September 04-07
East Lake GC, Atlanta, Georgia
Round 1, Round 3, Round 4

Dustin Johnson leads by one shot after 36 holes at East Lake but not without struggle.

“The fairways are narrow. It's hard to hit them. My ball is not going where I'm looking right now with the driver,” Johnson explained.

In fact, he managed to hit only 7 of 28 fairways in his first two round.

“I wouldn't really say I struggled with my ball striking, more driving it in the fairway,” he said. “It's hard to strike it well if you're not in the fairway here. The few shots that I did hit off the fairway, I felt like I hit them pretty good.”

Sungjae Im lies in second place at 12-under after birdies on three of his last four holes led to a 64.

Past champion Justin Thomas, his main rival for the Player of the Year award , is in fourth at 10-under after struggling with his putting.

“I played miles better than 1 over par. I should have never shot over par today with how well I played,” he said. “I'm doing a lot of good things. I just had a hard time hitting some putts hard enough there in those first four, five, six holes I'd say.”

Thomas has struggled with the pace of the greens over the last two weeks.

“Honestly I had a hard time getting the ball to the hole last week at the beginning of the week, because they were so firm you want them to be like Augusta, but they weren't as fast,” he said. “They were just more crusty and firm to where if you got downwind or you got to some bare parts of the green they rolled out; whereas here, they're so true they don't have those inconsistencies and being really firm or being soft.”