World No 1 Dustin Johnson believes he’s close to his best after he signed off with a two-under 69 to finish in the pack on two-under in the PGA Tour’s Valspar Championship.

“I don’t think I got one good break the whole week,” said Johnson, who hasn’t had a top-10 finish since the Genesis Invitational in February. “It’s just one of those weeks.”

Set to skip this week’s Wells Fargo Championship, where Shane Lowry and Rory McIlroy return to action, he’s expected to play the AT&T Byron Nelson in Texas ahead of the PGA Championship at Kiawah Island from May 20-23.

“The game is really close to being good,” Johnson said. “Yesterday, I played so good then obviously one bad shot on 16, plug in the bunker, double. Same thing on 18, I hit a good shot, just misjudged the lie and plugged in the bunker (to shoot 74).”

On the European Tour, South Africa’s Dean Burmester (31) blasted a nine-under-par 62 to claim a five-shot win on 25-under in the Tenerife Open and his second European Tour crown.

Just a shot behind Finland’s Kalle Samooj and Germany’s Nicolai von Dellingshausen overnight, he raced to the turn in five-under 30 before adding four back-nine birdies for his first win outside of the African continent.

“There are no words that can describe it, it’s four years of struggle and hard work,” Burmester said.

Von Dellingshausen eagled the 18th to claim outright second on 20-under after a 68 as Samooja shot 69 and Poland’s Adrian Meronk a 67 to share third on 19-under.

Clandeboye’s Jonathan Caldwell, who was just four strokes off the lead going into the final round, dropped four shots in his first six holes, eventually carding a three-over 74 to finish tied 42nd (€8,290) on 10-under.

Royal Dublin’s Niall Kearney (€4,915) was joint 60th on six-under after a 68 and after making an eagle and 16 birdies at Golf Costa Adeje, he’s looking forward to playing the course again in this week’s Canary Islands Championship.

“It was a little frustrating this week,” Kearney confessed. “I just couldn’t keep my momentum going at times. I’d get it going and then drop a shot. But I’m looking forward to a couple of days’ rest and then getting at it again next week. My driving has been great, so I’m giving myself plenty of looks at the pin.”

On the Challenge Tour, Gavin Moynihan picked up his first cheque since the Austrian Open nine months ago when he tied for 67th (€633) in the Bain’s Whisky Cape Town Open.

The Dubliner (26) closed with a four-over 76 to finish on three-over par as South Africa’s JC Ritchie (27) overcame countryman Jacques Blaauw with a birdie at the first extra hole to win his second European Challenge Tour title.

The South African birdied the 18th to set the target at 14-under with a closing 66 as Blaauw closed with a 69.

On the PGA Tour Champions, Darren Clarke and Paul McGinley were well off the pace heading into last night’s final round of the weather-affected Insperity Invitational in Texas.

Clarke opened with a level-par 72 at The Woodlands in an event reduced from 54 to 36 holes by torrential rain. McGinley shot 74 as Tim Petrovic and David Toms fired seven-under 65s to lead by a shot from Mike Weir.