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Dustin Johnson expected to return at Farmers

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Nov 18, 2014

Dustin Johnson, who’s been on a leave of absence from the PGA Tour since July 31, is targeting the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines on Feb. 5-8, 2015 to make his return.

His fiancee Paulina Gretzky is pregnant with the couples’ first child, and the baby’s due date reportedly coincides with the Farmers Insurance Open, so his return to competition isn’t definite.

Johnson’s last appearance on tour was at the 2014 RBC Canadian Open where he missed the cut. Upon taking his leave of absence after that event, Johnson was ranked No. 16 according to the Official World Golf Ranking. He’s still ranked No. 16 as of Tuesday Nov. 18, so he hasn’t lost any ground, but he did miss out on the 2014 PGA Championship and the 2014 Ryder Cup.

How will the 30-year old play upon his return to competition? He shot a 61 at Sherwood Country Club in Thousand Oaks, Calif., breaking Tiger Woods’ course record on Oct. 28, so maybe he won’t be as rusty as we’d expect, but no one is immune to the sleepless nights and pressures of having their first child.

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17 Comments

Joel

Dec 1, 2014 at 2:01 am

Let the man snort lines off Paulina…I could care less. I just miss seeing the guy play. I’ve never understood the testing for recreational drugs, if someone thinks doing cocaine or smoking pot is anymore than a hindrance to competing at the professional level than someone clearly hasn’t partied much.

HGH or other PED’s…I could still care less but I understand that argument a touch more. I think everyone on tour should have to clear a bong load and eat a bag of shrooms and then play…talk about must see TV!

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- Garrick Smith
  
  Dec 24, 2014 at 12:39 pm
  
  Just so I understand: you’re saying that its Ok if the PGA looks the other way if the players use recreational drugs and PEDs?
  
  This IS sarcasm, right?
  
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Davethegolfer

Nov 19, 2014 at 5:32 am

When is golf going to be transparent in its dealing with its athletes. Like it or not there are banned substances and sanctions apply for use of those substances. We are no longer in the days of the gentleman’s club where matter were dealt with privately and swept under the carpet.

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- Pat
  
  Nov 19, 2014 at 2:00 pm
  
  Exactly. You have guys on tour like Tiger, Rory, Camilo, and Adam Scott using PEDs and nobody talks about it. The testing for PEDs in most sports is ridiculous. They go by epi/test ratio. A normal, young, healthy male cannot exceed 2:1. Yet, all sports have loose standards/thresholds for these tests. For the NFL it’s 10:1, baseball 5:1 and for golf I’m guessing it’s 5:1 as well which leaves room for these guys to use small-moderate amounts of steroids depending on the sport. I have friend that used to play back up linebacker for the Bears and the ex-golf pro at my course was scouted by the Angels and used to play in Triple A so it’s not speculation on my part, but factual. Reasons why the PGA sweeps these positive tests under the rug and allows such high tolerances is because it would hurt the industry, ratings would plummet and they would lose sponsors and money. Maybe someday the PGA tour will be transparent with the drug use on tour, but it’s not going to be anytime soon.
  
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  - Vinnie
    
    Nov 19, 2014 at 2:23 pm
    
    Because sports realized a long time ago that it is all about entertainment not athletes.
    
    I work in the pro cycling industry and the Tour de France knew years (pre-Lance BS) that that race was all about entertainment. They had a very high hemocrit level so cyclists could dope (to a certain level) to be able to provide 3 weeks of entertainment for people watching. It made great TV, and was exciting to watch.
    
    All pro sports are the same way. If they truly cared about a “clean sport” then one legit drug test would solve all that. Leagues keep ratios high so people can do it, perform at their best and then fans, ratings and TV contracts grow.
    
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  - Carlos Danger
    
    Nov 20, 2014 at 2:47 pm
    
    Oh great…we now have the “I know for a fact this athlete did Steroids” guy commenting on the message boards. Im sure you have a buddy who played golf at a course that had a caddy who knew a girl whos best friend slept with a musician who liked golf and said he knew a janitor at a Taco Bell who saw that “golfer guy” with what looked like a steroid needle…or an ink pen. He wasnt sure but it could have been a steroid needle. So I figured Im just gonna spew that out on the message board because it seems pretty credible.
    
    Video, failed drug test, testimony, etc…with some proof of your statement “Tiger, Rory, Camilo, and Adam Scott using PEDs” would be nice. Were waiting…
    
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    - Pat
      
      Nov 20, 2014 at 7:01 pm
      
      Carlos, you are clearly ignorant and don’t have a clue on how sports at the highest levels works. You have no right to comment. I already told you that the standards for the epi/test ratio is very loose in sports. I gave specifics as well and cited my sources. You can go ahead and live in your lala fairy tale world. Must be nice being oblivious to so many things in life.
      
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      - Carlos Danger
        
        Nov 21, 2014 at 9:39 am
        
        I have no right to comment? Well please let me know when you have granted me permission to speak about whether or not guys who play golf for a living take testosterone to help them hit a golf ball farther. How dare I speak without your approval.
        
        I never said professional athletes dont take PEDs/Steroids. In fact I am well aware that they take them (and quite frankly I could care less).
        
        I am simply pointing out that the “I know a guy who said these guys take steroids” comments are lame. If you have some evidence of Rory, Tiger, Scott, etc…taking this stuff or testing positive then provide to all of us. Point us to a link supporting this. Give us some pictures or videos of it happening. If not, then you are just another jackweasel making random accusations.
        
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      - bradford
        
        Nov 21, 2014 at 1:32 pm
        
        Pat, your “cited” sources are nothing but made up stories and you know it as well as everyone who reads your comments. There is zero validity to your “citations” whatsoever. You should just bow out, as you know Carlos is correct and you will never post your alleged “proof” because it doesn’t exist. You got called out.
        
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    - Pat
      
      Nov 20, 2014 at 7:06 pm
      
      Do you know or have a personal relationship with any ex or current pro athletes, Carlos? Yeah, I didn’t think so. I do, and it’s not just one, it’s two, so my statement is clearly confirmed not once, but twice. Also, there was that nobody years ago that got popped for a positive test for steroids on the PGA tour, so this proves too that PED use is apparent on tour. Like I said, go ahead and ignore facts and make yourself look ignorant.
      
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      - Carlos Danger
        
        Nov 21, 2014 at 9:50 am
        
        I do know/have a personal relationship with professional athletes but who really cares. I certainly dont care if you do. And yes I have had these people tell me things about the pro sports world that are similar to what you stated…however its really no different than things I hear or see in regular life so who cares. I certainly wouldnt go around saying “my buddy who is a pro athlete told me other pro athletes do bad things sometimes.”
        
        Im well aware that adults take drugs. I dont really care if they do as long as it does not affect me or my family.
        
        IN terms of ignoring facts…you didnt provide any. Unless you want to count “I know people and they told me” as a fact.
        
        And relax on the manufactured outrage of athletes taking PED’s. Do you really not have other things in your life that are more important than this? I would say family, friends, job, mortgage, etc…take a front seat to worrying about Camillio Villegas licking deer antlers to hit a golf ball 315 instead of 308.
        
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      - bradford
        
        Nov 21, 2014 at 1:35 pm
        
        Name them. “Clearly confirmed”? Hardly. Again, We’re expected to believe this made up story solely because you said so? I don’t, because it’s false.
        
        What facts are being ignored?
        
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- Carlos Danger
  
  Nov 20, 2014 at 2:50 pm
  
  When are people on message boards going to stop pretending to care if athletes take a PED so that you can be overly entertained?
  
  Oh My God! Rory might have sniffed deer urine before the open championship! I feel so cheated having enjoyed watching him hit the ball 350 down the middle for 4 days. My manufactured outrage is making me really mad!
  
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AZ Golfman

Nov 18, 2014 at 5:18 pm

And let the cocaine jokes start rolling in…

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- Ha
  
  Nov 18, 2014 at 9:37 pm
  
  Guess he won’t have to worry about the sleepless nights…
  
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- Booger
  
  Nov 18, 2014 at 11:25 pm
  
  Hope he can still rip it without the booger sugar.
  
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  - Ponjo
    
    Nov 19, 2014 at 5:37 pm
    
    +1
    
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