However, if he is going to be captured– while its not likely, hes blown larger leads before!– heres who has a possibility to do it on the final day of the 2019-20 PGA Tour season at East Lake.
T2. Justin Thomas (-14 ): Though he missed out on a 16-inch (!!) putt on Sunday in the 3rd round, Thomas did putt it quite a bit better than he carried out in either of the very first two days. Hell need some aid– whether thats the luck of holing out a few times like he did on the front nine for eagle on Sunday– but he remains No. 1 in the field in strokes acquired from tee to green. Another hot day with the putter, a couple of careless holes from D.J. on the front nine and its going to be video game on for $15 million..
Dustin Johnson did what hes performed in each of the last 4 competitions hes played on Sunday at the 2020 Tour Championship. D.J. played his method into the final pairing on the golf course going into Round 4, this time with a sweet little 64 that put range in between him and the rest of the field at East Lake Golf Club.
Johnson drove the ball splendidly in Round 3, which was an enormous script turn from the 2nd round. He struck 11 of 14 fairways (nine more than he did Saturday) and finished second in strokes gained off the tee. It resulted in 7 total birdies, a 64 and a runaway train that is not most likely to be captured on Monday as the last event of the 2019-20 PGA Tour season ends.
D.J. (-18) has actually never won at Tour Championship, but hell take a 5-stroke lead into Mondays last round on Justin Thomas and Xander Schauffele (who split the Tour Championship and FedEx Cup back in 2017). If were just looking at D.J. and J.T.), they will play with $15 million on the table (and possibly the Player of the Year award.
Johnson will be tough to capture. Hes lost to simply 2 golf players in the last 5 weeks– Collin Morikawa at the PGA Championship and Jon Rahm in a playoff recently at the BMW Championship. With a five-stroke lead and only 18 holes left, its going to take a minor miracle for him to not wind up champion.
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No surprise there, however, as he absolutely crushes at this golf course. Perhaps the only way to beat D.J. is to throw a Thomas-Schauffele combo at him and hope for the best.
The outlier in the group was a 74 at this event in Round 2 on Saturday, but he bounced back with a 66 on Sunday by making birdie at each of the last 2 holes. He started last weeks final round trailing Johnson– the 54-hole leader– by 3 before running him down and beating him in a playoff.
It propelled him to a 3-under 67, which at least offers him a chance at D.J. if something goes awry. The reality here for Morikawa (as well as the players listed below him) is that he will likely be playing for reward cash on Monday as the distinction between where hes at and where he can feasibly get to (2nd place) is $2.5 million.
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Johnson drove the ball incredibly in Round 3, which was an enormous script flip from the second round. It led to seven total birdies, a 64 and a runaway train that is not likely to be caught on Monday as the last occasion of the 2019-20 PGA Tour season comes to a close.
Hes lost to just 2 golf players in the last five weeks– Collin Morikawa at the PGA Championship and Jon Rahm in a playoff last week at the BMW Championship. The outlier in the group was a 74 at this event in Round 2 on Saturday, but he bounced back with a 66 on Sunday by making birdie at each of the last two holes. He began last weeks final round tracking Johnson– the 54-hole leader– by 3 prior to running him down and beating him in a playoff.
