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British Open 2019: 5 bold predictions for The Open Championship

By Cody Williams

PORTRUSH, NORTHERN IRELAND - JULY 15: Tiger Woods during a practice round prior to the 148th Open Championship held on the Dunluce Links at Royal Portrush Golf Club on July 15, 2019 in Portrush, United Kingdom. (Photo by Charles McQuillan/R&A/R&A via Getty Images)
PORTRUSH, NORTHERN IRELAND - JULY 15: Tiger Woods during a practice round prior to the 148th Open Championship held on the Dunluce Links at Royal Portrush Golf Club on July 15, 2019 in Portrush, United Kingdom. (Photo by Charles McQuillan/R&A/R&A via Getty Images) /
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Antrim , United Kingdom – 16 July 2019; Dustin Johnson of USA hits a tee shot on the 1st hole during a practice round ahead of the 148th Open Championship at Royal Portrush in Portrush, Co. Antrim. (Photo By John Dickson/Sportsfile via Getty Images) /

3. Dustin Johnson starts hot and cools quickly on weekend

Things have been a bit uneven in major championships for Dustin Johnson this season on the PGA Tour. He started the major season by quietly tying for second at Augusta for The Masters. Meanwhile, he followed that up at the PGA Championship with another strong showing, finishing outright second. However, he couldn’t keep that pace at the U.S. Open at Pebble Beach as he tied for 35th in a merely respectable finish.

While Johnson officially has the major monkey off his back after winning the 2016 U.S. Open, it’s truly hard to look at him and feel confident when it comes to the British Open. After all, he missed the cut last year at Carnoustie in this event and finished just tied for 54th in 2017. And while he has three top-10 finishes to his credit, the consistency simply isn’t there.

Knowing what Johnson is capable of and looking at Royal Portrush, it would be criminal to say that he’s going to miss the cut at The Open for the second straight year. In fact, Johnson is going to likely come out and put up low numbers on both Thursday and Friday.

While he may be in the mix after 36 holes, Johnson is going to fade in a big way. And this won’t be totally like Fowler in that others will catch him from behind, but rather that Johnson simply will fall off from where he was playing. Ultimately, contention after 36 holes will turn into a middle-of-the-field finish for DJ.

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