BROKEN ARROW, OKLAHOMA (AP) – Dustin Johnson (AFP, pic below) finally looks to be getting his game back together, posting a seven-under 63 on Saturday to take a two-shot lead into the final round of LIV Golf Tulsa.
Johnson, a two-time major winner and former number one player in the world, won the points title in LIV Golf’s final season. But he has yet to finish closer than five shots of the winner in the five events of the Saudi-funded league this year. His 63 at Cedar Ridge came with a bogey on the final hole. Johnson was at 14-under 126, two shots ahead of Branden Grace of South Africa. Grace, who opened with a 61, had a 67.
Bubba Watson shot 64 and was four shots behind. No one else was closer than five shots going into the third and final round.
Talor Gooch, who grew up in Oklahoma and played at Oklahoma State, won the last two LIV Golf events. He shot a 71 on Saturday and was 13 shots behind.
Charles Howell III had the low round among the six players with Oklahoma ties. Howell, who played at Oklahoma State, was eight shots behind at 134 along with fellow Cowboy alumnus Matthew Wolff (68) and former Oklahoma Sooner Abraham Ancer (66).
Phil Mickelson, a runner-up at the Masters, had four bogeys in his round of 69 and was near the bottom of the leaderboard in the 48-man field.
