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OAKVILLE, ONTARIO (REUTERS) – Dustin Johnson, world number one, escaped from the pack with birdies at his first two holes and remained on the outside to win the Canadian Open. and his third PGA title. the season of Sunday, July 29th.
After finishing second twice, he finally snatched the Canadian crown with a six-under six-par final round that allowed American Kim Whee and An Byeong-hun
The South -Coreans both managed the last hole to win 69 and split the second out of 20.
Keegan Bradley managed a rally in the final round, with a clear round of eight- "J & # I obviously have a lot of fans thanks to Wayne and his family and I appreciate all the support, "said Johnson, who is married to Canadian hockey player Wayne. Paulina, Gretzky's daughter
"With my ties to Canada, Paulina and his father being Wayne Gretzky, I certainly get a lot of fans who shoot for Wayne, shoot for me.
" I definitely help. The fans are great. I really feel like a Canadian of honor. "
After his first missed cut of the year last week at the British Open, Johnson bounced back in style to clinch his 19th title with a total of 23 wins and under. 19659002] He becomes the first player since Tiger Woods in 2009 to win three or more times in three consecutive years.
There was a foul at the top of the standings at the start of the final round with Johnson, An, Kim and Kevin Tway sitting on the 17 and having a four-shot advantage on the fighter squad.
Johnson's experience gave him advance because he did not waste time with birdies at one and two, while the three co-leaders they were pursuing all the first titles of the PGA circuit, picked up the first bogeys
"It was really good to take a quick start," he said.
"I have birdie the first and I've really looked good at eagle on the second one, that's really good, especially when the ranking is so tight.
" J & # 39; I just needed to go out in the lead, if I could go from the front, I felt like I could play well and keep myself in the lead for the rest of the day. "
With his opponents A fragile start Johnson calmly took control, opening a three-ball lead after just four holes.
But the American charge stalled as he struggled with his putter and he had to settle for five consecutive pars before rolling in a 12 feet In eighth position
While Johnson and An were riding on the ninth hole, the horn sounded due to a stormy weather in the region
When the game resumed after a delay of almost two hours, the gap narrowed, Kim and An and Kim picked up birdies to reduce ire American advance to two.
After Johnson took his only bogey of the day in the 12th, his lead was cut to one shot but the 34-year-old was unshakeable, responding with a birdie at No. 13 to get back on track .
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