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OAKVILLE, Ontario – Dustin Johnson is accustomed to cheering and singing "Let's Go DJ!" But I serenaded myself with "O Canada"?
"I've heard him many times, they were singing" O Canada, "Johnson laughed Sunday after winning the RBC Canadian Open. "Thanks to the support I received when I came here, everything went well, everyone was great and I really felt like I was a Canadian Honored. "
Johnson has a famous connection to the father of Paulina's fiancée, great hockey player Wayne Gretzky of Brantford. Some fans were wearing Edmonton Oilers jerseys and shouts of "Wayne!" "99!" and "Paulina!"
"It was awesome all week, I had a lot of support, a lot of fans followed me," Johnson said. "With my ties to Paulina and his father, Wayne Gretzky, it helps me a lot, I have a lot of fans shooting for Wayne, they shoot for me."
. Johnson, who got a contract of endorsement with the title sponsor RBC, gave them a lot of encouragement, winning his third win of the season and 19th on the PGA Tour
Tied for the third round with Kevin Tway, Byeong Hun An and Whee Kim, Johnson shot a 6 under 66 for a three-shot victory over Kim and An. Johnson finished at 26-265, winning at Glen Abbey after finishing second in 2013 and 2016 – and a week after missing the British Open Cup.
"Even after the missed cut last week, I felt like I was hitting him very well," Johnson said. "I did not do very well at Carnoustie, I did not do a good job. I just scored very badly, but I felt like I was doing it. having hit the ball well enough to be under par after two days and I was 5 years old "
It was set up at Glen Abbey, the course designed by Jack Nicklaus that was to be refitted
"I needed to work on the putter, which I did" Johnson said. "Started rolling the putter a lot better here this week. Really, really hit the ball every four days."
Johnson also won at the Tournament of Champions in Kapalua in January and the FedEx St. Jude Clbadic in June in Memphis
Kim and An each shot 69 in the round interrupted by a lightning strike of nearly two hours
"Certainly was not my best day," said An. "I did not give myself a lot of chances of birdie."
Keegan Bradley had a 64 to finish fourth at 19 under. He shot 63 Friday, but he had 73 on Saturday.
"Yesterday's ride was a weird ride," Bradley said. "I did not play so bad, but I did not do very well."
Mackenzie Hughes was the top Canadian, shooting a tie for eighth at eighteenth.
Tway had a 76 to give up in a tie for the 17th to 13th under. He was trying to win his first PGA Tour title at the event where Father Bob Tway won the last of his tour titles 15 years ago.
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