Dustin Johnson is known as one of the longest hitters on the PGA Tour and he took advantage of his length on the par-5s at Augusta on Friday. Johnson carded three eagles during his round, the first player to ever do that in Masters history.
Dustin Johnson sets a Masters record with three eagles in one round
That’s a good way to make a charge up the leaderboard.
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The best of the eagles was probably his first as he made a brilliant read on his eagle putt at No. 2 to correctly play about seven feet of break on the putt.
He hit a good approach at No. 8 and sunk another nice putt. His final eagle of the day came at No. 15 when he hit a beautiful shot into the green, leaving a short eagle putt for No. 3.
Johnson was only able to card a birdie on the fourth par-5 of the course. It all added up to a 5-under round of 67 and a tie for third place. That’s all despite a double bogey on No. 1.
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