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The evidence of the differ-
ent day he faced came
early. Johnson hit a 9-iron
on the 176-yard hole that
plays downhill. A year ago,
he hit 4-iron. On the 434-
yard 13th hole a year ago,
he "roasted" a driver and
a 3-iron. This year, he hit
3-wood and had 85 yards
left.
"But I was right behind the
tree," he said.
Hossler, the PGA Tour rookie
best known in these parts
for contending on the
weekend at Olympic Club
in 2012 U.S. Open when he
was 17, was flawless at Spy-
glass Hill in a round of 67 to
join Johnson at 12-under
par.
Hossler has not made a bo-
gey this week. He holed an
18-foot par putt on the 10th
hole at Pebble on Thurs-
day. For his second round,
he never came close to
bogey, hitting all but two Dustin Johnson follows his shot from the 13th tee of the Monterey Peninsula Country Club Shore Course during the second round of
greens in regulation and the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am golf tournament Friday, Feb. 9, 2018, in Pebble Beach, Calif.
having standard chips on Associated Press
those.
Hossler heads over to Mon- only two more over his final opening nine holes at about 6 feet by the hole, terey Peninsula.
terey Peninsula, while John- 11 holes for a 65. Monterey Peninsula, and and he missed that one. "I try and not let those things
son spends his last two days Rahm was at Pebble he wound up with a 66, That's five putts for a dou- affect me," Hossler said. "But
at Pebble Beach. Beach and holed his share though he remained seven ble bogey, and two more yeah, playing on a moving
They were two shots ahead of 6-footers for birdie for shots behind Johnson. bogeys led to a 74 and left day-type day, not at the
to par on Julian Suri (67 at a 67. Just as big was the "I saw a couple putts go in him in danger of missing home track for the tourna-
Monterey Peninsula) and 8-foot putt he made on the early and normally that's all the cut. ment, that's certainly differ-
Troy Merritt (67 at Spyglass 18th hole for par when he I need to kind of stop ski- Hossler, who played at Tex- ent really most weeks out
Hill). hit 3-wood to the right be- ing uphill and start to turn as, is part of the new gen- here." Johnson was full of
Lurking another shot be- hind a tree, pitched nicely downhill," Spieth said. eration who thought they good news on Friday — his
hind were Phil Mickelson under the limbs and over Rory McIlroy went downhill. could take on the best from 64 for a share of the lead
and Jon Rahm. the bunker just through the He was hanging round at when they were in college. as he goes for a third vic-
Mickelson hasn't won since green, and then his chip 5 under, not far from the He's not one to be intimi- tory at Pebble Beach, and
the British Open in 2013 at ran downhill by the hole. lead, when he drove to the dated by the world's No. 1 he found out that his dad
Muirfield, and he finally Jason Day had a 65 at front of the par-4 fifth hole player (they are represent- bowled a 300. The world's
started to see some reason- Monterey Peninsula and at Monterey Peninsula, ed by the same manager), No. 1 golfer grew up with
able results after a sluggish was in the group at 9 under leaving him a 70-foot ea- and that won't be an issue bowling and said he once
start this year. Mickelson that included Steve Stricker gle putt. He ran that about on Saturday, anyway. had a chance at a perfect
was tied for the lead at one (66 at Monterey Peninsula). 6 feet past the hole, and Johnson is part of the ce- game. "I bowled 11 in a
point when he ran off three Jordan Spieth found some then missed his birdie putt. lebrity rotation at Pebble row," he said, breaking into
straight birdies at Monterey touch with the putter to But then he missed his par Beach. Hossler figures to be a smile, "and then I gassed
Peninsula, though he made make five birdies on his putt from 3 feet, and it ran in relative solitude at Mon- it."q