Ryggs Johnston arrived in the Sand Belt region with no expectations.
After all, he is currently the 953rd-ranked player in the world and six months removed from graduating at Arizona State. But he can play. Johnston finished eighth in DP World Tour Q-School earlier this month, thus earning status on the circuit formerly known as the European Tour in 2025.
In his first DP World Tour start last week, at the BMW Australian PGA Championship, he tied for 43rd—not a bad result for someone’s first start. But nobody could have figured that Johnston would contend this week at the Australian Open, in just the second DP World
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