Ukusuka kwi-fairway, UJohnson wakha i-5-shot lead kwi-East Lake

ATLANTA (AP) - UDustin Johnson wabukela idrayivu yakhe yokuvula ihamba ixesha elide kwaye iwe ngobunono ukuya kwindawo efanelekileyo, iyafana naleyo wayeyicinga. Kwenze njalo ukuqhuba okulandelayo. Kwaba njalo suku ngalunye e-East Lake, kwaye umphumo wokugqibela wawunokuxelwa kwangaphambili.

UJohnson uthatha inxaxheba kweyona galufa igqwesileyo kwaye ibonakala inzima kunangaphambili ukuyibetha.

Xa wagqiba kunye 10-foot birdie, UJohnson ufanise iCawe ephantsi engqukuva nge-6-ngaphantsi 64 ukwakha i-five-shots lead phezu kukaJustin Thomas kunye noXander Schauffele ngaphakathi koBuntshatsheli boKhenketho, ukumshiya enye spherical kude FedEx Cup kunye yayo $15 ibhaso lesigidi.

“Ndithenge ukuzithemba okukhulu kuyo yonke into endiyenzayo ngoku,” watsho uJohnson.

Ukulungiswa okukhawulezayo kwi-vary ngobusuku bangaphambili yayikuphela kwento awayefuna ukuyilungisa. UJohnson uphoswe ziindlela ezintathu kuphela, kwaye hayi kakhulu. Wabeka intaka kuyo yonke imingxunya emithathu waza wenza ezisixhenxe kuyo.

“Uyibonisile into anokuyenza,” utshilo uSchauffele. “Ukuba wenza into aqhele ukuyenza, phantse akunakwenzeka ukuba abambe."

Rhoqo namhlanje kuJohnson kufuneka kube nzima kuye wonke umntu.

Wayekwi-19-phantsi kwesigaba, ukwenza lento yakhe 4 zilandelelana ziqale ngesabelo esinemingxuma engama-54. Waguqula uhlobo lwaba luloyiso lwe-11-shot kwi-TPC Boston. Ulahlekele ku a 65 nguCollin Morikawa phakathi koBuntshatsheli bePGA kunye ne-65-foot putt nguJon Rahm kumdlalo wokudlala kwiveki yokugqibela eOlympia Fields..

"Siza kufuna ukuba uDustin asiphose ngethambo kwaye angaze abe nosuku,” watsho uRahm, owayeneefoto ezintandathu kwakhona.

UJohnson uyazi ngokuphezulu kunaye nabani na ukuba akukapheli. Wayenokudubula okuthandathu e-Shanghai kwiminyaka emithathu edlulileyo kwaye akazange aphumelele, nangona wayeneseti entsha kraca yeentsimbi kwaye wayephuma kwikhefu leeveki ezintlanu. Uye waphinda wakwazi ukudubula izihlandlo ezihlanu kwiNkolelo yaseMantla kwiiveki ezimbini ezidlulileyo kwaye wayicima ikhosi kunye nenqanaba lokuphumelela. 11.

"Ukuba ubetha ibhola njengokuba wonke umntu esazi ukuba angakwazi kwaye eyona ndlela ayibeka ngayo ... khange ndimbone eyibeka ngempumelelo ixesha elide.,” watsho uHarris IsiNgesi. "Kuyakhathaza ukuyeka."

Kuphela 4 abadlali banethuba elingabizi kakhulu lokumbamba.

Schauffele, umthathi-nxaxheba omkhulu ofumene ubuNtshatsheli boKhenketho kwiminyaka emithathu edlulileyo, yawisa nje imbumbulu enye emnyango 9 kwaye igqitywe nge-10-foot birdie putt ye 67 oko kwambeka kwiqela lokugqibela noJohnson.

UThomas uphoswe yi-16-intshi ye-par putt kwisikhewu seshumi awathi ngokungakhathali waya kumpompoza., yagqatswa kwakhona nge 25-foot birdie putt kweyona par inzima 3 e-East Lake kwaye wenza iintaka ezimbini ezongezelelweyo eziza kwi- 66.

Baye bahlala 14 ngezantsi.

“Kucacile ukuba u-DJ uthatha inxaxheba ngokufanelekileyo. Kwakungekho ngqo ngoku,” watsho uTomas. “Nangona kunjalo i-East Lake. Nangona kunjalo kukho into enokwenzeka malunga nesi sifundo. Uya kukwazi ukudubula 63 okanye 64 kwaye unokudubula 73 okanye 74 ngokulula kakhulu. Ndimele ndithembe ukuba ingomso lelam 63 okanye 64.”

URahm ubeneveki engalawulekiyo. Wavula ngo a 65, yamkelwe nge 74 waphinda wagqabhuka nge a 66. Wenza i-bogey-free kwaye i-spherical yakhe yaziva iphezulu xa egqibile ngeentaka ezimbini.

“Eyona nto ilungileyo endiyenzela yona kukuba silapha ukuze siphumelele, ngoko ke ngomso yinto ethambileyo engenamava kuyo yonke into,"Utshilo uRahm.

UMorikawa wadibana naye 5 birdies kwakhona 9 ukusindisa isiqalo esinzima a 67. Wayenesixhenxe ngasemva.

UDaniel Berger naye wayene- 64, nangona kunjalo akazange enze umgangatho kuJohnson wasala 9 ngasemva. Ukongeza kwi-10-ngaphantsi yayinguSungjae Im, odlale kwiqela lokugqibela noJohnson kwaye bekufanele ukuba ubuze ukuba yintoni embethayo. Ndidutyuliwe 72.

Indebe yeFedEx ibikwingcinga zikaJohnson ukusukela oko wachitha ithuba elibalulekileyo lokuyiphumelela. 2016.

Ungene kweyona spherical igqibelele eyayibotshelelwe ukukhokela emva koko khange ifumane indlela elungileyo., ukuvala nge 73. Nangona kunjalo wayenethuba lokuphumelela iFedEx Cup xa yayisekelwe ngokukodwa kwizinto. Umthathi-nxaxheba omnye usenokuba wamtyumza ngaloo mini kwaye yayinguRory McIlroy, othe wakroba imbumbulu ukusuka eluhlaza ngomhla weshumi elinesithandathu kukhozi emva koko wazuza kumdlalo wokuhluma ngeendlela ezintathu.

UJohnson ubetha ukuphumelela kunye neelahleko, kungakhathaliseki ukuba ugqithise kangakanani okanye utyumza kangakanani. Nangona kunjalo, ucinga ngaloo mini, ikakhulu ngenxa yeFedEx Cup igcwele amagama amakhulu kwaye akakho phakathi kwawo kodwa.

“Ukuba yintshatsheli yeFedEx Cup yenye into endinqwenela ukuyenza. Yenye into endiyinqwenelayo kwi-resume yam emva kokuba ndiyekile ukuthatha inxaxheba kwigalufa,"Utsho. "Ewe, ithetha lukhulu kum. Ngokuqinisekileyo, Ndinqwenela ukuphumelela lo mdlalo. … Ndibe nethuba lokuyiphumelela kwiminyaka embalwa edlulileyo. Andikwazanga ukuphatha inzuzo ngegalufa yam. Ngomso, Ndiyavuma."

UMcIlroy akazange abe phakathi kokudibanisa kulo nyaka. Wayehamba kwi-tee yeshumi elinesixhenxe kwaye wavela kwakhona eJohnson esiya kwi-14, kwi-512-yadi isiqe 4 kunye neyona inzima e-East Lake. UJohnson wayesele ekhona 10 iifoto zakhe phambi kwakhe, emva koko wabetha i-drive phantsi kohlaza kwaye wenza i-15-foot birdie putt.

UMcIlroy wenza intaka eyeshumi elinesixhenxe ukusindisa a 70. Ebe 11 iifoto kwakhona.