By Derek Lawrenson for the Daily Mail
Published: 22:31 BST, 21 April 2019 | Updated: 00:48 BST, 22 April 2019
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Dustin Johnson began the final round of the Heritage Classic in South Carolina on Sunday with a one-shot lead over Ian Poulter. He finished it proving that not even the world’s best golfer is immune from occasionally looking like just another Sunday afternoon hacker.
Consider Johnson’s back nine and take heart: from the 11th hole he had three bogeys in a row and then followed it with two double bogeys in succession.
Seven shots lost in just five holes — and this was supposed to be the day when he went one better than his runner-up finish at the Masters the previous Sunday, where they fitted him with the Tartan jacket on offer here to the winner to make up for just missing out on the green one.
Dustin Johnson began the final round of the Heritage Classic on Sunday with a one-shot lead
In the end it was CT Pan from Taiwan who shot 67 to claim his first PGA Tour victory
Just to put the tin lid on his afternoon to forget, the 34-year-old hails from just down the road from where the event was being held on beautiful Hilton Head island, and had plenty of
