MYRTLE BEACH, South Carolina -- Six years ago, not long after Dustin Johnson had completed one of the worst collapses in golf history at the 2015 U.S. Open at Chambers Bay, he was behind the wheel of his courtesy car headed back to his rental house.
No one in the car -- not his girlfriend, Paulina Gretzky; not his brother and caddie, Austin; not Austin's girlfriend (and now wife), Samantha; not longtime agent David Winkle -- had said anything. They were still in disbelief that Johnson 3-putted from 12 feet on the 72nd hole to lose by a shot to Jordan Spieth, extending Johnson's quest for that elusive first major title.