Jim McCabe: The curious case of Dustin Johnson

Dustin Johnson’s supporters say that what gets overlooked when you focus on the ending to his 2010 PGA Championship is how well he played to charge into the lead. 

If that’s the case, it’s clear there are those who don’t want to acknowledge that there’s something seriously amiss with this supreme talent.

To suggest that Johnson, 31, is the most gifted golfer in the world is not hyperbole. At 6 feet 4 inches and blessed with such an athletic prowess that it is said he could have played basketball at the highest level, at least collegiately, Johnson is a specimen. Indeed, not even Rory McIlroy is blessed with more pure athleticism than Johnson, yet it’s the young man from Co Down who keeps tossing those major championships on his resume — four and counting — not the tall and gangly one from South Carolina. What gives?