Column: Dustin Johnson no longer intimidating as a closer

SHANGHAI (AP) No one ever can tell what’s going through Dustin Johnson’s head by looking at him. His expression was the same at the HSBC Champions when he was building a six-shot lead on Saturday and when he was losing it on Sunday.

Leave the emotions of the surreal moment to Henrik Stenson.

Suddenly one shot behind, Stenson drilled his 4-wood just short of the green at the par-4 16th and as he stood by his golf bag, he turned to the right and widened his eyes as far as they would go. It was a look that suggested, ”What’s going on here?”

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Johnson sure didn’t have many answers.

He left the 18th green with the same stoic expression that he had on the first tee when he began the final round with a six-shot lead. Instead of going to the trophy presentation on the third-floor balcony of the HSBC suite above the 18th green at Sheshan International, Johnson went into the scoring room to sign for a 77.

It was his highest closing round with the 54-hole lead..

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Column: Dustin Johnson no longer intimidating as a closer

SHANGHAI (AP) No one ever can tell what’s going through Dustin Johnson’s head by looking at him. His expression was the same at the HSBC Champions when he was building a six-shot lead on Saturday and when he was losing it on Sunday.

Leave the emotions of the surreal moment to Henrik Stenson.

Suddenly one shot behind, Stenson drilled his 4-wood just short of the green at the par-4 16th and as he stood by his golf bag, he turned to the right and widened his eyes as far as they would go. It was a look that suggested, ”What’s going on here?”

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Johnson sure didn’t have many answers.

He left the 18th green with the same stoic expression that he had on the first tee when he began the final round with a six-shot lead. Instead of going to the trophy presentation on the third-floor balcony of the HSBC suite above the 18th green at Sheshan International, Johnson went into the scoring room to sign for a 77.

It was his highest closing round with the 54-hole lead..

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Langer wins PGA Tour Champions event on second playoff hole

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) Bernhard Langer made a 30-foot birdie putt on the second playoff hole to beat Miguel Angel Jimenez in the PowerShares QQQ Championship on Sunday for his second victory in two events of the Charles Schwab Cup playoffs.

Langer missed a similar putt on the first extra hole as both he and Jimenez made par. He was perfect on the second for his third win in his last four tournaments and seventh victory of the season.

Langer and Jimenez, who shared the 36-hole lead with David Toms, both shot 5-under 67 in the final round to force the playoff at 11-under 205. Toms, winless in his first season on the senior tour, had a 69 to finish two shots back in third.

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Langer leads the Schwab Cup points standings and is followed by Scott McCarron, Kenny Perry, Jimenez and Kevin Sutherland. The points now reset and any of the top five can win the cup and $1 million bonus with a victory in the Schwab Cup Championship at Phoenix Country Club from No..

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Langer wins PGA Tour Champions event on second playoff hole

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) Bernhard Langer made a 30-foot birdie putt on the second playoff hole to beat Miguel Angel Jimenez in the PowerShares QQQ Championship on Sunday for his second victory in two events of the Charles Schwab Cup playoffs.

Langer missed a similar putt on the first extra hole as both he and Jimenez made par. He was perfect on the second for his third win in his last four tournaments and seventh victory of the season.

Langer and Jimenez, who shared the 36-hole lead with David Toms, both shot 5-under 67 in the final round to force the playoff at 11-under 205. Toms, winless in his first season on the senior tour, had a 69 to finish two shots back in third.

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Langer leads the Schwab Cup points standings and is followed by Scott McCarron, Kenny Perry, Jimenez and Kevin Sutherland. The points now reset and any of the top five can win the cup and $1 million bonus with a victory in the Schwab Cup Championship at Phoenix Country Club from No..

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Casey rejoins Europe with hopes of another Ryder Cup

SHANGHAI (AP) Back among the top players in golf, Paul Casey is rejoining the European Tour so he can get back to the Ryder Cup.

Casey said he will become a European Tour member again after a three-year absence, making the 40-year-old from England eligible to qualify or be picked for next year’s Ryder Cup in France. He last played for Europe in the 2008 matches at Valhalla.

”I have missed it too much,” Casey said at the HSBC Champions. ”I have missed my contribution to British golf, my contribution to Europe. My Ryder Cup experiences have been the highlight of my career. I want to be – and need to be – part of the European Tour, and then obviously that puts me in line to hopefully, possibly, play another Ryder Cup, which I would dearly love to do.”

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Casey went through a deep slump brought on mainly by injuries and partly by a divorce. He fell as low as No. 169 in the world four years ago until a resurgence on and off the golf course. He has won twice i..

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Casey rejoins Europe with hopes of another Ryder Cup

SHANGHAI (AP) Back among the top players in golf, Paul Casey is rejoining the European Tour so he can get back to the Ryder Cup.

Casey said he will become a European Tour member again after a three-year absence, making the 40-year-old from England eligible to qualify or be picked for next year’s Ryder Cup in France. He last played for Europe in the 2008 matches at Valhalla.

”I have missed it too much,” Casey said at the HSBC Champions. ”I have missed my contribution to British golf, my contribution to Europe. My Ryder Cup experiences have been the highlight of my career. I want to be – and need to be – part of the European Tour, and then obviously that puts me in line to hopefully, possibly, play another Ryder Cup, which I would dearly love to do.”

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Casey went through a deep slump brought on mainly by injuries and partly by a divorce. He fell as low as No. 169 in the world four years ago until a resurgence on and off the golf course. He has won twice i..

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Armour shoots 68, earns 1st career win at Sanderson Farms

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) Ryan Armour’s final round at the Sanderson Farms Championship was downright boring, which was exactly the plan.

The 41-year-old Armour earned his first PGA Tour win on Sunday, shooting a 4-under 68 to beat Chesson Hadley by five shots at the Country Club of Jackson.

Armour began the final round with a five-shot lead and was never seriously challenged. He won for the first time in 105 career starts, nailing fairway after fairway in bright sunshine and cool temperatures to avoid any drama.

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”It’s a big monkey off my back, I’m not going to lie,” said Armour, who finished at 19 under for the tournament. ”There’s a lot of emotions running through my head. Part of me wants to fly home immediately and see my wife and kids.

”And part of me wants to go hang out with the boys.”

Jonathan Randolph – a Jackson-area native playing on his home course – briefly made a charge with seven birdies over his first nine holes. That pushed him to 14 un..

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