The 2 perfect golfers within the LIV Golfing league battled in a playoff on Sunday at LIV Tulsa, and in spite of everything Dustin Johnson made a birdie at the first playoff hollow to defeat Cameron Smith and Branden Grace for his second-ever LIV Golfing victory.

D.J. adopted a 63-63 get started on Friday and Saturday with a good 67 on Sunday (with a triple bogey) however used to be run unwell by means of Smith, who shot 61 within the ultimate spherical to leap into the playoff the place D.J. promptly poured one in on him (and Grace) for the $4 million name.

“All wins are good,” mentioned D.J. in very D.J.-like model. “It will be the similar [as my win in Boston, which came in a playoff over Anirban Lahiri and Joaquin Niemann. “I want to win as much as possible. But obviously winning in a playoff, too, for the second time, next time I’d like to win without going into a playoff would be a lot less stressful.”

The victory came on the other side of a rain delay at Cedar Ridge Country Club. Rain left the golf course soggy after some of the best players in the world tore it up for most of the week. There were 11 rounds of 63 or better over the course of the three-day event.

For D.J., it comes at a great time. He’s headed up to Oak Hill for the second major championship of the year on Sunday evening after his win. It’s the first top five he’s posted this year and the best he’s played since last September. He was below average (for him) at the Masters but takes a little juice to Oak Hill where he’ll try to collect his third major and knock off three-quarters of the career grand slam.

“Yeah, I think I did pretty well [at Oak Hill in 2013],” he mentioned of his T8 at that occasion’s PGA Championship. “Obviously that’s a long time ago, but yeah, I’m looking forward to it. Obviously it’s a really good golf course. It’s going to be tough. I like tough golf courses. It’s going to play tough, and from what I hear the rough is really deep.

“Yeah, taking a look ahead to it. I believe like the sport is in in point of fact just right mode going into after future, so we’ll see what occurs.”

Johnson will most likely have the benefit of the range of tough, the elimination of lots of timber at Oak Hill and the hole up of the golfing direction as a complete. It’s now not distracted to suppose he may just win the event at 20-1.

Neither is it distracted to suppose Smith, who narrowly neglected out on what would had been his moment profession LIV victory, is usually a issue as smartly. His 61 on Sunday secured for the most productive spherical of the future, and he is taking 3 consecutive lead 10s into the PGA following a disappointing T34 on the Masters in April.

Alternative golfers who completed within the lead 10 at LIV Tulsa and can play games at Oak Hill come with Brooks Koepka (T5) and Bryson DeChambeau (T5). With the way in which Oak Hill might be arrange, both of them is usually a issue.

At the crew aspect, Grace’s Stingers GC narrowly edged D.J.’s 4Aces -40 to -39 at the future.