Dustin Johnson may have been a tad cranky when he stepped to the 17th tee at Muirfield Village Golf Club during Thursday’s opening round of the Memorial Tournament, because the world No. 1 absolutely pulverized a shot that was otherworldly even for the PGA Tour’s leading driver of the ball.
Even by Dustin Johnson standards, this is an enormous drive at the Memorial
This moonshot was outrageous, even for the biggest hitter in the game.
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DJ let loose with a drive that traveled 413 yards on the 478-yard, par-4 17th hole. I’m no math whiz, but let’s see, 478 minus 413 — you get the picture; it was huge.
Unfortunately, despite padding his booming stats, Johnson was only able to walk away with a par on his eighth hole of the day (he started on No. 10), and that was after a water ball and a three-putt resulted in a triple bogey-6 on the par-3 16th. The reigning U.S. Open champion dropped another shot on the par-3 fourth, which dropped him into a share of 47th place at 4-over — 11 shots back of early leader David Lingmerth’s 7-under.
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