Johnson makes stunning start

A measure of how well Phil Mickelson had played in the first two rounds of the BellSouth Classic in Atlanta came today from Swede Richard Johnson.

The 29-year-old former European Tour winner, Florida-based since coming through the US PGA Tour qualifying school in 2002, resumed with seven birdies in his first 13 holes – and yet was still 10 adrift of Mickelson.