The perfect @DellMatchPlay bracket. pic.twitter.com/2ZMXJeinFG— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) March 27, 2017
Over the weekend, Dustin Johnson rolled through the golf version of March Madness, culminating with a 1UP victory over Jon Rahm to claim the Dell Match Play down in Austin. I say it's March Madness because the PGA Tour goes through a 64-player bracket, much like the NCAA Tournament.
It may as well been a one man event.
Johnson, already the #1 player in the world, proved that ranking by earning his 3rd win in as many starts, and in the process becoming the 1st player to win all 4 World Golf Championships (Match Play, HSBC, Bridgestone, and Mexico Championships) in a career. Tiger has the most, but he never won the HSBC.And he knocked off golf's hottest rookie to do it.
Rahm, already a winner on TOUR earlier in the year, dominated through the early portion of the bracket, with his closest match coming in a 3 and 2 (meaning up by 3 holes with 2 to play) win over Bill Haas in the semis.
Johnson had the gas pedal flat on the floor early, starting 5UP thru 8 holes, in what looked like a blowout.
But in a match-up with this much firepower, anything can happen.
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) March 26, 2017
Rahm cut into the deficit early on the back, then won 3 of 4 holes from 13-17, getting back to 1DN heading to 18. But Johnson, being the top player in the world, shut the door on 18 to seal the deal.
The TOUR heads south to Houston for the the Shell Houston Open for the final tune-up before the best week of the year...Masters week.
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