Kuchokera ku fairway, Johnson amamanga kutsogolo kwa 5-shot ku East Lake

ATLANTA (AP) - Dustin Johnson adawona kuyendetsa kwake kotsegulira kukuyenda kwautali ndikugwa pang'onopang'ono kupita koyenera, zofanana ndi zomwe adaganiza. Momwemonso kuyendetsa kotsatira. Zinali choncho tsiku lililonse ku East Lake, ndipo zotsatira zake zinali zodziwikiratu.

Johnson akutenga nawo gawo mu gofu yabwino kwambiri ndipo akuwoneka movutirapo kuposa kale lonse.

Pamene anamaliza ndi 10-foot birdie, Johnson adafanana ndi otsika ozungulira Lamlungu ndi 6-pansi 64 kuti apange kuwombera kasanu pa Justin Thomas ndi Xander Schauffele mu Tour Championship, kumusiya umodzi wozungulira kutali ndi FedEx Cup ndi zake $15 miliyoni mphoto.

"Ndagula chidaliro chachikulu pa chilichonse chomwe ndikuchita tsopano,” Johnson anatero.

Kukonza mwachangu pakusintha kwausiku wapitawo kunali zonse zomwe amafuna kuti awongoledwe. Johnson adaphonya njira zitatu zokha, ndipo osati mochuluka. Anaika mbalame pamabowo onse atatu ndipo anapanga asanu ndi awiri.

"Adawonetsa zomwe angachite,” adatero Schauffele. “Ngati achita zomwe amakonda kuchita, sizikhala zotheka kumugwira."

Nthawi zonse masiku ano kwa Johnson kuyenera kukhala kovuta kwa wina aliyense.

Anali pa 19-pansi pa ndime, kupanga izi zake 4 motsatizana ayambe ndi gawo lochepera la 54-hole lead. Adasintha mtundu wina kukhala chigonjetso cha 11 pa TPC Boston. Adalakwitsa a 65 Wolemba Collin Morikawa mu PGA Championship ndi o 65-foot putt ndi Jon Rahm mu playoff sabata yomaliza ku Olympia Fields.

"Tikufuna kuti Dustin atiponyere fupa ndipo asakhale ndi tsiku,” adatero Rahm, yemwe anali zithunzi zisanu ndi chimodzi kachiwiri.

Johnson akudziwa zapamwamba kuposa aliyense kuti sizinathe. Anali ndi chitsogozo chachisanu ndi chimodzi ku Shanghai zaka zitatu zapitazo ndipo sanapambane, ngakhale anali ndi zitsulo zatsopano ndipo anali kutuluka pa tchuthi cha milungu isanu. Adatsogoleranso maulendo asanu ku The Northern Belief masabata awiri apitawa ndipo adathetsa maphunzirowo ndi gawo kuti apambane. 11.

"Ngati amenya mpira monga momwe aliyense amadziwira kuti angathe komanso momwe amachitira ...,” Harris English anatero. "Zimandivuta kusiya."

Yekha 4 osewera ali ndi mwayi wotsika mtengo womugwira.

Schauffele, wochita nawo masewera akuluakulu omwe adapeza mpikisano wa Tour Championship zaka zitatu zapitazo, anaponya mfuti imodzi pakhomo 9 ndikumaliza ndi 10-foot birdie putt kwa a 67 zomwe zidamuyika iye mkati mwa gulu lomaliza ndi Johnson.

Thomas adaphonya 16-inch par putt pagawo lakhumi lomwe adapita kukaponya mosasamala., anagundidwanso ndi 25-foot birdie putt pa ndime yovuta kwambiri 3 ku East Lake ndikupanga mbalame ziwiri zowonjezera kubwera kwa a 66.

Iwo akhala ali 14 pansipa.

"DJ akutenga nawo mbali bwino. Sizinali zolunjika pakali pano,” adatero Thomas. "Komabe ndi East Lake. Komabe, china chake chikhoza kuchitika pamaphunzirowa. Mutha kuwombera 63 kapena 64 ndipo mukhoza kuwombera 73 kapena 74 mophweka kwambiri. Ndikungoyembekezera kuti mawa ndi anga 63 kapena 64.”

Rahm wakhala ndi sabata lopanda pake. Anatsegula ndi a 65, kutengedwa ndi a 74 ndipo analumphanso ndi a 66. Ankachita mopanda bogey ndipo mawonekedwe ake ozungulira amamveka apamwamba pamene adamaliza ndi mbalame ziwiri.

"Chinthu chimodzi chabwino chomwe ndikupita kwa ine ndikuti tili pano kuti tipambane, choncho mawa ndi wodekha wosadziwa chilichonse,” Rahm anatero.

Morikawa adalimbana naye 5 birdies kachiwiri 9 kupulumutsa zovuta kuyamba kwa a 67. Iye anali asanu ndi awiri kumbuyo.

Daniel Berger nayenso anali ndi a 64, komabe sanapange malo pa Johnson adatsalira 9 kumbuyo. Kuphatikiza pa 10-pansi panali Sungjae Im, yemwe adachita nawo gulu lalikulu kwambiri ndi Johnson ndipo akanayenera kukayikira zomwe zidamugunda. Ndiwomberedwa 72.

FedEx Cup yakhala pamalingaliro a Johnson kuyambira pomwe adataya mwayi woti apambane nawo. 2016.

Anapita kumalo ozungulira kwambiri omwe adamangidwa kuti atsogolere pambuyo pake sanapeze njira yabwino., kutseka ndi a 73. Komabe anali ndi mwayi wopambana FedEx Cup pomwe zidali zozikidwa pazifukwa. Omwe adatenga nawo gawo mwina adamuphwanya tsiku limenelo ndipo anali Rory McIlroy, yemwe adawombera kuchokera ku zobiriwira pa khumi ndi zisanu ndi chimodzi kwa chiwombankhanga pambuyo pake adapeza njira zitatu..

Johnson amangokhalira kupambana ndi kuluza, posatengera kuchuluka kapena kuphwanya. Ngakhale zili choncho, amaganiza za tsiku limenelo, makamaka chifukwa cha FedEx Cup yodzaza ndi mayina akuluakulu ndipo ake sali pakati pawo koma.

"Kukhala ngwazi ya FedEx Cup ndichinthu chimodzi chomwe ndikufuna kuchita. Ndi chinthu chimodzi chomwe ndikufuna ndikuyambiranso nditasiya kuchita nawo gofu,"Adatero. “Inde, zikutanthauza zambiri kwa ine. Ndithudi, Ndikufuna kupambana masewerawa. … Ndinali ndi mwayi wopambana zaka zingapo zapitazo. Sindinathe kuwongolera phindu ndi gofu yanga. Mawa, ndikutero.”

McIlroy sanakhalepo pakati pa chaka chino. Anali akuyenda kuchoka pa khumi ndi zisanu ndi ziwiri ndipo adawonekeranso ku Johnson akupita ku 14, pa 512-yard par 4 ndi zovuta kwambiri ku East Lake. Johnson anali kale 10 zithunzi patsogolo pa iye, pambuyo pake anaphwanya galimoto pansi wobiriwira ndi kupanga 15-foot birdie putt.

McIlroy adawombera chakhumi ndi chisanu ndi chiwiri kuti apulumutse a 70. Iye anali 11 zithunzi kachiwiri.