Pressure? Come On, Dustin Johnson and England, Give Me a Break!

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Published: June 23, 2010

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There seems to be a bit of a trend surfacing of late. Professional sportsmen are being excused poor performances due to the pressure of the situation. I don’t like it.
I think it’s only right to admit from the start that this article is being fueled by anger towards someone I had a bet on that didn’t win.

This is the journalistic equivalent of having an argument with your significant other while drunk or more trivially, going food shopping while hungry. Nevertheless I feel it’s a topic that many people will be able to relate to in light of our National Football team’s latest shortcomings.

Let me address the fuel for my fire—Dustin Johnson.

For those of you who don’t know, Johnson held a three shot lead at 6-under par with just one round to go at the close of play on Saturday at the US Open at Pebble Beach.

As it turned out, the eventual champion, Graeme McDowell finished the tournament on level par, meaning that Johnson could have carded a final round 76 (his worst round so far was 71) and still won the tournament.

Congratulations though to McDowell, who became Britain's first major winner since Paul Lawrie in 1999, and the first European to claim the US Open since Tony Jacklin in 1970.

Despite being an outsider at the start of the week, some excellent golf put Johnson first in contention and then in the lead after a superb round of golf on Saturday. It is also worth noting that Johnson had won the previous two PGA Tour tournaments at Pebble Beach, so he had been in this position before and done the business.

Not this time though.

Johnson started with a solid par which should have settled any nerves he had on the first tee and put him in a good mindset to go and win the tournament.

However, he then produced a short game display akin to a one-armed gopher, as he first duffed a backhanded chip and then f...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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