Masters ‘on track’

Reigning Masters golf champion Dustin Johnson has backed conditions ahead of the year’s first men’s major. Johnson, who won with a record score of 268, 20-under-par, at Augusta National last year, played nine holes yesterday. His early assessment: Augusta National is ready, and it should present a different challenge from the one he conquered last November. The course was soft for much of last year’s first-ever spring Masters after rain.