Pitarresi: Johnson hits it a long, long way

We – meaning the Central New York media - got a chance to talk to Dustin Johnson today by speakerphone.

 

The 2008 Turning Stone Resort Championship winner is having a great season, and he was fun to talk to.

 

Johnson won Turning Stone last year by birdying the 613-yard 18th hole, edging Robert Allenby by a stroke. One of the longest hitters on tour – he’s averaging 307 yards right now – Johnson nailed his drive 357 yards.

 

“That’s as far as I can hit it,” he said.

 

He followed that with a 2-iron that flew the green - so that was another 256 yards - then chipped back and sank a short putt for a closing 69.

 

“I think the wind was blowing pretty good,” he said, and he was indeed hitting West to East, with a tailwind. “If I had it to do over again, I think I’d hit a 3-iron instead of a 2.”

 

Think about that. The guy hit driver, 2-iron on a 613-yard hole and goes over the green!

 

You can read more about Johnson when our Turning Stone Resort Championship tab comes out Sept. 27.