“If I do say so myself, it was absolutely brilliant."

Alex Miceli reports that notorious slow-poke Zach Johnson was patting himself on the back for helping to get his group to finish round one on time, even though he was playing with two of the tour's faster players.

So with four holes to go, Johnson suggested to the group that they do what ever is possible to finish the round. It was agreed that whomever hit it closest at the eighth hole would finish out first and race to the ninth tee and hit, so as to finish before the horn sounded.

“It was just sensible thinking,” Ogilvy said of Sabbatini running to the ninth tee and hitting up as the group ahead was still on the green. “Going to eight it became apparent that it was going to be touch and go and Rory got on the green in two and we said just go.”

Johnson took all the credit for the move.

“If I do say so myself, it was absolutely brilliant,” Johnson said. “It was all about sleep, I hugged him (Sabbatini). It was a sleep hug.”