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Johnson reigns with LA victory
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DUSTIN Johnson took over from Jason Day as the No. 1 player in world golf on Sunday following his victory at the PGA Tour’s Genesis Open in Los Angeles.
The American had been third in the world rankings before leapfrogging Australian Day, who had held the honor for 47 straight weeks.
US Open champion Johnson needed to win the tournament and see Day finish worse than a tie for third to claim the No. 1 ranking. He won by five strokes while Day finished in a tie for 64th.
Johnson, the 20th player to hold top spot since the inception of the rankings in 1986, said he liked the way ‘world No. 1’ sounded.
“It sounds good,” the 32-year-old said in a green-side interview after his victory at Riviera. “It gives me a lot of confidence. It’s going to push me to work even harder.”
Johnson grabbed top spot only two years after taking six months off to deal with what he described as “personal challenges”. He left the Tour in August of 2014 and returned to competition the following February.
The American joins Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods in winning every year for at least a decade after starting on the tour. Palmer (1955-71) and Nicklaus (1962-78) both won in their first 17 seasons, while Woods (1996-2009) notched 14 straight seasons with a win.
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