Johnson gets first Tour win at U.S. Bank
ASSOCIATED PRESSMILWAUKEE – Richard S. Johnson birdied three of his last four holes to shoot a 6-under 64 Sunday and win the U. S. Bank Championship for his first PGA Tour victory.
Johnson finished at 16-under 264 on the 6,759-yard Brown Deer Park Golf Course. He is the sixth golfer from Sweden to win on Tour and seventh first-time winner this year.
Johnson, the first-round leader after shooting a 63, sank a birdie putt of about 12 feet on the par-4 17th hole to break a tie with Ken Duke at 14 under. He then birdied the par-5 18th from less than 2 feet.
He needed that final birdie to win because Duke, playing in his threesome, also birdied the last hole.
Duke shot 65 to finish second at 15 under.
Dean Wilson (65), Chad Campbell (65) and Chris Riley (66) tied for third at 13 under.
Kenny Perry closed brilliantly with a 64 to get to 12 under and tied for sixth with three others.
Perry had been criticized for skipping the British Open to play here after winning three of his last five tournaments, including last week’s John Deere Classic. He chose to play in Milwaukee because he felt he had the best chance of picking up points so he can make this year’s Ryder Cup team. The event is being held in his native Kentucky.
Perry felt his finish vindicated that decision.
“I accomplished my goal,” Perry said. “I wanted to top-10 it. I told my people, I told my friends. I said, ‘If I can just go there and have a good top 10, I’ve accomplished my mission.’ ”
Johnson started the day at 10 under, a shot back of third-round leaders Gavin Coles and Nick Flanagan. Like fellow countryman Greg Norman at the British, they failed to follow up their third-round lead with a victory. Coles and Flanagan each shot even par-70 and tied for 11th.
Johnson, who had to go through qualifying school last fall to get his Tour card, had only made the cut in three of ten events this season. He had not finished in the top 25 of any event until he won this one.
But his opening 63 gave him some confidence thanks to a hole-in-one on the 14th hole, the first one there since Tiger Woods turned the trick in his professional debut in 1996.
Johnson struggled early in the final round with bogeys on two of his first three holes. It looked like he was in more trouble with a wayward drive on the par-5 sixth hole, but he managed to get his ball on the green in three and made a 12-foot birdie putt to get his round back on track.
Troy Matteson, Duke, and Campbell all made the turn at 12 under, one shot ahead of Johnson. At one time four players were tied at 13 under but Johnson birdied the 15th hole and Duke the 16th to break away and tie at 14 under.
Defending champion Joe Ogilive failed in his bid to become the first player to win back-to-back titles in the tournament, which began in 1968. He shot a 67 and tied for sixth.
Final scores with earnings and relation to par from the U.S. Bank Championship, played July 17-20 at the par-70 Brown Deer Park Golf Course in Milwaukee (Note: FedEx Cup points in parenthesis):
| 1. Richard S. Johnson (2,250) |
$720,000 |
|
63-67-70-64--264 |
|
|
-16 |
| 2. Ken Duke (1,350) |
432,000 |
|
67-65-68-65--265 |
|
|
-15 |
| 3. Dean Wilson (650) |
208,000 |
|
65-73-64-65--267 |
|
|
-13 |
| 3. Chad Campbell (650) |
208,000 |
|
67-67-68-65--267 |
|
|
-13 |
| 3. Chris Riley (650) |
208,000 |
|
68-66-67-66--267 |
|
|
-13 |
| 6. Kenny Perry (391) |
125,200 |
|
67-68-69-64--268 |
|
|
-12 |
| 6. Troy Matteson (391) |
125,200 |
|
67-65-70-66--268 |
|
|
-12 |
| 6. Joe Ogilvie (391) |
125,200 |
|
66-67-68-67--268 |
|
|
-12 |
| 6. Patrick Sheehan (391) |
125,200 |
|
65-68-68-67--268 |
|
|
-12 |
| 6. George McNeill (391) |
125,200 |
|
67-67-66-68--268 |
|
|
-12 |
| 11. Omar Uresti (241) |
77,000 |
|
69-67-69-64--269 |
|
|
-11 |
| 11. Ryan Palmer (241) |
77,000 |
|
69-67-67-66--269 |
|
|
-11 |
| 11. Chad Collins (241) |
77,000 |
|
69-66-68-66--269 |
|
|
-11 |
| 11. Jason Dufner (241) |
77,000 |
|
70-63-69-67--269 |
|
|
-11 |
| 11. Brandt Jobe (241) |
77,000 |
|
68-65-68-68--269 |
|
|
-11 |
| 11. Jason Gore (241) |
77,000 |
|
67-66-68-68--269 |
|
|
-11 |
| 11. Gavin Coles (241) |
77,000 |
|
69-62-68-70--269 |
|
|
-11 |
| 11. Nick Flanagan (241) |
77,000 |
|
67-63-69-70--269 |
|
|
-11 |
| 19. Dustin Johnson (132) |
42,089 |
|
69-66-70-65--270 |
|
|
-10 |
| 19. Todd Demsey (132) |
42,089 |
|
70-67-68-65--270 |
|
|
-10 |
| 19. Steve Flesch (132) |
42,089 |
|
66-67-70-67--270 |
|
|
-10 |
| 19. Mark Wilson (132) |
42,089 |
|
69-67-68-66--270 |
|
|
-10 |
| 19. Brian Davis (132) |
42,089 |
|
68-70-67-65--270 |
|
|
-10 |
| 19. Kent Jones (132) |
42,089 |
|
66-65-71-68--270 |
|
|
-10 |
| 19. Bill Haas (132) |
42,089 |
|
67-67-68-68--270 |
|
|
-10 |
| 19. Jimmy Walker (132) |
42,089 |
|
69-66-67-68--270 |
|
|
-10 |
| 19. Jon Mills (132) |
42,089 |
|
68-68-64-70--270 |
|
|
-10 |
| 28. Ryan Armour (78) |
24,933 |
|
70-63-71-67--271 |
|
|
-9 |
| 28. Cliff Kresge (78) |
24,933 |
|
66-72-66-67--271 |
|
|
-9 |
| 28. Brenden Pappas (78) |
24,933 |
|
64-70-70-67--271 |
|
|
-9 |
| 28. Brett Rumford (78) |
24,933 |
|
69-67-70-65--271 |
|
|
-9 |
| 28. Alejandro Canizares (78) |
24,933 |
|
68-69-69-65--271 |
|
|
-9 |
| 28. Bo Van Pelt (78) |
24,933 |
|
67-68-68-68--271 |
|
|
-9 |
| 28. Kevin Na (78) |
24,933 |
|
69-68-70-64--271 |
|
|
-9 |
| 28. Jason Allred (78) |
24,933 |
|
70-64-68-69--271 |
|
|
-9 |
| 28. Bob Tway (78) |
24,933 |
|
67-71-69-64--271 |
|
|
-9 |
| 37. Tim Herron (54) |
17,200 |
|
69-67-69-67--272 |
|
|
-8 |
| 37. Carlos Franco (54) |
17,200 |
|
70-66-69-67--272 |
|
|
-8 |
| 37. John Mallinger (54) |
17,200 |
|
68-69-68-67--272 |
|
|
-8 |
| 37. Frank Lickliter II (54) |
17,200 |
|
66-68-71-67--272 |
|
|
-8 |
| 37. Tom Pernice, Jr. (54) |
17,200 |
|
67-70-66-69--272 |
|
|
-8 |
| 37. Glen Day (54) |
17,200 |
|
68-69-69-66--272 |
|
|
-8 |
| 37. John Huston (54) |
17,200 |
|
71-63-68-70--272 |
|
|
-8 |
| 44. Chez Reavie (38) |
12,093 |
|
68-69-67-69--273 |
|
|
-7 |
| 44. Kevin Streelman (38) |
12,093 |
|
66-68-71-68--273 |
|
|
-7 |
| 44. Robert Garrigus (38) |
12,093 |
|
65-70-68-70--273 |
|
|
-7 |
| 44. Joe Durant (38) |
12,093 |
|
68-67-68-70--273 |
|
|
-7 |
| 44. Bob Heintz (38) |
12,093 |
|
71-66-69-67--273 |
|
|
-7 |
| 44. Jin Park (38) |
12,093 |
|
70-68-68-67--273 |
|
|
-7 |
| 50. Eric Axley (30) |
9,573 |
|
67-70-68-69--274 |
|
|
-6 |
| 50. Jim McGovern (30) |
9,573 |
|
66-68-71-69--274 |
|
|
-6 |
| 50. Deane Pappas (0) |
9,573 |
|
64-72-70-68--274 |
|
|
-6 |
| 50. Marco Dawson (30) |
9,573 |
|
66-70-70-68--274 |
|
|
-6 |
| 50. Mathias Gronberg (30) |
9,573 |
|
67-67-68-72--274 |
|
|
-6 |
| 50. Tom Byrum (30) |
9,573 |
|
69-68-71-66--274 |
|
|
-6 |
| 56. Nathan Green (28) |
8,960 |
|
68-68-69-70--275 |
|
|
-5 |
| 56. James Driscoll (28) |
8,960 |
|
67-67-69-72--275 |
|
|
-5 |
| 56. Steve Marino (28) |
8,960 |
|
66-69-72-68--275 |
|
|
-5 |
| 56. Shane Bertsch (28) |
8,960 |
|
71-66-70-68--275 |
|
|
-5 |
| 56. D.J. Trahan (28) |
8,960 |
|
69-69-70-67--275 |
|
|
-5 |
| 61. Brad Elder (27) |
8,640 |
|
68-68-69-71--276 |
|
|
-4 |
| 61. Harrison Frazar (27) |
8,640 |
|
68-70-71-67--276 |
|
|
-4 |
| 61. Ron Whittaker (27) |
8,640 |
|
71-67-73-65--276 |
|
|
-4 |
| 64. Corey Pavin (26) |
8,360 |
|
67-69-71-70--277 |
|
|
-3 |
| 64. Will MacKenzie (26) |
8,360 |
|
70-67-70-70--277 |
|
|
-3 |
| 64. Jon Turcott (0) |
8,360 |
|
71-67-69-70--277 |
|
|
-3 |
| 64. Neal Lancaster (26) |
8,360 |
|
71-66-72-68--277 |
|
|
-3 |
| 68. Paul Stankowski (25) |
8,120 |
|
70-68-70-70--278 |
|
|
-2 |
| 68. Brad Adamonis (25) |
8,120 |
|
70-68-71-69--278 |
|
|
-2 |
| 70. David Lutterus (25) |
7,960 |
|
67-67-71-74--279 |
|
|
-1 |
| 70. Martin Laird (25) |
7,960 |
|
70-68-70-71--279 |
|
|
-1 |
| 72. Tommy Armour III (25) |
7,840 |
|
67-70-70-73--280 |
|
|
E |
| 73. John Merrick (24) |
7,760 |
|
69-67-73-72--281 |
|
+ |
1 |
| 74. Briny Baird (24) |
7,680 |
|
67-71-72-72--282 |
|
+ |
2 |
| 75. Scott Sterling (24) |
7,600 |
|
70-68-75-70--283 |
|
+ |
3 |
| 76. Jim Gallagher Jr. (24) |
7,520 |
|
67-69-76-72--284 |
|
+ |
4 |
| 77. Paul Claxton (23) |
7,440 |
|
68-69-73-75--285 |
|
+ |
5 |
| • • • |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Missed the cut |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 79. Peter Lonard |
|
|
67-72--139 |
|
|
-1 |
| 79. Michael Bradley |
|
|
70-69--139 |
|
|
-1 |
| 79. Charlie Wi |
|
|
69-70--139 |
|
|
-1 |
| 79. Tom Scherrer |
|
|
72-67--139 |
|
|
-1 |
| 79. Fred Funk |
|
|
72-67--139 |
|
|
-1 |
| 79. Jeff Maggert |
|
|
70-69--139 |
|
|
-1 |
| 79. J.J. Henry |
|
|
73-66--139 |
|
|
-1 |
| 79. Jesper Parnevik |
|
|
66-73--139 |
|
|
-1 |
| 79. Bob Estes |
|
|
71-68--139 |
|
|
-1 |
| 79. Tony Finau |
|
|
72-67--139 |
|
|
-1 |
| 79. Chris DiMarco |
|
|
71-68--139 |
|
|
-1 |
| 79. Greg Kraft |
|
|
69-70--139 |
|
|
-1 |
| 79. Brett Quigley |
|
|
70-69--139 |
|
|
-1 |
| 79. Marc Turnesa |
|
|
69-70--139 |
|
|
-1 |
| 79. Y.E. Yang |
|
|
70-69--139 |
|
|
-1 |
| 94. Cameron Beckman |
|
|
70-70--140 |
|
|
E |
| 94. Bob Sowards |
|
|
69-71--140 |
|
|
E |
| 94. Tim Wilkinson |
|
|
70-70--140 |
|
|
E |
| 94. Dicky Pride |
|
|
68-72--140 |
|
|
E |
| 94. Lee Janzen |
|
|
69-71--140 |
|
|
E |
| 94. Kris Cox |
|
|
67-73--140 |
|
|
E |
| 100. Steve Allan |
|
|
72-69--141 |
|
+ |
1 |
| 100. John Riegger |
|
|
71-70--141 |
|
+ |
1 |
| 100. Nicholas Thompson |
|
|
75-66--141 |
|
+ |
1 |
| 100. Billy Andrade |
|
|
67-74--141 |
|
+ |
1 |
| 100. Richard Johnson |
|
|
69-72--141 |
|
+ |
1 |
| 100. Andrew Buckle |
|
|
73-68--141 |
|
+ |
1 |
| 100. Craig Kanada |
|
|
73-68--141 |
|
+ |
1 |
| 100. Dan Woltman |
|
|
72-69--141 |
|
+ |
1 |
| 100. Jonathan Byrd |
|
|
72-69--141 |
|
+ |
1 |
| 100. Kirk Triplett |
|
|
70-71--141 |
|
+ |
1 |
| 100. Robert Damron |
|
|
68-73--141 |
|
+ |
1 |
| 100. J.P. Hayes |
|
|
71-70--141 |
|
+ |
1 |
| 100. Cody Freeman |
|
|
74-67--141 |
|
+ |
1 |
| 113. Olin Browne |
|
|
72-70--142 |
|
+ |
2 |
| 113. Chris Smith |
|
|
73-69--142 |
|
+ |
2 |
| 113. Tommy Gainey |
|
|
71-71--142 |
|
+ |
2 |
| 113. Kenneth Ferrie |
|
|
70-72--142 |
|
+ |
2 |
| 113. Josh Esler |
|
|
76-66--142 |
|
+ |
2 |
| 113. Mark Brooks |
|
|
70-72--142 |
|
+ |
2 |
| 113. Parker McLachlin |
|
|
68-74--142 |
|
+ |
2 |
| 120. Kyle Thompson |
|
|
72-71--143 |
|
+ |
3 |
| 120. Chris Stroud |
|
|
73-70--143 |
|
+ |
3 |
| 120. Mike Johnston |
|
|
73-70--143 |
|
+ |
3 |
| 120. Larry Mize |
|
|
73-70--143 |
|
+ |
3 |
| 120. Skip Kendall |
|
|
73-70--143 |
|
+ |
3 |
| 120. Brent Geiberger |
|
|
71-72--143 |
|
+ |
3 |
| 126. Ted Purdy |
|
|
71-73--144 |
|
+ |
4 |
| 126. Jim Schuman |
|
|
72-72--144 |
|
+ |
4 |
| 128. Jake Roos |
|
|
74-71--145 |
|
+ |
5 |
| 128. Notah Begay III |
|
|
75-70--145 |
|
+ |
5 |
| 130. Robert Gamez |
|
|
72-74--146 |
|
+ |
6 |
| WD. Jeff Gove |
|
|
72--WD |
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|
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| DQ. Travis Perkins |
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|
73-73--DQ |
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Posted: 7/20/2008
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