Golf - Johnson tames gusting winds to challenge for lead


  • Golf
  • Friday, 19 May 2017

(Reuters) - World number one Dustin Johnson battled through tricky afternoon winds to post a three-under-par 67 and challenge for the lead after the opening round of the AT&T Byron Nelson in Irving, Texas on Thursday.

"It was really difficult today, the way it was blowing hard and it was gusty," Johnson told Golf Channel after moving within three shots of co-leaders James Hahn and Ricky Barnes in a large group tied at three-under.

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