Dustin Johnson once suffered bedroom injury with | Golf News

Dustin Johnson once needed to pause his play resulting from a back problem ensuing from an sudden injury at home with his accomplice Paulina Gretzky.

In May 2023, he advised journalists: “I just pulled a muscle in my lower back.” Curious in regards to the trigger, reporters requested if it was from choosing up one of his two kids with Gretzky. Johnson cheekily replied: “Lifting up a kid, just… a bigger kid.”

This shouldn’t be Johnson’s first expertise with back ache; he pulled out of the Masters in 2012 resulting from a back pressure and again in 2017 after a fall. Additionally, Johnson’s transfer from the PGA Tour to the controversial Saudi-financed LIV Golf was partly financial – searching for larger earnings with decreased enjoying time.

Expressing this sentiment on Netflix’s “Full Swing” sequence, he stated: “It’s pretty simple: Someone offers anyone a job, doing the same thing they’re already doing but less time at the office and they’re gonna pay them more. Pretty sure you’re gonna take it. And something’s wrong with you if you didn’t.”

In distinction to different LIV stars like Bryson DeChambeau, who’re utilizing the low season to compete in varied occasions on the Asian Tour – particularly, a landmark occasion in India, the place he might compete alongside and towards his Crushers teammates at LIV.

With Johnson not taking part within the DP World Tour or Asian Tour occasions this fall, it is possible that his return to skilled golf will not occur till the LIV calendar restarts in 2025, following his final begin on the Team Championship in October.

The season begins with a new addition to the schedule on February 6-8 in Riyadh, adopted by later occasions in Adelaide on February 14-16, Hong Kong from March 7-9, and Singapore from March 14-16. Typically, a LIV Golf league season consists of 14 occasions, and regardless of solely operating since 2022, it has already produced some intriguing storylines.

For instance, Johnson earned a vital quantity of prize money within the first season, taking roughly $35 million to the bank. Brooks Koepka has probably the most match wins in LIV with 5, and DeChambeau made headlines when he scored an unbelievable 58 in 2023 at Greenbrier, describing it as “the greatest moment in my golf career.”