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Dustin Johnson taking a break from golf

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@JasonSobelGC: Breaking news from Dustin Johnson: "I am taking a leave of absence from professional golf, effective immediately."

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bustercherry

So dustin is flag out on the coke?... Nothing to see here.

SnowDrifts

It would appear he is rehab bound "I will use this time to seek professional help for personal challenges I have faced."

Slicemeister

What we thought was a slow amble he was actually break dancing in his own mind.
Pity, wonder will that be the end of him and the three white lines.

Deeper Blue

Shame as he has so much potential. Hopefully he doesn't go the same way as Anthony Kim i.e. his career tailing off to nothing.

FixdePitchmark

In fairness loads of money, Your one , and coke.

"Where did it all go wrong".

I blame the i ♥ TM . Adds.

The only way you could get a pro to do that......

He will come back . Do interview . Cry be a hero.

charlieIRL

Lads, thread carefully here with the puns etc. until we know the full story. Any more and I'll start deleting them.

SnowDrifts

So the two month "injury break" back in the start of 2012 after which Dustin's caddy was sacked seems interesting combined with an angry Fijian who's out for blood and won't be bought off by the PGA Tour......

me89

Requin wrote: »

Shame as he has so much potential. Hopefully he doesn't go the same way as Anthony Kim i.e. his career tailing off to nothing.

My god I completely forgot about him, Whatever happened to him?:eek:

downthemiddle

SnowDrifts wrote: »

So the two month "injury break" back in the start of 2012 after which Dustin's caddy was sacked seems interesting combined with an angry Fijian who's out for blood and won't be bought off by the PGA Tour......

Interesting username.

Deeper Blue

me89 wrote: »

My god I completely forgot about him, Whatever happened to him?:eek:

A lot of injuries and a lot of partying :pac:

vienne86

me89 wrote: »

My god I completely forgot about him, Whatever happened to him?:eek:

I'd forgotten about him too - pretty well disappeared now. I'd say it's hard enough for these guys to keep on the straight and narrow.

artvandelay48

charlieIRL wrote: »

Lads, thread carefully here with the puns etc. until we know the full story. Any more and I'll start deleting them.

interesting username

charlieIRL

artvandelay48 wrote: »

interesting username

huh?

neckedit

With Golf being an Olympic Sport these days the drug testing method has changed, not governed by the PGA any more, not as easy for Mr Finchman and the boys to be forgiving anymore.
Sad to see though. Like to see him get clean and win some....Paddy Power has a bit of my money on the back of DJ.

artvandelay48

charlieIRL wrote: »

huh?

was just copying downthemiddle's earlier post, seeing as your username is charlieIRL

snaphook

Dero123 wrote: »

Jason Sobel just retweeted this interview with Dustin from last December, scroll down to the last few questions

http://www.golfchannel.com/news/golftalkcentral/d-johnson-paulina-drug-related-accusations/

First thing that sprang to mind was PED's.

John Divney

The Anthony Kim comparisons are interesting because if this was a policy by the tour to mandate 'help' for players with 'issues' or they don't get back on tour, there are rumours Kim followed the Amy Winehouse song, no no no.

If it is because he was told to do it then it may be a pointless endeavour.

The player was in good form, has been out for 'injury' before, so what will change.

Having personal experience with people who were given ultimatums, they only accept this to make the hassle go away, and don't get better because they are not ready and the denial is just ridiculous.

RikkFlair

me89 wrote: »

My god I completely forgot about him, Whatever happened to him?:eek:

He never recovered from when Ian Poulter shoulder charged him out of the way at the Ryder Cup :cool:

bmc58

Good.I'm broke from backing him every week.Gets near the top of the leaderboard and then implodes.I think even though he gives a very relaxed impression,he cant handle the pressure.Maybe a break from golf to reassess himself will do him good.
Still I think he cracks under pressure.I will always remember(and never forgive him)when he was in with a chance of winning the British Open a few years ago and blew(shanked) a simple second shot out of bounds and ruined his winning chance.

Saint Sonner

bmc58 wrote: »

Good.I'm broke from backing him every week.Gets near the top of the leaderboard and then implodes.I think even though he gives a very relaxed impression,he cant handle the pressure.Maybe a break from golf to reassess himself will do him good.
Still I think he cracks under pressure.I will always remember(and never forgive him)when he was in with a chance of winning the British Open a few years ago and blew(shanked) a simple second shot out of bounds and ruined his winning chance.

Surely a bit dramatic!!!

Johnny_Fontane

interesting, he has been playing very well. If he was completely no-where and announced this you'd say fair enough, but he went out in the second to last group of the Open only two weeks ago....

Whatever it is, I hope he gets it sorted. He's fantastic to watch and a very good ryder cup player, so will be missed over the next 3 months.....

DiegoWorst

bmc58 wrote: »

Good.I'm broke from backing him every week.Gets near the top of the leaderboard and then implodes.I think even though he gives a very relaxed impression,he cant handle the pressure.Maybe a break from golf to reassess himself will do him good.
Still I think he cracks under pressure.I will always remember(and never forgive him)when he was in with a chance of winning the British Open a few years ago and blew(shanked) a simple second shot out of bounds and ruined his winning chance.

I think that's a bit unfair. Right enough, he's had a few issues in major championships, the pressure these top golfers are under must be immense, but yet they have the ability to stand up on the first tee in the final group on Sunday and ping a drive straight down the middle.
And despite making a mess down the stretch in a major, still have the balls to come back and compete is subsequent championships.

Poker Face

http://www.golfchannel.com/news/golf-central-blog/report-d-johnson-suspended-cocaine-use/

No surprise in reading that!

FixdePitchmark

It is sort of bul****.

He got a ban. Why not say it is a ban.

Poker Face

FixdePitchmark wrote: »

It is sort of bul****.

He got a ban. Why not say it is a ban.

totally agree with you

PARlance

FixdePitchmark wrote: »

It is sort of bul****.

He got a ban. Why not say it is a ban.

Because golf doesn't have a problem with drugs...

FixdePitchmark

PARlance wrote: »

Because golf doesn't have a problem with drugs...

You'd think as a sporting organisation.

They'd know brushing bans under the carpet ends in tears.

kenco

Apparently this sort of 'injury'/'personal issue' thing is how Golf deals with its 'issues'. If even half the rumours were to be true there are some serious abuse issues (of all sorts) in the game...

Hes a good player so whatever the issue is here I hope it gets sorted and he comes back and wins the Major his skill merits

ForeRight

Has anybody else seen these rumours from America about DJ and a certain other players wife?

PARlance

Golf.com had an article on the drugs today and this was part of it.

http://m.golf.com/1033938/johnson-suspended-for-failed-drug-test/

"Johnson's conduct has long been a topic of conversation among close observers of the Tour. He is often seen in bars near his home in Jupiter, Fla., and is also known to have had a sexual indiscretion with at least one wife of a PGA Tour player"