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Dustin Johnson looks forward to Barclays at Bethpage Black

Dustin Johnson plays a shot off the first

Photo credit: AP | Dustin Johnson plays a shot off the first tee during the final round of the British Open. (July 22, 2012)

Mark Herrmann

Newsday columnist Mark Herrmann Mark Herrmann

Herrmann has covered the Mets and Yankees since 1988,

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The honor of being a defending champion is very portable, in Dustin Johnson's view. It will not faze him that, when he tries to repeat as winner of the Barclays, he will be playing an entirely different golf course, in a different state.

He will not be able to rely on good memories of specific shots, as he did at the 2010 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, when he returned to the same venue as 2009...

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