OAKMONT, Pa. — By the fifth hole, it was clear: This would be the mother of all meltdowns for Dustin Johnson, or the perfect ending to his winding, cruel, pockmarked odyssey.
Johnson walked through the second door.
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After six years of brutality, and a list of weekend collapses too long to detail here, Johnson is a major champion for the first time. His one-under Sunday at Oakmont, combined with Shane Lowry's afternoon struggles, are what got it done on the scorecard.
In the end, Johnson had overcome Oakmont, the weather, his own history and the governing body of golf in the United States of America.