Winner: Dustin Johnson
Around the wider world of golf: Kenny Perry won the Charles Schwab Cup but Freddie Couples won the Charles Schwab Cup Championship on the Champions Tour (his first victory this year); Gwladys Nocera won the Suzhou Taihu Ladies Open on the LET; Bo-Mee Lee won the Hisako Higuchi Morinaga Weider Ladies on the JLPGA (the Constructivist has details); and the US Team won the Spirit International, the big amateur event that got shortened to 54 holes because of weather. The US won the men's division while France won the women's. You can get full details about all the winners (including the individual titles) from this supersport.com article.
The big boys all showed up for the duel in Shanghai. And I mean they showed up! The final round turned into a shootout between Dustin Johnson, Ian Poulter (the defending champion), and Graeme McDowell. Sergio shot a 63 to grab solo 4th, Justin Rose took solo 5th, and even Rory McIlroy managed a solid week to finish T6. But it was DJ, Ian, and Graeme -- all playing in the final group -- who really put some fire into the WGC.
Each of the 3 players shot 66. No one could shake the alternative until DJ shot a 31 on the remaining 9. I bet you may name it an excellent debut for the brand new season. (Say, isn't always that what DJ did remaining season -- win his first begin?)
Of course, the commentary concerned Dustin's somewhat uneven career: What will the man who can overpower courses at will do next? Will he go on a tear, winning every time he tees it up? Or will he vanish for a while, as he has in the past? Will he finally get a major or crumble in the final round? Will he even stay healthy enough to get to the majors? The questions are never-ending, it seems.
And DJ would not clearly appear to care what humans say. (Hey, if I become engaged to Paulina Gretzky, I don't assume I'd care either. But I digress...)
For the time being, I assume I'll join him in his disinterest about the ones questions. Instead, I'm just going to congratulate Dustin on being the underneath-30 participant with the maximum wins. (The European Tour website online's precis of the occasion says Dustin is 38 years old. I surprise if Paulina knows?) DJ, here's your very personal non-public Limerick Summary:
A win each yr because college; Dustin?S run
Includes this Shanghai win, his biggest one.
Some say a chief?S subsequent
While others are confused?
Is Tiger?S reign a honest evaluation? The photograph came from the WGC-HSBC web page at worldgolfchampionships.Com.
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