PALM HARBOR, Fla. _ Dustin Johnson is right where he's used to being on the weekend: near the top of the leaderboard.
After a rough start, Johnson regrouped and shot a second straight 2-under 69. He was 4 under and just two shots off the lead.
"I played really solid, especially after the 13th hole," Johnson said.
That's where he made a double bogey after his 175-yard tee shot into the par 3 landed in the water. He had another bogey on the par-4 16th hole and made the turn at even par. He started on the 10th hole.
The front nine was much better. Johnson, the top-ranked golfer in the world, birdied the first, third, fourth and eighth holes. His only hiccup was a bogey on the sixth hole.
In his past two tournaments, Johnson won the WGC-Mexico Championship and finished tied for fifth last week.
"I feel like the game's in good form," he said. "I'm seeing a lot of good things, even when I got off to a rough start. I brought it back and played really solid the rest of the day."
