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In August of 2014, Dustin Johnson, DJ as he is known took what he called a 6 month leave of absence from the PGA Tour for " personal reasons", allegedly a 3rd positive test for cocaine, headlines in the notorious scandal papers in the UK called him "Golf's bad boy".
The big guy from Myrtle Beach certainly drank too much, smoked weed, did cocaine while in his own words "took some time to grow up".
Go back to 2009 when Janet Gretzky invited him into their house where he quickly became friends with her, Wayne and their sons. Pauline first met him there. I believe that was a crucial albeit casual invitation.
In 2013 at the Tournament of Champions, Pauline, now unattached and making sexy headlines of her own, was seen in Hawaii in his company, some time after they announced they were engaged, and they have been ever since. He is the father of their 2 boys, River and Tatum, and importantly he is the proud son-in-law of Wayne Gretzky.
No athlete in Canada was/is more beloved, respected than the Great One, nobody with that adulation is more humble, nor on an even keel. When he met and eventually married Janet, she had been a Playboy Pin Up girl, beautiful, sexy, just like her daughter Pauline.
The comparison between the 2 couples has similarities and it's for sure Wayne has been influential in both his daughter and Dustin's growing up, getting a grip on the reality of leading a responsible, parental life, and how to handle your immense talent, your fame and fortune, the media and those less fortunate around you.
Today DJ has a 4 shot lead on Sunday at the Masters, playing great golf with that calm, quiet demeanor which gives the impression that nothing bothers him.
He has blown leads on big events before, 2015 US Open perhaps most publicized but he also has this record coming into today. PGA Championship 2nd, Northern Trust 1st, BMW Championship 2nd, Tour Championship 1st, US Open 6th, Houston Open 2nd.
Anything can happen in golf, Martin Kaymer once blew a 9 shot lead, today it will get tighter than 4 shots, DJ probably will win, he may not.
Whatever transpires win or lose, he will quietly go about his life, surrounded by his family, as he says, "I try not to get too high when I win, or too low when I lose", and if he ever does, his father in law will be there as always.
Bryan Angus
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