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01 Sep Sorry, I need a break from this players

Posted at 04:45h in Golf Tip by

Dustin Johnson came in joint last at the Tour Championship in Atlanta last week but was still able to amble into his bank to deposit his US$400,000 cheque. This is the last we’ll see Johnson for a while, as he plans to take a lengthy break after finishing tied with Lucas Glover at the bottom of the leaderboard at East Lake.

Several players from my generation would have gone out to the range if they had finished last in a tournament. But when interviewed after the tournament Johnson said: “I got two months [off] and I’m definitely excited about that.” He’s saying that mentally he’s worn out, and many are now smiling at this type of comment which is just so far away from those who have a nine-to five job and struggle to pay bills.

It’s hard to relate now to these players who add millions to their bank accounts every year. Johnson won for the 20th time with a dominant victory at the WGC Mexico Championship earlier this year. He finished runner-up at the Masters and the PGA Championship, where he nearly pulled off an all-time comeback to catch Brooks Koepka at Bethpage.

We’ve all heard the standard comments that Johnson used last week — “Every time I missed, it was in the wrong spot. And I’m not making any putts” and “I feel like I’m hitting good putts. Just nothing’s going in the hole. I need a break.”

I’m sorry but I need a break from players who are now earning year after year incredible amounts of money. You’ll notice that I’ve not even mentioned, until now, Rory McIlroy’s $15 million windfall last week. Good luck to him I hear some readers saying but have we not moved too far away from reality?

Out of Bounds: A lady golfer sent me this message for her husband — Physically you are a human being, but mentally you are incomplete. Given that we have this physical human form, we must safeguard our mental capacity for judgment. For that we cannot take out insurance; the insurance company is within: self-discipline, self-awareness, and a clear realisation of the disadvantages of anger is why your handicap has not improved over the years.

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