Johnson pulls off a stunner by rallying to beat Spieth

OLD WESTBURY, N.Y.» In a FedEx Cup playoff opener, Dustin Johnson delivered backto-back blows Sunday to beat Jordan Spieth in the Northern Trust.

One was a putt from 18 feet.

The other was a drive that traveled 341 yards.

Down to his last shot, Johnson watched his 18-foot par putt stay on the high side of the hole and thought for sure it would miss. He took two steps of hope to the right, and then pumped his fist in a rare show of emotion when it swirled around and dropped in the back side of the cup for a closing 4under-par 66 to force a playoff.

Given new life, Johnson powered a drive over the lake to the far edge of the fairway. It was the longest drive all week on the 18th hole, and it left him a wedge to 4 feet for a birdie and a victory.

The No. 1 player in golf looked the part again.

“It was fun to be in the hunt again and know that my game is going to hold up under pressure,” Johnson said.

Spieth lost for the first time in six tries when leading by two shots or more, and 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 golf over the final 29 holes.

“I didn’t lose the tournament,” Spieth said after closing with a 69. “He won it.”

It was great theater between Johnson and Spieth, good friends who now are No. 1 and No. 2 in the world.

“I thought that was a fun show,” said Spieth, a 24-year-old Texan.

Johnson made up a five-shot deficit in five holes, and they battled along the back nine with big shots and big moments.

They were tied on the par-3 17th when both hit into a bunker, and Johnson blasted out to 4 feet with an easier shot and angle to the hole. Spieth had 18 feet for a par and knocked it in.

On the closing hole, Johnson showed the kind of golf IQ that belies his simple out- look on life. After he sliced his drive up the hill and into a lie in the rough, he chose to lay up instead of trying to hammer a shot to an elevated green.

But he made it pay off with a par. That got him into the playoff after Spieth lagged a 75-foot putt perfectly to get his par.

They finished at 13-under 267.

Park rallies for LPGA win in Canada.

OTTAWA» Sung Hyun Park added the Canadian Pacific Women’s Open championship to her U.S. Women’s Open title with a comeback victory.

Park birdied the final hole for a sizzling 7under 64 and a two-stroke victory over fellow South Korean player Mirim Lee. Four strokes behind leaders Nicole Broch Larsen and Mo Martin entering the round, the 23-year-old 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.

“I can’t think of anything. I can’t believe this,” Park said after winning Sunday.

Suri secures Made in Denmark victory.

Julian Suri carded a final round of 64 to win the Made in Denmark event and claim his first European Tour title in his seventh appearance.

The American had seven birdies and no bogeys to finish at 19-under and four shots clear of overnight leader David Horsey, who triple-bogeyed the final hole.

Kelly’s closing 66 wins Boeing Classic.