The worst shots can be easier to recall than the good ones
Dustin Johnson
"I get the chunks sometimes " Thomas said. "I hit a drive in college  a drop-kick off the toe on No. 8. I'll never forget it. I was talking to one of our assistant coaches. I was trying to decide if I could carry it 305 to 310 yards over a bunker because we had a helping wind. I took a huge divot. It landed like 15 yards in front of me and rolled down the hill. The coach looked over at me and was laughing. I said  'Coach  did that cover the bunker?' "
Dustin Johnson  also went back to college.
"For some reason ... I won the tournament  but we were at Duke in college. It was the Duke Invitational "  Johnson  said. "I was in the right side of the fairway at No. 1 after making the turn  and I hoseled a 5-iron into the trees."
Does  he  remember  his  good shots as easily?
"Probably not "  Johnson  said. "But I've hit a lot of good ones."
Jordan Spieth didn't have to think hard when asked  his  worst shot of last year.  He  had a five-shot lead at the Northern Trust last year when  he  hit 8-iron into the water on the par-3 sixth.  He  wound up losing in a playoff to  Johnson .
So the tee shot on the 13th hole at Royal Birkdale  so far right that  he  took a penalty drop on the practice range  maybe wasn't all that bad. Spieth laughed at the memory  pointing out (again) that there was water on the face of his driver  and it hit a spectator that sent it even farther to the right.
THE BATTLE FOR NO. 1:  Dustin Johnson  is two weeks away from rare territory in the world ranking.
 Johnson  reached No. 1 after winning at Riviera  where  he  defends  his  title next week.
 Johnson  doesn't seem concerned  perhaps because  he  doesn't seem concerned about anything.  He  won at Kapalua and tied for ninth at Abu Dhabi.  He  has not played the last two weeks  and now is playing three of the next four.
"If I keep playing well and keep winning then  no  I'm going to stay No. 1 "  Johnson  said. "If I don't play well  there's a lot of really good players that are playing really well right now. So it's going to be tough for me to keep it. But if I keep playing like I am and how I should  then  yeah  I'll be there at the end of the year."
"I get the chunks sometimes " Thomas said. "I hit a drive in college  a drop-kick off the toe on No. 8. I'll never forget it. I was talking to one of our assistant coaches. I was trying to decide if I could carry it 305 to 310 yards over a bunker because we had a helping wind. I took a huge divot. It landed like 15 yards in front of me and rolled down the hill. The coach looked over at me and was laughing. I said  'Coach  did that cover the bunker?' "
 [TGT] also went back to college.
"For some reason ... I won the tournament  but we were at Duke in college. It was the Duke Invitational  [TGT] said. "I was in the right side of the fairway at No. 1 after making the turn  and I hoseled a 5-iron into the trees."
Does  he  remember  his  good shots as easily?
"Probably not "   [TGT] said. "But I've hit a lot of good ones."
Jordan Spieth didn't have to think hard when asked  his  worst shot of last year.  He  had a five-shot lead at the Northern Trust last year when  he  hit 8-iron into the water on the par-3 sixth.  He  wound up losing in a playoff to  [TGT]  .
So the tee shot on the 13th hole at Royal Birkdale  so far right that  he  took a penalty drop on the practice range  maybe wasn't all that bad. Spieth laughed at the memory  pointing out (again) that there was water on the face of his driver  and it hit a spectator that sent it even farther to the right.
THE BATTLE FOR NO. 1:   [TGT] is two weeks away from rare territory in the world ranking.
  [TGT] reached No. 1 after winning at Riviera  where   [TGT]   defends   [TGT]   title next week.
  [TGT] doesn't seem concerned  perhaps because   [TGT]   doesn't seem concerned about anything.   [TGT]   won at Kapalua and tied for ninth at Abu Dhabi.   [TGT]   has not played the last two weeks  and now is playing three of the next four.
"If I keep playing well and keep winning then  no  I'm going to stay No. 1 "   [TGT] said. "If I don't play well  there's a lot of really good players that are playing really well right now. So it's going to be tough for me to keep it. But if I keep playing like I am and how I should  then  yeah  I'll be there at the end of the year."