Zach Johnson fired a second consecutive 69 on Friday and looks to be on the right side of the cutline at the John Deere Classic at 4 under, although a number of players didn’t finish their second round due to a lengthy rain delay.
And while Johnson certainly hopes to get closer to leader J.T. Poston this weekend, many of the questions he fielded on Friday were about his victory at the 2015 British Open, when the American captured the title in a four-hole aggregate playoff, outlasting South Africa’s Louis Oosthuizen and Australia’s Marc Leishman.
When it was over and he had been declared the Champion Golfer of the Year, Johnson took the Claret Jug on a victory lap down the 18th fairway of the Old Course at St. Andrews. He did so along the streetside, high-fiving fans and allowing them to touch one of the most treasured trophies in all of sports.
