GOLF CHAMPIONS
Dustin Johnson targets par-fives for Shanghai win
The world No1 will face stiff competition when he chases his third World Golf Championship title of the year
Shanghai — Dustin Johnson will be looking to ride his booming drive to victory when he begins his 2017-18 season in a stellar field at the WGC-HSBC Champions tournament this weekend. The world No1 will face stiff competition when he chases his third World Golf Championship title of the year, with five of the top 10 in the world teeing off at the Sheshan International course on Thursday. Johnson, who won the WGC-Mexico and WGC-Dell Match Play earlier in 2017, said he would be targeting the par-fives in his bid to reclaim the trophy he won four years ago. "I like the golf course," Johnson told the European Tour website. "I think it fits my game pretty well. You’ve got to do everything well. You can make a lot of birdies here if you’re driving it well and, for me, playing the par-fives well [is key]." Johnson has not played since a brilliant performance as part of a winning US team at the Presidents Cup about three weeks ago. He skipped the first two events of the PGA Tour’s Asian swin...
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