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British Open 2016: Is Dustin Johnson going to win three straight events?

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What are the keys to Dustin Johnson's success at Royal Troon?

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Winning the U.S. Open, the Bridgestone Invitational and The Open Championship in consecutive order sounds pretty delectable, doesn't it?

Dustin Johnson is 72 holes from that three-tournament reality as he steps to the tee box this Thursday at Royal Troon. Suddenly, Johnson has gone from perennially underrated uber-talent to potentially the No. 1 golfer in the world depending on how things shake out this week.

Here's the problem.

There have been just 36 three-tournament (or more) winning streaks in PGA Tour history and only four this century (nine overall since 1980).