Dustin Johnson puts four balls into water in two holes at 3M Open
The 21-time PGA Tour winner later withdrew after an opening-round 78 due to a back injury
Thursday 23 July 2020 19:54, UK
Dustin Johnson's hopes of bouncing back from a forgettable week at the Memorial Tournament did not last long after he made a shocking start to the 3M Open.
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The former world No 1 suffered an early exit at Muirfield Village last week, after posting back-to-back 80s over the first two rounds, and he suffered another calamitous front nine at TPC Twin Cities before later withdrawing.
Making his tournament debut in Minneapolis, Johnson missed a six-foot chance at the 10th - his opening hole - and saw a birdie at the 12th cancelled out with a bogey at the 16th, only to plummet down the leaderboard over his next two holes.
Johnson found water off the tee on his way to a double-bogey at the 17th, before also ending up in the hazard when trying to reach the par-five 18th green in two.
After taking a penalty drop, Johnson's second approach - his fourth shot - suffered a similar fate and then his next attempt also went into the drink, the fourth shot into water in the space of two holes.
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Johnson eventually reached the 18th green at the fourth time of asking, his eighth shot, with an impressive up-and-down salvaging an ugly quadruple-bogey nine and seeing him reach the turn in 42.
Further bogeys at the second and third briefly took him to nine over, before he decided to withdraw due to a back injury after closing his opening-round 78 with a 20-foot birdie at the ninth - his final hole.
Click on the video above to see Johnson's four shots into water!
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