The Sky Is the Limit for Dustin Johnson After Major Breakthrough at the US Open

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Published: June 20, 2016

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The future is looking brighter for Dustin Johnson now that he has dumped the title of “Mr. Almost” and donned the mantle of U.S. Open champion. And it won’t be at all surprising if golf sees him hoist a few more trophies at majors in the next few years.

For starters, he’ll never again be dogged by claims that he’s the finest golfer on the planet to never win the big one. That will change the tone of every future press conference and spare him from what has been an eternally echoing question.

It will also move the focus on Johnson to what he can do with that monster swing, rather than what he hasn’t done.

And if I had to pick another great golfer whom Johnson most resembles at this moment, I’d pick another big hitter, Phil Mickelson—the 33-year-old version who won his first major at the 2004 Masters.

Back then, Lefty also was enduring slurs and slams from the public and the media for taking too long to claim his first major.

But once Mickelson was fitted for his first green jacket, the pressure went away and the victories in majors started to roll his way. The next year, Mickelson claimed the PGA Championship, and in 2006, he notched his second Masters.

That quite likely is the same high-flying trajectory Johnson’s career will take now.



The truth is that it really hasn’t taken Johnson, who turns 32 next week, all that long to break through at a major.

Yes, Tiger Woods and Jordan Spieth got theirs when they were barely of legal drinking age, but that’s hardly a fair standard to impose on every golfer. Bubba Watson won his first Masters at 33 and added a second one two years later. Payne Stewart was 32 when he won the 1989 PGA Championship and nailed a U.S. Open title two years later. And Vijay Singh didn’t get the first of his three majors until he reached the ripe old age of 35.

Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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