Dustin Johnson, a great show in St. Andrews

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Emotions and entertainment in St. Andrews, Scotland, in the second round of The Open Championship, the fourth and last male Major of 2022. At the Old Course (par 72) it is a show challenge between the world champions but also between the aces of the Arab Super League and of the PGA Tour. Dustin Johnson, former number 1 in the world ranking and top man of LIV Golf, the new economic powerhouse of the green, with a total of 135 (68 67, -9) is aiming for the feat. Excellent performance also for Scottie Scheffler, world number 1 who, with a score of 136 (-8), makes it tight.

Dustin Johnson, results

But in the 150th edition of the coveted tournament, in the house of golf, he also amazes the young Filippo Celli. The Roman amateur, who won the chance to play The Open thanks to his success at The European Amateur Championship, was one of the great protagonists of the morning.

With a bogey free trial in 67 (-5) strokes, out of a total of 141 (74 67, -3), the 21-year-old blue won applause.

Equipped with extraordinary physical power and a very powerful swing (with a left wrist at the top of the swing that is not very academic, but very loaded), Dustin Johnson is one of the longest players on the circuit, and for three consecutive years (2009-2011) he has finished in third place in the ranking of average distances.

Turning pro at the end of 2007, he has won 20 tournaments so far, and is currently the only player on the PGA Tour to have won at least one tournament each season. He also boasts four WGC titles, of which the second, won in 2015, after returning from a period away from the fields, for personal problems. In fact, between 2009 and 2014, Dustin Johnson tested positive in three different drug tests, once for marijuana twice for cocaine. Following this, the PGA Tour did not issue any disciplinary measures, nor did it spread the news, but it was the player himself who decided to retire from professionalism for 6 months.

In 2010 he was the protagonist of an unfortunate episode when, at the head of the PGA Championship, the last major tournament of the season, he incurred two penalties at the 72nd hole, for having intentionally placed his club head in a bunker, not having recognized him because very ruined and in a passage area for spectators. After pocketing the last putt at 18 thinking he was on par with Bubba Watson and Martin Kaymer, the latter graduating then winner in the subsequent play-off, he was informed of the two-stroke penalty that took him from first place equal to fifth.

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