Man Crush Monday - Dustin Johnson
- GirlsOnGolfWW
- Feb 4, 2019
- 2 min read
Dustin Hunter Johnson is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour. He is a former World Number 1 in the Official World Golf Ranking. Through May 6, 2018, he had held the title of the Number 1-ranked golfer for 64 consecutive weeks, which is the 5th longest streak in PGA Tour history.
On May 13, 2018, Justin Thomas overtook Johnson, but Johnson regained the Number 1 ranking four weeks later by winning the FEdEx St. Jude Classic. Johnson retained the top ranking for another 13 weeks until Justin Rose overtook him by finishing second at the BMW Championship on September 10.
Johnson returned to the top of the world rankings on September 23 when he finished third to Rose's fourth in the Tour Championship. He lost the number one ranking on October 21, 2018 when Brooks Koepka won the CJ Cup.
He won the 2016 U.S Open at Oakmont Country Club with a 4-under-par score of 276 for his first major championship. He had previously finished in a tie for second at both the 2011 Open Championship and the 2015 U.S Open. He also has five World Golf Championships victories, with only Tiger Woods having won more, and he is the first player to win each of the four World Golf championship events. He is one of the longest drivers on the PGA Tour, having been ranked in the top five annually from 2008 and leading in 2015.
By virtue of his 2018 Sentry Tournament of Champions win, Johnson became only the third player in Tour history to win a Tour title in each of his first 11 seasons, joining Jack Nicklaus (17) and Tiger Woods (14).
In February 2019, Johnson won the inaugural Saudi International on the European Tour by two strokes from China's Li Haotong. After entering the final round tied with Li, Johnson shot a final round 67, which included four birdies on the back nine to pull clear. The win was Johnson's sixth European Tour title, but first regular tour event, outside of the majors and WGC's. This made him the USA's fifth most successful player in European Tour history behind Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Jack Nicklaus and Tom Watson.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dustin_Johnson
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