Rory McIlroy begins 2018 in Abu Dhabi with goal: ‘I’d love to win again’

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OLD WESTBURY, N.Y. — Dustin Johnson faced long odds all day against Jordan Spieth until the longest drive led to an unlike playoff victory Sunday in THE NORTHERN TRUST. Johnson rallied from a five-shot deficit on the front nine. And on the final hole in regulation, he curled in an 18-foot birdie putt that swirled around the cup and fell in the back to match Spieth’s two-putt par from 75 feet. Returning to the 18th hole in a playoff, Johnson took on the lake with a 341-yard tee shot that left him a lob wedge to 4 feet. Spieth couldn’t make a 25-foot birdie, and Johnson rolled it in for his fourth victory of the year. The opening FedExCup Playoffs event featured two of the biggest names in golf who put on a show.

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HOW THEY QUALIFIED Winner — PGA/U.S. Open Championship Dustin Johnson Brooks Koepka Winner — The Masters tournament Adam Scott Winner — The Open Phil Mickelson Henrik Stenson Winner — WGC Event Russell Knox Shane Lowry Winner — Arnold Palmer Invitational, the Memorial Matt Every David Lingmerth William McGirt Winner — FedExCup Billy Horschel Tournament winner in past two seasons Aaron Baddeley Daniel Berger Wesley Bryan Greg Chalmers Kevin Chappell Austin Cook Tony Finau Brice Garnett Fabian Gomez Cody Gribble James Hahn Mackenzie Hughes Billy Hurley III Smylie Kaufman Chris Kirk Patton Kizzire Peter Malnati Grayson Murray Scott Piercy D.A. Points Charl Schwartzel Brandt Snedeker Brian Stuard Vaughn Taylor Career Money Exemption K.J. Choi Retief Goosen Sponsors Exemptions — Web.com Tour Finals Padraig Harrington Scottie Scheffer Sponsors Exemptions — Members not otherwise exempt John Daly Dicky Pride Sponsors Exemptions — Unrestricted Dawson Armstrong Grant Hirschman Braden Thornberry Casey Wittenbert PGA Section Champion/Player of the Year Johan Kok Past Champions of Respective Event Ben Crane Harris English Top 125 on Last Season’s FedExCup Points List Chez Reavie Charles Howell III Lucas Glover Keegan Bradley Luke List Stewart Cink Scott Brown Jamie Lovemark Sung Kang Ollie Schniederjans Robert Streb Bud Cauley Kevin Tway Danny Lee Kelly Kraft Patrick Rodgers  Chad Campbell Cheng Tsung Pan Harold Varner III Nick Taylor J.B. Holmes J.J. Spaun Michael Kim Scott Stallings Byeong Hun An Martin Flores Ricky Werenski Ryan Blaum Robert Garrigus Brian Gay Steve Stricker Derek Fathauer Tyrone Van Aswegen Dominic Bozzelli John Huh Blayne Barber Ben Martin J.J. Henry Major Medical Exemption Ryan Palmer Michael Thompson Jon Curran Bob Estes Steve Marino John Peterson Top 10 and Ties from Previous Event Joaquin Niemann Corey Conners Top Finishers from Web.com Tour Prior Season Beau Hossler Tom Hoge Peter Uihlein Brandon Harkins Keith Mitchell Martin Piller Abraham Ancer Andrew Putnam Talor Gooch Sam Saunders Tyler Duncan Seamus Power Nicholas Lindheim Troy Merritt Adam Schenk Tom Lovelady Ben Silverman Xinjun Zhang Joel Dahmen Shawn Stefani Sam Ryder Denny McCarthy Jonathan Randolph Nate Lashley Rob Oppenheim Stephan Jaeger Bronson Burgoon Lanto Griffin Cameron Tringale Roberto Diaz  Johathan Byrd Matt Jones Ethan Tracy Brett Stegmaier Matt Atkins Steve Wheatcroft Conrad Shindler Andrew Yun Zecheng Dou Kyle Thompson Will Claxton  Will MacKenzie David Berganio Jr. 126-150 Prior Season’s FedExCup Points List Trey Mullinax J.T. Poston Johnson Wagner David Hearn Ricky Barnes Daniel Summerhays Zach Blair Cameron Percy Rick Lamb Reorder Category — Cat. 34 thru 38 Hunter Mahan Brendon de Jonge George McNeill Troy Matteson Eric Axley Tommy Gainey

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