Dustin Johnson was declared the winner at the rain-shortened 2009 AT&T National on Monday, two days after the 24-year-old finished his third round at -15 and appeared he would be fighting to maintain a four-shot lead in the final round. But thanks to Zeus — sorry, D.J. — the weather gods continued their strike on one of the U.S. most famous golf landscapes Monday, replacing fairways with streams of rushing water and divots with well, lots of H2O.Johnson's second career Tour victory came at the expense of leaderboard chasers Mike Weir and Retief Goosen, among others, and may have cost the aforementioned Trahan a spot in the World Golf Championships Match Play event later this month. Ranked No. 66 in the World, Trahan needed to move up one spot from his tie for sixth place after the third round to garner enough points to crack the 64-man field.
Much like the book, the final round was really a good walk spoiled at Pebble Beach, as groundskeeping crews are left to pick up the pieces over the upcoming weeks.
The Tour next heads to the Northern Trust Open on Thursday, where the world's beloved No. 5, Phil Mickelson, is the defending champion. That's it for now; more on Lefty, Tiger, and the PGA later this week.
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2 comments:
Your wealth of golf knowledge amazes me Charles.
BTW, any truth to the rumor golf stands for Gentlemen Only, Ladies Forbidden?
BTW what application did you use for your "Money List?"
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