Mai ke ala pololei, Hoʻokumu ʻo Johnson i ke alakaʻi 5-pana ma East Lake

ATLANTA (AP) - Ua nānā ʻo Dustin Johnson i kāna huakaʻi wehe e holo lōʻihi ana a hāʻule mālie i kahi kūpono, like me kana i manao ai. Pela no ka holo hope. Ua like ia me kēlā me kēia lā ma East Lake, a ua wānana ka hopena.

Ke komo nei ʻo Johnson i ke kolepa maikaʻi loa a ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī o ka lanakila ʻana.

I kona hoʻopau ʻana me kahi manu manu 10 kapuaʻi, Ua hoʻohālikelike ʻo Johnson i ka Lāpule spherical haʻahaʻa me kahi 6-lalo 64 e kūkulu i ʻelima pana ma luna o Justin Thomas lāua ʻo Xander Schauffele i loko o ka Tour Championship, e waiho ana iā ia i hoʻokahi spherical mai ka FedEx Cup a me kāna $15 makana miliona.

"Ua kūʻai au i ka hilinaʻi nui i nā mea āpau aʻu e hana pono nei i kēia manawa,” wahi a Johnson.

ʻO ka hoʻoponopono wikiwiki ʻana i ka ʻano like ʻole i ka pō mua ʻo ia wale nō kāna makemake e hoʻoponopono ʻia. Ua hala ʻo Johnson i ʻekolu ala kūpono, ʻaʻole loa i ka nui. Hoʻokomo ʻo ia i ka manu ma nā puka ʻekolu a pau a hana ʻo ia i ʻehiku o ia mau puka.

"Ua hōʻike ʻo ia i ka mea hiki iā ia ke hana,” wahi a Schauffele. “Inā hana ʻo ia i kāna hana maʻamau, ʻaneʻane hiki ʻole ke hopu iā ia. "

ʻO ka maʻamau i kēia mau lā no Johnson he mea weliweli no nā mea ʻē aʻe.

Aia ʻo ia ma 19-lalo par, e hana ana i keia nona 4 e hoʻomaka me ka liʻiliʻi loa o ke alakaʻi 54-hole. Ua hoʻololi ʻo ia i ke ʻano o ka lanakila 11-pana ma ka TPC Boston. Ua kuhi hewa ʻo ia i a 65 na Collin Morikawa i loko o ka PGA Championship a he 65 kapuaʻi ka putt e Jon Rahm i ka playoff pule hope loa ma Olympia Fields.

"Makemake mākou e hoʻolei iā Dustin i kahi iwi a ʻaʻohe lā,” wahi a Rahm, he ʻeono mau kiʻi hou.

Ua ʻike ʻo Johnson i ke kiʻekiʻe ma mua o kekahi ʻaʻole i pau. Loaʻa iā ia kahi alakaʻi ʻeono i Shanghai i ʻekolu mau makahiki i hala a ʻaʻole lanakila, ʻoiai ua loaʻa iā ia kahi pahu hao hou a ke hele mai nei mai kahi hoʻomaha ʻelima pule. Ua loaʻa iā ia kahi alakaʻi ʻelima mau pana ma The Northern Belief ʻelua pule i hala aku nei a hoʻopau i ka papa a me ka pōʻai e lanakila ai. 11.

"Inā pā ʻo ia i ka pōleʻa e like me ka ʻike ʻana o nā mea a pau e hiki iā ia a me ke ala maikaʻi loa āna e kau ai ...,” Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Harris English. "He mea luhi ke hooki."

Hoʻokahi wale nō 4 Loaʻa i ka poʻe pāʻani ke kiʻi ʻole iā ia.

Schauffele, he mea pāʻani nui i loaʻa i ka Tour Championship ʻekolu makahiki i hala, hoʻokuʻu wale i hoʻokahi pana ma ka puka 9 a hoʻopau ʻia me kahi 10-kapuaʻi birdie putt no ka 67 i hoʻokomo iā ia i loko o ka hui hope loa me Johnson.

Ua hala ʻo Thomas i kahi pā 16-inihi ma ka ʻumi ʻumi āna i hele ai me ka mālama ʻole, lele hou me ka 25-kapuai birdie putt ma ka pa paakiki loa 3 ma East Lake a hana ʻelua manu manu hou e hele mai ana no kahi 66.

Ua hele lākou ma 14 malalo.

“Akaka ʻo DJ i ka hana pono. ʻAʻole pololei i kēia manawa,” wahi a Thomas. “ʻO East Lake nō naʻe. Eia nō naʻe, hiki ke loaʻa kekahi mea a puni kēia papa. Hiki iā ʻoe ke pana 63 a i ʻole 64 a hiki iā ʻoe ke pana 73 a i ʻole 74 maʻalahi loa. Manaʻolana wau ʻo kaʻu lā ʻapōpō 63 a i ʻole 64.

He pule hihiu ko Rahm. Ua wehe ʻo ia me kahi 65, hāpai ʻia me a 74 a lele hou me ka 66. Hana ʻo ia i ka bogey-free a ʻoi aku ka kiʻekiʻe o kāna pōʻai i ka wā i hoʻopau ai ʻo ia me ʻelua manu lele.

"ʻO kahi kumu maikaʻi aʻu e hele ai noʻu, aia mākou ma ʻaneʻi e lanakila, no laila, ʻo ka lā ʻapōpō he akahai ʻike ʻole no kēlā me kēia mea,"wahi a Rahm.

Ua hui pū ʻo Morikawa me 5 manu lele hou 9 e hoʻopakele i kahi hoʻomaka paʻakikī no ka 67. ʻEhiku ʻo ia ma hope.

Ua loaʻa hou iā Daniel Berger kahi 64, akā naʻe, ʻaʻole i waiho ʻia ʻo ia ma luna o Johnson 9 hope. Eia kekahi ma 10-lalo ʻo Sungjae Im, ka mea i hana i loko o ka hui hope loa me Johnson a pono e nīnau i ka mea i hahau iā ia. pana au 72.

Aia ka FedEx Cup i ka manaʻo o Johnson mai kona wā i hoʻopau ai i ka manaʻo nui e lanakila ai i loko. 2016.

Ua hele ʻo ia i loko o ka pōʻai hope loa i hoʻopaʻa ʻia no ke alakaʻi ma hope ʻaʻole hiki ke ʻike i kahi ala kūpono, pani me ka 73. Ua loaʻa naʻe iā ia ka manawa e lanakila ai i ka FedEx Cup i ka wā i hoʻokumu ʻia ma nā kumu. Hoʻokahi wale nō mea komo i hōʻeha iā ia i kēlā lā a ʻo Rory McIlroy ia, ʻo ia ka mea i kī i ka pana mai ka ʻōmaʻomaʻo ma ka ʻumikūmāono no ka ʻaeto ma hope o ka loaʻa ʻana i kahi pāʻani ʻekolu ala..

Ua lanakila ʻo Johnson mai nā lanakila a me nā poho, me ka nānā ʻole i ka nui a i ʻole ka ʻeha. ʻOiai pēlā, noʻonoʻo ʻo ia i kēlā lā, ʻO ka hopena o ka FedEx Cup ua hoʻopiha ʻia me nā inoa nui a ʻaʻole ʻo ia i waena o lākou akā.

"ʻO ka lilo ʻana i poʻokela FedEx Cup kahi mea aʻu e makemake ai e hana. ʻO ia kahi mea aʻu e makemake ai ma kaʻu hoʻomau ma hope o koʻu haʻalele ʻana i ke kolepa,"Ua'ōleloʻo ia. "ʻAe, He mea nui ia iaʻu. No laila maopopo, Makemake au e lanakila i kēia pāʻani. … Ua loaʻa iaʻu kahi manawa e lanakila ai i kekahi mau makahiki i hala. ʻAʻole hiki iaʻu ke hoʻokele waiwai ma kaʻu kolepa. ʻāpōpō, Makemake wau."

ʻAʻole loaʻa ʻo McIlroy i loko o ka hui i kēia makahiki. E kaʻahele ana ʻo ia mai ka ʻumikūmāhiku tee a ʻike hou ʻia ma Johnson e hele ana i ka 14th, ma 512-yard par 4 a o ka paakiki loa ma East Lake. Ua hala mua ʻo Johnson 10 nā kiʻi i mua ona, Ma hope o ia mea, ua uhaʻi ʻo ia i ka ʻōmaʻomaʻo a hana i kahi putt manu 15 kapuaʻi.

McIlroy manu i ka umikumamahiku e hoopakele a 70. ʻO ia 11 kiʻi hou.