Dustin Johnson-"Gretzky" is a class of his own at Tour Championship

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It's hard for me to say exactly, but it is for sure the day Pauline Gretzky set her heart on a hard partying, great golfer called Dustin Johnson, his life changed completely.

Pauline was a party animal all by herself if you remember, with pictures she posted of herself on Twitter so suggestively inflammatory her Canadian icon of a dad Wayne, forced her to shut it down.

Meanwhile DJ as he is commonly known, was taking time of his own off of his profession  'for personal reasons" wildly rumoured to be an inability to curtail his abuse of alcohol and drugs when he was with his mates outside the ropes..

These days the hugely talented Johnson has come through to fulfill all the raw talent that was making him the game's biggest enigma, while Pauline has gone from night's in her "g"string at Caesar's Palace to night's as a mother and doting wife with her hubby, mum and famous dad.

Through it all the "Wayner and Janet", no strangers to the media spotlight to say the least have been right there, the steadying influence, the guiding example, the comforting resource on which,  shall we say the spoiled youngsters turned into responsible adults..

Johnson is the best player in the world right now, and as we head into this weekend he leads the Tour Championship by a shot on paper, but by a mile in reality.

On a tough East Lake course where only 10 players remain under par, Johnson added at -3 67 to his opening 66 to lead at -7, 203, a shot ahead of bridesmaid Kevin Chappell as he closes in on the $10 million FedEx Cup prize, not to mention the  PGA player of the year award, especially now that Jason Day has been forced to WD with the resumption of the back injury that has plagued him all year.

Chappell, who has made only one bogey in 36 holes, shot a 68 and will be in the final group of a playoff event for the second time this year. He has been a runner-up three times this season.

Kevin Kisner (70) and Hideki Matsuyama (71) are four shots behind at -3, Rory McIlroy shot a spotty 70 and leads the group at -2 which includes the red hot Paul Casey, who I picked to contend with Johnson before the week began.

Jordan Spieth 68 72 E is out of the picture right now as he has been for much of the year, so it all seems to be in the hands of the new and improved Mr. Johnson - " Gretzky"....

He used to find a way to blow these things, not so much anymore...

Bryan Angus