Johnson rallies, stuns Spieth in Northern Trust playoff

OLD WESTBURY, N.Y. — Dustin Johnson faced long odds all day against Jordan Spieth until the longest drive led to an unlike playoff victory Sunday in The Northern Trust.

Johnson rallied from a five-shot deficit on the front nine.

And, on the final hole in regulation, after one of golf ’s most powerful players chose to lay up from the rough, Johnson’s 18-foot par putt swirled around the cup and fell in the back side for a 4-under-par 66 and a 13-under 267 total to force a sudden-death playoff.

Returning to the 18th hole, Johnson felt the wind switch and took on the lake with a 341-yard tee shot — the longest of the week on that hole — that left him a lob wedge that he hit to 4 feet.

Spieth, who already made his share of big putts along the back nine at Glen Oaks, hit 7-iron to the back collar and missed his 25-foot birdie putt. Johnson rolled in his short birdie putt for his fourth victory of the year.

Spieth, who closed with a 69, lost for the first time in six tries when leading by at least two shots.

There wasn’t much he could do except take back that tee shot into the water on the par-3 sixth hole after building a five-shot lead. Johnson played bogey-free in the final round and played his final 29 holes at par or better.

“I didn’t lose the tournament,” Spieth said. “He won it.”

The opening Fedex Cup playoff event featured two of golf ’s biggest names who put on an amazing show on Long Island.

“I thought that was a fun show,” Spieth said. “I was hoping it wasn’t going to be that much fun.”

■ At Ottawa, Ontario, Sung Hyun Park added the Canadian Pacific Women’s Open title to her U.S. Women’s Open crown with a comeback

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victory at Ottawa Hunt.

Park birdied the final hole for a 7-under 64 and a two-stroke victory over fellow South Korean Mirim Lee.

Four strokes behind leaders Nicole Broch Larsen and Mo Martin entering the round, Park finished at 13-under 271. She won the U.S. Women’s Open last month in New Jersey for her first LPGA Tour title.

Michelle Wie withdrew before the round and was taken to Ottawa Hospital for surgery to remove her appendix. Wie was tied for 23rd, six strokes back entering the day.

■ At Snoqualmie, Wash., Jerry Kelly won the Boeing Classic for his first PGA Tour Champions title, closing with a 6-under 66 for a one-stroke victory over Jerry Smith.

Kelly, who took a three-stroke advantage into the final round, had a tournament-record 19-under 197 total at TPC Snoqualmie Ridge.

Kelly tied Smith (64) with a 3-foot birdie putt on the par-4 16th and moved ahead with a 15-foot birdie putt on the par-3 17th.

■ At Farso, Demark, Julian Suri carded a final-round 64 to win the Made in Denmark tournament and claim his first European Tour title in his seventh appearance.

The American fired seven birdies and no bogeys at Himmerland Golf and Spa Resort to finish 19 under and four shots clear of overnight leader David Horsey, who triple-bogeyed his final hole.

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