simpson, Stewart Cink and Brian Gay.
World No. 6 Patrick Cantlay birdied his final four holes to take the lead at 9 under.
There’s no special treatment, no excuses, no throwing out a bad round. Every score mattered.
University of Georgia men’s golf coach Chris Haack has a pat answer ready when asked the same question again and again.
How to explain the tremendous success of his former Bulldogs on the PGA Tour:
“Great coaching,” he quips as a faux brag, but it is a valid response.
Since 2008, 11 of his former players have won a total of 44 titles on the PGA Tour, from two-time Masters champion Bubba Watson with 14 victories to Savannah native Brian Harman with three to the latest UGA alumnus to earn his first, Sepp Straka, on February 27 at the Honda Classic.
Straka is No. 17 in the FedExCup Standings for April 10, with Kevin Kisner (20th), Russell Henley (21st), Hudson Swafford (28th), and Keith Mitchell (30th) in the top 30. Other Bulldogs in the top 125 are Chris Kirk (63rd), Harman (72nd), Brendon Todd (92nd), and Greyson Sigg (118th).
“Around here, we don’t call it the PGA Tour. We call it the UGA Tour,” Haack said.
Again, the line’s been used before, but that doesn’t make it any less true.
The Masters’ field last week included Harman, Henley, Kisner, Straka, Swafford, and Watson, with Harris English invited but out following hip surgery in February.
The PGA Tour event this week, the RBC Heritage on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, includes Harman, Henley, Kirk, Kisner, Straka, Swafford, and Todd.
“I really can’t explain it,” Haack said, “other than the fact I feel we’ve put them in an environment that helps them to get better and understand how to get more comfortable on the golf course and handle pressure and all the psychology of the game that we try to influence on them a little bit.
“Somehow, it seems to work.”
This pipeline from UGA to the PGA — with former Bulldogs playing professionally on other tours such as the Korn Ferry — hasn’t always worked this well.
Haack became the Georgia coach in July 1996 and would be inducted into multiple halls of fame for an unmatched run in the program. There have been two national championships, eight Southeastern Conference crowns, and more than 60 team tournament titles.
The knock, and that’s a stretch, was that for all of its talent over the years, Georgia didn’t produce a commensurate number of PGA Tour players. Before the Haack era, UGA had produced five winners on the PGA Tour: Chip Beck (four victories), Terry Diehl (one), Bill Kratzert (four), Peter Persons (one), and Tim Simpson (four).
“That’s how other schools would negatively recruit against Georgia: ‘Georgia gets all of these great players and none of them end up on the PGA Tour,’ ” said Harman, 35, a 2009 UGA graduate. “I’m just so happy to be part of the generation that changed that. Now every time any of us come up on TV, that’s what comes up, all these Georgia golfers.”
Harman credits Haack for building and sustaining a program so strong, “it sort of recruits itself.”
Brian Harman chips on the second hole during the first round of the 2022 Masters Tournament. (Photo: Michael Madrid-USA TODAY Sports)
Having been around the sport a long time, Haack remembers when UGA had very good players who didn’t pursue professional golf, choosing other careers. Haack views it not as a failure but another era, when the tour wasn’t so lucrative and there was a different culture on college golf teams.
“When I brought guys in, I didn’t let them join fraternities. I made our golf program our fraternity,” Haack said. “I think that really changed a little bit of the culture of how we were going to look at things, how we were going to compete in the best tournaments. We just kind of changed the culture of expectations a little bit.”
Don’t expect Haack’s program to produce “cookie-cutter” golfers. It’s quite the opposite.
“They didn’t try to make us play a certain way,” said Spencer Ralston, 24, a 2021 UGA graduate now on the Korn Ferry Tour. “I think the greatest thing that they did when we were in school was they gave us the flexibility and everything to go out and play well.”
Ralston said the program has the resources, from the facilities to the tournament travel experiences, to allow the golfers to flourish, have fun and build confidence in their games.
Georgia’s Spencer Ralston, left, with men’s golf coach Chris Haack during the second round of the NCAA Championships at Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Arizona, on May 29, 2021.
A team captain for two years, Ralston enjoyed it so much that he played five years with the bonus year granted by the NCAA for COVID-19’s impact.
“Each year I think you can see I grew more and more as a person and became a better player,” Ralston said in an interview during the Club Car Championship at The Landings Club.
Every golfer is unique
Golfers are going to be different, Haack said, from their swings to their personalities.
“What it boils down to is what are your natural tendencies when the pressure’s the greatest?” Haack said. “When all the eyes are on you coming down to that 18th hole, you’re going to go and do whatever is natural or easiest or most comfortable.”
This is where Haack the golf coach and sports psychologist are one.
“We’re not a big cookie-cutter group where we’re all trying to do the exact same thing,” he said. “What we try to do is put them in a situation up here (in Athens) with the way that we qualify and the way that we get guys going to tournaments, so they get comfortable in their own skin of what works for them in those situations. We make them reinforce that over and over and over so that it just becomes part of their natural regimen.”
Haack referred to “the way that we qualify” for tournaments. It’s the game within the game that former UGA golfers said sets the program apart. The coach doesn’t pick the five golfers who will compete for UGA in a tournament. The golfers basically determine that.
The “best” golfers — the ones with the biggest names, most accolades, highest ranking, etc. — don’t represent the team unless they perform the best at the team qualifier leading up to a tournament. Just like in the pros.
The team has a qualifier of at least three rounds — simulating a tournament — usually at the UGA Golf Course, Athens Country Club, and Jennings Mill Country Club in Watkinsville. Sometimes it’s up to six rounds, depending on the time between tournaments.
They are still teammates and friends, but the competition is fierce as they play for the available spots. They also can secure a spot with a top-10 individual finish at the most recent college tournament, then still go through qualifying to “bank” a future spot.
Also, if the Bulldogs win a tournament as a team, Haack may stick with the same five to build chemistry as long as each contributed to the victory. If there was a weak link, there’s a spot open.
Everyone knows the drill from the start. Haack and associate head coach Jim Douglas are consistent, even if they cannot anticipate which golfers will get hot or which newcomers may break into the lineup.
“You did all the work at home,” Ralston said. “When you got to a tournament, you’re relaxed, you have fun, you go out and play to your potential.”
The golfers may be different types, but they shared “a similar mindset where we weren’t afraid of competition,” Harman said. “We wanted to challenge each other. We had a really good environment for making everyone better.”
Harman, a star at Savannah Christian as well as in junior golf on a national scale, recalled that when he arrived at UGA, he was the top-ranked amateur in the world at 18.
Haack told him to qualify for his first tournament as a Bulldog, and that never changed.
“There were no passes given,” Harman said. “It just builds grit and resiliency. As many times as I argued with Haacker, ‘Why are we qualifying? We know how the team’s going to be,’ we always had to figure it out and go shoot a score. That’s what the tour’s all about.”
There’s no special treatment, no excuses, no throwing out a bad round. Every score mattered.
“The hard qualifying sort of hardened us for that life,” of a professional, Harman said.
Haack said that in his 26 years at UGA, only three players had never missed a tournament: Harman, Henley, and Kisner.
The better golfer is the one with the lower score, and Haack likes to keep it “cut and dried.” He doesn’t protect golfers or play favorites.
“That’s what we play for; we play for scores,” he said. “It’s not about who hit it really good but didn’t make any putts. It’s about scoring. That’s the game.
“It’s not about who hits it far, who hits it straight, who’s got the best chipping stroke. It’s about the score. That’s what wins and loses money on the PGA Tour. We just ingrain that in them pretty early. That’s what it’s going to be like the rest of your life, so you might as well get used to competing every day.”
Georgia men’s golf coach Chris Haack, left, and golfer Joey Garber at the NCAA Championships on May 28, 2013 at Capital City Club’s Crabapple Course.
Tournament conditions
Joey Garber, 30, plays on the Korn Ferry Tour and was in Savannah for the Club Car Championship. The 2014 UGA graduate is often asked, including from his peers, about so many Bulldogs in the pros.
When he explains about the competition within the team, rather than the coach arbitrarily selecting the lineup, they understand.
“I think that’s pretty rare for a coach to put his butt on the line and do it that way,” Garber said. “I think a lot of coaches are more comfortable picking their lineup, putting their best players out there. But (Haack) has done a good job recruiting. He has a deep enough squad that he’s allowed to do that and trusts all of his players that qualify will play well. It definitely starts from there.
“It prepares you because nothing’s given to you in this game,” Garber continued. “When you turn pro, you’re on your own. I learned that a little bit the hard way. That’s the way he gets you ready to play on the PGA Tour, and I think that’s why you see success out of so many Georgia players.”
Korn Ferry Tour player and 2014 UGA graduate Joey Garber.
It’s not a perfect system. Garber was the No. 1 player in college golf when he failed to qualify for an event. There was room for other players to compete as individuals — on other teams this would usually be the sixth- or seventh-best player in the coach’s view. So Garber came along and won the whole thing. That didn’t help UGA’s score.
“I think our coach took a little bit of grief for that,” Garber said. “That’s just the nature of the beast. I didn’t have any qualms about it, nor would, I think, any of my teammates. That’s just the atmosphere and culture he creates. You want the best for everyone.”
Georgia men’s golf coach Chris Haack, left, with golfer Greyson Sigg on Sept. 5, 2015.
The UGA golf fraternity continues on the PGA Tour as they remain friends and socialize, particularly those among the many pros residing on St. Simons Island. Garber said he moved there in part because of the opportunity to sharpen his skills in practice rounds against fellow islanders who happen to be among the best players in the world.
Haack keeps up with how his former players are faring on the pro tours.
“I’m probably pulling harder for Greyson Sigg than anybody right now,” Haack said. “I want to see him win as much as he can possibly win — only because he’s marrying my daughter.
“Right now, I’m his biggest fan.”
Nathan Dominitz is the Sports Content Editor of the Savannah Morning News and savannahnow.com. Email him at ndominitz@savannahnow.com. Twitter: @NathanDominitz
“I definitely wanted to prove to myself that I could do it again.”
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. – Onward.
That’s Morgan Hoffmann’s mindset following his return to the PGA Tour this week in the RBC Heritage at Harbour Town Golf Links. Playing for the first time in 923 days, Hoffmann, who was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy in 2017, likely missed the cut with rounds of 71-72 but proved to himself he belonged.
“I feel solid. Excited to play again,” he said after his round. “I don’t know when that will be. I’m excited about the progress. I definitely wanted to prove to myself that I could do it again. I know that I can and just need to sharpen up.
“My short game was pretty bad. I actually came into the week with my short game feeling solid. I don’t know, caught some weird lies and just didn’t really hit my spots. Putting had a lot of lips out there, and my irons can improve a lot out there.
“I knew I had a chance at least to make the cut, but it happens.”
Playing on a medical exemption, Hoffmann has two more starts to secure playing privlidges for the rest of the season. He is hoping to play in the Wells Fargo Championship in three weeks. The tournament has relocated from Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, North Carolina, to TPC Potomac at Avenal Farm in Potomac, Maryland, as the Presidents Cup is being played at Quail Hollow in September.
“I really like that course,” he said. “I saw they did some changes. I want to play these three starts I have somewhat soon so I can continue playing the rest of the year and hopefully get my card for next year.
“If the Tour doesn’t have an opposite field event, I’d play probably a couple Korn Ferry events. Just depends on where my status is.”
Hoffmann, whose search for alternative treatments for his incurable disease took him around the world and led to his present home in the mountains and jungles of Costa Rica, will stay in Jupiter, Florida, while his home is being renovated.
He’ll continue to hone his game – especially his long game that he thinks he can cure with more repetitions – and look forward to raising more awareness that non-conventional treatments can help people in search of improving health. In 2017, Hoffmann and his wife, Chelsea, established the Morgan Hoffmann Foundation to help the fight against muscular dystrophy. The two’s goal is to build a wellness center in Costa Rica, tentatively called Nekawa, which is awaken backward.
“What surprised me the most (this week) was how pure this course was and just how pure PGA Tour events are and how awesome the camaraderie and welcoming back was,” he said. “The support was amazing. I felt very grateful.
“It was really special. I’m just happy to be back out.”
There were no signs of Hoffman’s battle against an incurable disease.
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. – If one didn’t know the fascinating tale of Morgan Hoffmann, he or she would have had no idea watching him play golf in Thursday’s first round of the RBC Heritage that he was diagnosed in 2017 with muscular dystrophy.
They would have seen no hints that the disease had savagely attacked the former muscle-bound, world No. 1 amateur’s body and sent him worldwide in search of alternative cures involving non-conventional and ancient treatments, a journey that led to his current residence in the jungles and mountains of Costa Rica, where he lives with his wife, three dogs, two cats and healthy doses of peace and purpose.
That some of the healing choices along the way included urine therapy, a diet of hundreds of grapes per day, potent hallucinogens – and plenty of meditation and surfing.
No, there were no signs of his daily battle against an incurable disease. Instead, they saw a happy, healthier Hoffmann fire an even-par 71 on Harbour Town Golf Links in his first action on the PGA Tour in 923 days.
Morgan Hoffmann plays his shot from the second tee during the first round of the 2022 RBC Heritage at Harbor Town Golf Links in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. (Photo: Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)
In his remarkable return, he had three birdies and three bogeys, at one time reaching 2 under. He’s still regaining more strength – he averaged 275 yards on the measured holes. He split the fairway on the first hole with his first shot and hit 80 percent of the fairways on the tight course he adores.
Ahead of his first round, he said he felt like a 12-year-old playing an AJGA event, that he just hoped to have fun and smile a lot. Mission accomplished.
“A lot of fun moments today,” he said. “I felt great. The first tee shot wasn’t as nerve-racking as I thought it would be. The game didn’t feel anywhere near as bad as I thought it was, so it was pretty exciting.
“I didn’t have really any goals of a score, I guess, per se, but I was just trying to hit it solid. I mean, 80 percent of (the shots) were decent enough. So I hit some balls on the range after, and I think I should have a good round tomorrow.”
Harold Varner III, who shot 67, played with Hoffmann and said he’s “still good at golf. It’s like riding a bike. Obviously it’s going to take a while to get the rust off, but it’s just good to see him.”
Hoffmann is playing on a medical exemption and has three starts to regain full playing status for the rest of the season. But right now he’s focused on Friday.
“I’m going to go kind of by the seat of my pants on this one, hoping that I play well. If I don’t get my card back in the three starts, hopefully get some sponsor’s exemptions for the rest of the year,” Hoffmann said. “If I don’t get sponsor’s exemptions, probably try to Monday (qualify) in a few.”
Hoffmann is eight shots behind pace-setting Cameron Young, who shot a bogey-free 63. Joaquin Niemann is at 65. Six players – Patrick Cantlay, Graeme McDowell, Shane Lowry, Sepp Straka, Miro Pereira and Corey Conners – are at 66. Conners punctuated his round with an ace on the seventh hole – a 7-iron from 187 yards. It was his fourth ace in the past three seasons, the most of any player.
As for Hoffman, he isn’t back just to play golf. He hopes to raise awareness that non-conventional treatments can help people in search of improving health, that there are many paths to getting better. In 2017, Hoffmann and his wife established the Morgan Hoffmann Foundation to help the fight against muscular dystrophy. Their goal is to build a wellness center in Costa Rica, tentatively called Nekawa, which is awaken spelled backward.
“It was pretty surreal today, a lot different than the lifestyle I’ve been living the last 2½ years, and having people cheer your name out there, it’s very special,” he said. “Having the support and the media and getting that kind of focus on what we’re trying to build, the natural health and wellness center in Costa Rica, it’s going to be great. I’m really excited about the outcome and the building process.”
He’s excited about his game, too. He loves how he’s putting but knows he needs to get longer – repetitions will help in that area.
“I love this game so much,” he said. “It’s so difficult. I had a great time out there. I think the game’s closer than I thought, and it’s exciting. I’m pumped.”
Everything you need to know for the second round of the 2022 RBC Heritage.
The PGA Tour is in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, for the RBC Heritage this week. Stewart Cink enters as the defending champion after opening last year’s event with consecutive 63s on Thursday and Friday.
Cameron Young, who missed the weekend at the Masters last week but stayed in Augusta to spend some quality time with his family, got off to a hot start with a bogey-free, 8-under 63.
Three shots behind him at 5 under is Shane Lowry, who played well at Augusta National in the year’s first major eventually tying for third.
The Pete Dye-designed Harbour Town is playing as a par 71 measuring 7,191 yards this week.
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Zach Johnson birdied his opening hole Thursday at the 2022 RBC Heritage and was even after 12 holes.
Zach Johnson birdied his opening hole Thursday at the 2022 RBC Heritage and was even after 12 holes.
But after the 15th hole, Johnson was done for the week, withdrawing from the tournament due to illness, according to the PGA Tour. He was 4 over at the time.
Johnson, who was named the captain for the U.S. team for the 2023 Ryder Cup seven weeks ago, came into Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, off a missed cut at the Masters Tournament. Johnson shot 74-75 at Augusta National Golf Club.
Johnson was playing with C.T. Pan and Davis Love III and was scheduled to do so again at 8:05 a.m. ET on Friday.
Johnson has made six cuts in 14 events this season. His best finish so far was a T-13 at the Valero Texas Open two weeks ago.
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