Golf: Johnson captures Kapalua event

MAUI: America’s Dustin Johnson captured the PGA Tour’s season-opening event on Tuesday, firing a five-under 68 to win the weather-shortened Hyundai Tournament of Champions. This was the big-hitting 28-year-old’s seventh PGA Tour title. “It gives me a lot of confidence going into this year,” said Johnson. “I played really good golf the last two days. I stayed aggressive and hit a couple of bad drives but other than that I played really good golf.” The tournament was originally supposed to conclude on Monday but it didn’t officially begin until Monday because of heavy winds at the Kapalua Plantation Course.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 10^th, 2013.