(Reuters) – Two-time main winner Dustin Johnson hopes months of fine-tuning his recreation will turn around a irritating winless stretch at The Players Championship, the place he’s aiming to hoist the trophy on his thirteenth try.
The American arrived at TPC Sawgrass this week having missed the reduce at final month’s Genesis Invitational, after failing to crack the highest 20 because the Tour Championship in September, the place he completed eighth.
He’s been and not using a event victory because the Masters in November 2020, a seemingly inexplicable drought from the 37-year-old perennial contender and 24-time PGA Tour winner.
“Last yr I felt like I used to be doing lots of driver testing, after which so type of took away just a little bit from what I wanted to be engaged on,” mentioned Johnson.
“Testing drivers all yr then type of leaks into the iron recreation, and it simply felt like I by no means may actually match it up the place if I used to be driving it effectively, I wasn’t hitting my irons superb, if I used to be hitting my irons rather well, I wasn’t driving it good.
“So it was simply type of a irritating yr.”
He instructed reporters at Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, that he has gotten his placing recreation again on observe after irritating stumbles at Genesis.
He’ll want a red-hot putter and each different weapon in his arsenal accessible to tame TPC Sawgrass, the place he has recorded just one top-five Players Championship end.
“I just like the golf course and I really feel prefer it units up effectively for me,” mentioned Johnson.
“I’d say if something, that is held me again, it is most likely simply placing around right here. But I really feel like shifting to March, I really feel like I can learn the greens just a little bit higher.”
(Reporting by Amy Tennery; Editing by Toby Davis)
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