The Golf Thread

Holy shit, this dude has skeletons

"In 2001, he was among five teens involved in burglary where somebody stole a gun. According to court documents, Johnson was persuaded to buy bullets for the gun by a friend's older brother. Later that month the brother, Steve Gillian, was charged with murder after shooting the victim multiple times in the head with that gun.

Because of Johnson's connection to the crime, he had to pay restitution for the theft and agree to testify at the murder trail. Gillian is serving life without parole."

yeah but tiger is the only cheating dick on tour :-S

Seriously though, dude must have a pretty serious habit. Not the easiest stuff to test positive for. Dude was doing blow the week of the us open

Indifference71 said:

Cliffy6745 said:

Seriously though, dude must have a pretty serious habit. Not the easiest stuff to test positive for. Dude was doing blow the week of the us open

Yeah I was just thinking the same thing. Pretty sure you have to do a decent amount of coke for it to stay in your system for a few days. The week of the US open...this guy is a fucking maniac. Weird cuz he's having one of his best years of his career...imagine what this guy could have accomplished already if he wasn't such a mess.

Ha, yeah, maniac sounds about right. I always thought the same thing about tiger after all that shit came out. Drugs are a bit of a different story but tiger clearly blocked all the other shit out when he was on the course

According to Business Insider, Johnson made more off the course ($4.5M) then he did on the course ($4.3M) in 2012. He is thirty years old.

His next 15 years are his prime sponsorship years. Let's say his sponsor money increases 5% each year ... That's $97M he will most likely lose out on. And I think that is a modest estimate.

It is interesting to follow the link to see what the top 20 make. Everyone makes more off the course then they do playing.

businessinsider.com/highest-paid-golfers-endorsements-2013-1?op=1

Jason P said:

According to Business Insider, Johnson made more off the course ($4.5M) then he did on the course ($4.3M) in 2012. He is thirty years old.

His next 15 years are his prime sponsorship years. Let's say his sponsor money increases 5% each year ... That's $97M he will most likely lose out on. And I think that is a modest estimate.

It is interesting to follow the link to see what the top 20 make. Everyone makes more off the course then they do playing.

businessinsider.com/highest-paid-golfers-endorsements-2013-1?op=1

Please, he's not losing all his sponsorships. He's a top 5 American golfer who is suspended for 6 months for what is "reported" as coke. It obviously is but the reason the PGA doesn't announce these things is because everyone is on the same team and there is a ton of sponsorship money to go around. Having an electric and good player like Johnson on the tour is a good thing, even of he likes to party. He'll be back and he'll be making a ton of money

Cliffy6745 said:

A fucking 27! I have obviously made my opinion of him clear, but good god that is impressive

yeah, it is. can you all just get over tiger? he's old news.

fuck sergio

norm said:

fuck sergio

ha, ha +1

(But like Cliffy said, impressive. What the fuck happened on 11 that he only had par?)

Jason P said:

Cliffy6745 said:

Jason P said:

According to Business Insider, Johnson made more off the course ($4.5M) then he did on the course ($4.3M) in 2012. He is thirty years old.

His next 15 years are his prime sponsorship years. Let's say his sponsor money increases 5% each year ... That's $97M he will most likely lose out on. And I think that is a modest estimate.

It is interesting to follow the link to see what the top 20 make. Everyone makes more off the course then they do playing.

businessinsider.com/highest-paid-golfers-endorsements-2013-1?op=1

Please, he's not losing all his sponsorships. He's a top 5 American golfer who is suspended for 6 months for what is "reported" as coke. It obviously is but the reason the PGA doesn't announce these things is because everyone is on the same team and there is a ton of sponsorship money to go around. Having an electric and good player like Johnson on the tour is a good thing, even of he likes to party. He'll be back and he'll be making a ton of money

In hindsight, you're right. He has tapped into an untouched commercial market. For years Gillette has just focused on men's facial hair. Now the untapped market of cutting rails of coke is wide open. Coke may even be interested in a dual sponsorship.

And AshleyMadison.com now has a prolific name to flag their product. The sky is the limit.

Combine that with the fact that Americans have an attention span of three days and you have a winning combo.

It's time for Dustin Johnson to turn that frown upside down!