When he finished with a 10-foot birdie, Johnson matched the low round Sunday with a 6-under 64 to build a five-shot lead over Justin Thomas and Xander Schauffele in the Tour Championship, leaving him one round away from the FedEx Cup and its $15 million prize.
Clowney is now reunited with Titans head coach Mike Vrabel, who served as his position coach and defensive coordinator when the two were with the Houston Texans.
Johnson has rounds of 67-70, and along with starting at 10 under because of his No. 1 seed, was at 13-under par. He hit only two fairways — the first hole and the fifth, where both times he made par.
In total, six Gamecocks from the 2020 NFL draft class will be opening up the season on an NFL roster.
The total value of the deal, to be signed later Saturday, is $177.54 million with nearly $111 million in guarantees, trailing only quarterback Patrick Mahomes’ 12-year deal with the Kansas City Chiefs as the largest in NFL history.
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Gamecock baseball alum Clarke Schmidt (2015-17) has been called up by the New York Yankees and will be on the active roster with the club in Baltimore, the organization announced tonight (Sept. 4).
President Donald Trump said Friday he intends to award the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, to longtime football coach Lou Holtz.
Five days later, Dustin Johnson and Jon Rahm are still going at it. They dressed about the same Friday in the Tour Championship, matched birdies on five holes and wound up tied for the lead at East Lake.
Atlantic Coast Conference media members selected Clemson as the clear favorite in the league’s preseason football poll released Friday.
