Dustin Johnson wins the Barclays

This past weekend 27-year-old Dustin Johnson won the Barclays tournament by shooting a final round of 65, finishing a total of 19-under par.

Johnson started Saturday one shot behind reigning Barclays champion Matt Kuchar. Johnson started the day by making two birdies on the first and second hole. He then bogeyed the third, but came back and made an eagle on the par 4 fourth.  On the front nine on Saturday, Johnson shot a 29, 6-under par. Click here to see the final leaderboard.

Johnson played the front nine beautifully over the weekend, shooting 17-under par. He made an eagle, 16 birdies and a bogey which lead to an outstanding front nine performance.

Johnson spoke with the media following his victory, and he had this to say about his front nine play.

“I don’t know what it is about the front but I played pretty well on the front. I wish we could have just kept playing the front nine, I would have done really well this week.”

Although he did not struggle on the back nine, he did not have the success he had on the front. For the tournament, he made five birdies, a bogey, and a double bogey on the back nine. On Saturday, the last day of the Barclays, he shot an even par on the back nine, making no birdies or bogeys.  Click here to see Johnson’s scorecard for the tournament. 

The Barclays was shortened to a three-day tournament due to the incoming storm of Hurricane Irene. This has only been the fifth time since 2000 where a PGA Tour event has been reduced to 54 holes. Ironically, the last time this happened was at Pebble Beach in 2009 and Johnson also won.

This is Johnson’s first win on the PGA Tour this year and fifth since gaining his PGA Tour card in 2008. He has won the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am tournament twice, winning consecutive years in 2009 and 2010.

Johnson is one of the young up and coming golfers who has won multiple times on PGA Tour. He is consistently showing he deserves to be on the Tour, with six top 10’s this year and making the cut on 14 of 18 events he has played in.