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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.

Talley is tied for 12th individually

Sophomores Alex Stewart and Kristin Coleman both shot 3-over par 75 and are tied for 47th individually. Sophomore Jenny Coleman shot a 4-over par 76 and is tied for 70th while senior Jess Wallace struggled and finished at 6-over par 78 and tied for 95th.

"I think we could've played better, but I think we definitely got rid of some of the jitters," CU coach Anne Kelly said. "It's a tough course and even tougher in the afternoon. We got off to a bit of a shaky start, but I'm proud of how we hung in there and fought the whole way. We didn't make a lot of putts, but I think they're more used to the greens now Titleist 910 D2 Driver and I think we'll do better."

Talley's under par round is the her second straight round under par and her third under par for her this postseason.

"It was surprisingly stressful," Talley said. "I was really kind of leaving a lot of putts that could have missed. That last putt was the shortest putt I missed, I was making everything else from five to 10 feet, I made a 30-footer for par on one hole. That's how I was playing, putts for saves. It was never easy, I had one easy birdie, but other than that it was just a little stressful."

"We are right there, and that's with Emily having a good round, but with the other players just playing OK," Kelly said. So if we get anybody with a hot putter (on Wednesday), it will be fun to discount golf clubs see what happens. Emily played a good, solid round; the twins both struggled early but brought it back. Alex played a solid round, she probably didn't hit the ball as well as she wanted but she'll get it going."

Talley enjoyed a solid round, which included 15 pars, two birdies and a bogey. She had a putt for eagle on her final hole and missed her only short putt of the day for birdie, finishing with a par to remain at 1-under par. She got a bogey on her second hole, the par 4 No. 11, and then got back to even par three holes later with a birdie on the par 5 No. 14. She then had 10 straight pars before a birdie on the par 5 No. 7 and she pared her final two holes.

Her 71 is the sixth-best postseason round in CU history and it's the fourth time in her career she has posted back-to-back subpar rounds. It's her sixth round under par this season and her 24th Mizuno MP-69 Irons career round under par, 10 more than any player in program annals.

"I was pulling my shots a little bit, but other than that, it was fun," Talley said. "I was making putts, and that's what I've been nervous about lately, but I've been working really hard, and I was making them even when I was nervous except for the last one. I feel like I set up myself well, I didn't put myself behind in any sense. I'm 1-under par, going into the next few rounds, that doesn't hurt."