Dustin Johnson got to world No 1 by combining scintillating wedge play with enormous power and precision iron play. Rose opened with a 68, as Spieth played horribly for a 75, with the rest among the late starters. I definitely want to stay there,” Johnson said of his desire to remain world number one for a 65th consecutive week. Unlike Johnson, who hit an iron from the tee and made birdie, McIlroy couldn’t resist his attacking instincts at the 18th and pulled a driver into the lake that guards the left side. Like the stellar threeball of Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson and Ricky Fowler, Offaly’s Shane Lowry was among the late afternoon starters.

Source: Irish Examiner May 10, 2018 23:03 UTC