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As the players walked from the final green the margin appeared to have been three shots but after being informed after his round that he had not replaced his ball in the correct spot when marking at the last, Johnson incurred a two shot penalty. Fortunately the mistake would not cost Johnson the title.

after so long in contention in recent Taylormade Burner 2.0 irons weeks. His second to the par four 9th pitched on the front of the green and spun back into the water. Double bogey and they were tied.

Johnson has been twice runner-up and now victorious in his last four PGA Tour starts and on a golf course where he had won previously he was always going to be one of the players to beat this week.

The 10th was parred by both but at the 11th Johnson birdied and Dufner bogeyed and Johnson was two clear.

Johnson’s birdie at the second gave him the lead after Dufner had bogeyed but Dufner birdie the 5th and the lead was shared.

Dufner would birdie the 6th and 8th holes to take a two shot lead and appeared as if he was back on track. Then came the first sign that Dufner was feeling the pinch

In the end it was a combination of callaway razr x irons Johnson’s steely determination and a late and perhaps understandable loss of concentration by Dufner that was the difference although Johnson’s golf in recent times has been nearly at the level of the man he defeated today.

When Johnson parred the difference was four and Dufner’s brave challenge to win three events in four weeks was all but gone.

At the 11th the reverse applied and the pair was again tied. Another two shot swing happened at the next when Johnson left his second in the fairway bunker and they were tied again but after Johnson went ahead with a birdie at the 14th, the tournament became his to win when Dufner triple bogeyed the 15th hole after finding water.

Heading into today’s final round it was a race in two and that was the way it turned out with Dufner leading after 54 holes by one over Johnson with a gap of seven shots back to the rest of the field.

The mental blunder at the last was discount golf clubs costly but Johnson was the deserved winner and it would have been a tragedy if that error had led to a loss.