The full name of American professional golfer Dustin Johnson is Dustin Hunter Johnson. On June 22, 1984, he was born in Columbia, South Carolina, in United States. He started playing golf in college.
He studied sports management at Coastal Carolina University while playing collegiate golf. He competed on the amateur teams that won the Walker Cup, Palmer Cup, Monroe Invitational, and Northeast Amateur in 2007. He defeated Li Haotong of China by two strokes in February 2019 to win the inaugural Saudi International on the European Tour.
Johnson rose to the top of the golf rankings in February 2017 and held that position for 64 straight weeks, the fifth-longest run. He recovered the top spot in 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021, holding it for a total of more than 130 weeks.
He had a total of nine titles on the European Tour after his two victories at the Saudi International in February 2021. He represented the United States at the Ryder Cup at Whistling Straits in Kohler, Wisconsin, in September of that year. Due in large part to Dustin’s 5-0-0 record, the American team triumphed 19-9.
He began the 2022 golf season with a T25 in the Farmers Insurance Open. He was tied for sixth in The Players Championship after failing to cut the Genesis Invitational. He placed tenth at the Master’s Tournament and fourth at the 2022 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play. Before joining LIV Golf in June 2022 after quitting the PGA Tour, he was a member of the group.
Dustin Johnson Children: Meet River Jones Johnson and Tatum Gretzky Johnson
Dustin Johnson is married with two kids. His firstborn is called Tatum Gretzky Johnson. He was born on January 19, 2015, and his second child is River Jones Johnson who was born on June 12, 2017.
