Report: Johnson breaks Tiger's mark while suspended, waiting for baby
Dustin Johnson has been a busy man since his suspension / leave of absence from the PGA Tour in July.
After reports surfaced that Johnson had tested positive for cocaine use, Johnson's season on the PGA Tour abruptly came to an end. But he has since spent time with his fiancée, Paulina Gretzky, playing alongside her, caddying for her, and getting her pregnant.
But Johnson has apparently been working on his own game, as well, and did something he will most definitely tell his child — and their children — to his dying day.
According to a TMZ report, Johnson last week shot a 61 at Sherwood Country Club in Thousand Oaks, Calif., breaking the club's course record by one stroke; that 62 was shot (twice) by . . . yup, Tiger Woods.
The report added that Johnson was playing with his future father-in-law when he shot the 61, and offered a photo of Johnson's scorecard signed by Wayne Gretzky as proof of the record.
A report in Golf.com pointed out more good news for Johnson, noting that the 30-year-old moved up in the World Golf Rankings . . . again, despite not playing competitively for more than three months!
"Somebody pointed that [World Ranking oddity] out to me this morning," Johnson's agent David Winkle told Golf.com. "It’s funny, this is my 28th year in the business and I still don’t understand how the World Ranking works."
Winkle added that Johnson's return (his absence, regardless of who imposed it, is supposed to expire after six months) is still up in the air, as the golfer plans on waiting until his child is born.
