International Series reaches Philippines with time running out for Johnson to win this year
Dustin Johnson has won a tournament almost every year since 2008, but has only come close once so far this season
The International Series tees off in the Philippines on Thursday, with Dustin Johnson running out of time to extend his impressive record of winning a tournament every year for the past decade.
A two-time major champion, Johnson has tasted victory consistently since his rookie PGA Tour season in 2008, when he won the Turning Stone Resort Championship.
But the 41-year-old 4Aces captain struggled in LIV Golf this year, with his best finish a third place in Indianapolis, the final event of the regular season.
Not in the field for next week’s Link Hong Kong Open, there are only two more International Series events after that - in Singapore and Saudi Arabia - for him to maintain his streak.
Given that, he might have been expected to take a greater interest in the Sta Elena Golf Club where he begins his tournament tomorrow in a group alongside Louis Oosthuizen and local hero Miguel Tabuena.
But Wednesday afternoon’s pro-am was the American’s first look at a course in a country he is visiting for the first time.