NORTON, Mass. — So much for Jordan Spieth vs. Dustin Johnson, Part II. At least on Friday, anyway.
Five days after dueling in a playoff in the first event of the FedEx Cup Playoffs, the two were grouped together, along with Justin Thomas, for the opening round of the Dell Technologies Championship on Friday.
This one went to Johnson, too.
On a cool, breezy morning at TPC Boston, Johnson made five birdies, an eagle and two bogeys en route to a five-under 66 to take a one-shot lead over Kyle Stanley, Marc Leishman and Sergio Garcia.
Spieth, meanwhile, made three bogeys in his first seven holes and shot 71.
“I finally feel like I’m swinging the club how I was, you know, when I was playing really well at the beginning of the year,” Johnson said. “I’ve got a lot of control over it.