With the world more tuned in this year to see how men and women fare together in the ISPS Handa Vic Open’s progressive mixed format, leave it to an Englishwoman to leap into the spotlight.
With a global TV broadcast beaming images around the world for the first time since the men and women began playing together on the same courses at the same time for the same amount of prize money in the Australian event, Johnson took advantage.
With an 8-under-par 65, Johnson looks intent on keeping the rise of the English theme going into the new season.