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 Johnson himself has no doubts and said on Sunday he is already
thinking of ways he can improve the quality of his golf before
making his competitive comeback at the WGC-Accenture Match Play
Championship in Tucson, Arizona.
"I am going to have a meeting with my guys (caddie, coach and
manager) and see what's the best way to maintain where I'm at, if
not improve on it," Johnson told reporters after tying for third at
the Humana Challenge in La Quinta, California.
"I will practise but I will take some time off too. The first couple
of weeks will certainly be a lot of down time with the family.
"The last two weeks coming into Tucson I will get the clubs out
again and start working, try to get back into that mode and
certainly that posture."
Johnson's mode and swing posture have been near-faultless since
September when he ended his 2013 PGA Tour campaign with victory at
the BMW Championship in Chicago, followed by a tie for seventh at
the Tour Championship in Atlanta one week later.
He went on to beat tournament host Tiger Woods in a playoff for the
unofficial Northwestern Mutual World Challenge in December, then
landed his 11th win on the PGA Tour at the Hyundai Tournament of
Champions in Hawaii earlier this month.
Johnson tied for eighth at last week's Sony Open, also in Hawaii,
before storming into a share of third place at the Humana Challenge
on Sunday when he birdied the last five holes for a best-of-the-week
10-under-par 62.
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"I am never going to be content," the world number six said
of his scintillating form in recent months. "I'm going to try to
maintain and keep the good vibes and forget everything else.
This week will be irrelevant once Tucson hits me."
Johnson, a medium-length hitter who is renowned for the superb
quality of his short game, readily admitted that he was
delighted with his 10-birdie display at the PGA West's Palmer
Private course on Sunday.
"Frankly I did a lot of good things," the 37-year-old said. "I
drove it straight, for the most part hit a lot of fairways. I
just got hot late.
"I missed some putts early. I had a three-putt for par in there
and a couple of other mishaps but I think I made up for it in
the last five or six holes," Johnson said.
(Reporting by Mark Lamport-Stokes in Los Angeles;
editing by
Gene Cherry)
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