The unofficial host Zach Johnson feels at his home at John Deere Classic, where he started for the 24th time Thursday during the course he made 16 consecutive times.
The tournament is played out at TPC Deere Run, just above the border of Iowa and through the Mississippi river in Silvis, Ill.
“It will seem strange, but my feet feel comfortable here,” said Johnson, 49, whose skills titles “Mr. Iowa” come to grow in Iowa City, frequenting Drake University is monks and being born in Cedar Rapids. “I grew up on folded herb fairways, curved grass greens. I had a long put session yesterday and a little – I don’t suggest that I will take this week well – but I felt like, guy, it’s gone. It is difficult to summarize this.”
For Johnson, he believes that “boring” wins, and as a winner of PGA Tour 12 times, the only points of style that concern them are the glow of the trophy on Sunday afternoon. Perhaps another by-product of age and experience, Johnson is determined not to think too much, from the green to green this week.
“I think that my game is at a point where the execution is really the only one – is really the main thing I focus on, and I love it,” said Johnson, who finished in the Top 10 at Masters (T8) and the Top 20 in Texas Open (T18). “Each aspect of my game has been quite solid. Everyone who knows me and knows me well, it’s boring, but I like boring. I am really good to be boring. So I like boring golf. It’s all here. It’s the hills, the bumps, it’s the Rolls, it’s speed, it’s just that I’m comfortable. It doesn’t mean that I’m going to be. success.”
Apart from the Zurich’s classical team event, Johnson has only one round under 70 years since the Masters in April.
Johnson equaled last 82nd at the Golf Club Strait, rushing in the last three laps after an opening 65 at the Rocket Classic. He is at TPC Deere Run with more than large expectations two weeks before his 20th departure in an open championship.
The last time the winner of the 2015 open championship was in the event at Royal Portrush, he missed the Cup in 2019. Johnson only played on weekends once in the last four openings. During his four departures before (2015-18), Johnson won the Claret Jug and finished in the first 20 consecutive years.
Although John Deere Classic does not always boast of a renowned field, Johnson said that the 2025 event will prepare it for what awaits us.
“This tournament has always had, if you call it like this, a date that can be a little difficult, just, with regard to my peers. It will be the best field statistically if you look from a world golf point of view.
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