knowing the score

Open moment: Not knowing the score over the last seven holes when he won his first major at Oakmont in 2016.

“It’s a little like knowing the score of the game before the game starts,’’ said Jimmy Vaccaro of the South Point Hotel sports book.

Open marred by a rules gaffe that led to Johnson and Shane Lowry playing most of the back nine while not knowing the score.

His only major was at Oakmont, famous for Johnson having to play the final seven holes without knowing the score because of a rules dispute.

He booked a room at PGA National knowing the score was enough to get him in.