Dustin Johnson eyes major breakthrough
In the absence of Ireland’s world number one and defending champion Rory McIlroy following his football-related ankle injury 10 days ago, Johnson, Spieth and their American compatriot Rickie Fowler will start the 144th Open Championship as the men to watch for a variety of reasons.
Spieth has arrived in Scotland in search of a third successive major of the season straight from his red-eye transatlantic flight that followed a play-off victory over Tom Gillis at the John Deere Classic on the PGA Tour in Illinois on Sunday night. Victory here at the Home of Golf seven days later would complete three-quarters of a never-before-completed calendar Grand Slam and hand the 21-year-old Texan a place among the game’s immortals.
