Dustin Johnson Suspended 6 Months From The PGA Tour For Positive Cocaine Test
SI- Dustin Johnson is serving a six-month suspension from the PGA Tour after testing positive for cocaine, a source has told Golf.com. According to the source, Johnson has failed three drug tests: one for marijuana in 2009 and two for cocaine, in 2012 and 2014. He was previously suspended for the 2012 failed test, but that suspension was never made public. Under the PGA Tour’s drug-testing policies, the Tour is not required to announce any disciplinary actions against players who test positive for recreational drugs. Johnson announced on Thursday that he is taking a leave of absence from professional golf, effective immediately. “I will use this time to seek professional help for personal challenges I have faced,” he said in a statement issued by his management company. “By committing the time and resources necessary to improve my mental health, physical well-being and emotional foundation, I am confident that I will be better equipped to fulfill my potential and become a consistent champion.” The PGA Tour released a curt statement wishing Johnson well and saying it looked forward to his return. When asked directly about Johnson’s failed drug tests and suspension, Ty Votaw, executive vice president of the PGA Tour, said Friday that the Tour would have no further comment. Johnson’s conduct has long been a topic of conversation among close observers of the Tour. He is often seen in bars near his home in Jupiter, Fla., and is also known to have had a sexual indiscretion with at least one wife of a PGA Tour player. The suspension means Johnson, 30, will miss the PGA Championship — the season’s final major takes place next week in Louisville, Ky. — and also the PGA Tour’s lucrative FedEx Cup playoff series. Johnson’s agent, David Winkle of Hambric Sports Management, notified the PGA of America on Thursday that his client will also not be competing in the Ryder Cup in Scotland this September. Earlier this week, when asked if Johnson was about to be suspended by the PGA Tour, Winkle texted an SI reporter, “Don’t believe everything you hear.”
Annnnnd there it is. Whoops! The ol’ “I’m gonna take a leave of absence but only because I tested positive for cocaine” excuse. Dustin has been tip toeing around the reason for taking some time off and here it is. Nose candy. We all knew it was something. You don’t just walk away from playing professional golf because you’re emotionally unstable. He can’t stop won’t stop doing blow. You always heard rumblings that that was the case but here’s actual proof. Done for 6 months. I still say Paulina had something to do with this. No way she wasn’t blowing lines with him. No way no how. She loves to party. He loves to party. Disaster from the start. It sucks too because I like watching Dustin play golf. Oh well. Cocaine is a hell of a drug.
The most interesting part is where the article says he had “sexual indiscretion with at least one wife of a PGA player”. That’s pretty crazy. Wonder whose and how many. For his sake hopefully it was Amanda Dufner but that can’t be possible, right? Nobody steps out on The Duf. And “at least”? Now all I want to know which PGA Tour wives Dustin has been slamming behind the scenes. Couldn’t care less about his cocaine habit.