OAKMONT, Pa. — Dustin Johnson won the 116th United States Open on Sunday, surviving a controversial and drawn-out discussion about a rules infraction to win his first major title.
The laconic Johnson tends to speak in sentences as short as his drives are long. But his 0-for-28 record in the majors rankled, as was made plain after he took the lead at the halfway point of the rain-plagued United States Open. Asked for the umpteenth time about last year’s tournament, which he delivered to Jordan Spieth with a three-putt on the 72nd hole, Johnson deadpanned, “What happened last year?