Don't Call Dustin Johnson A Choker
By RJ Choppy | @RJChoppy
105.3 THE FAN -- Don't call Dustin Johnson a choker.
Call him what he is. A bad putter.
I've never understood why we feel the need to label someone a choker or clutch just because they passed or failed at the end of the contest. It makes no sense. Not everything needs a label, and just because someone comes through in a "clutch" situation doesn't mean that their pulse is slower than the rest of us. They could have just got lucky.
Here are a few facts:
-- Dustin Johnson was 3 back with 3 to play for him. At the time of his 12 foot putt to WIN THE US OPEN, he had trimmed 66% off that lead.
Choker?
-- Dustin Johnson's putt to tie Jordan Spieth to send it to an 18-hole playoff Monday afternoon was from less than 6 feet. Dustin Johnson is not in the TOP 150 of PGA Players in putting from 6 feet and in.
Choker?
Or just a bad putter?
-- Jordan Spieth was one 12 foot putt away from blowing a 3-stroke lead with (for him) 2 to play at the US Open. Did the words choke and Jordan Spieth enter ANYONE'S mind while this was going on?
No?
Didn't think so. Because it wouldn't have been a choke, because he birdied 2 of the final 3 holes. How can you choke when you do that?
You can't. He didn't. He won. Dustin Johnson didn't choke either, he made a poor decision to go for the eagle and not play it safe for birdie and to fight the next day. Chokers tense up and get timid; he went for it, which is the total opposite of choking.
So stop with the choke nonsense. He missed. He's the Shaq of putting.
And if he didn't tense up when he asked Paulina out...how could he have at a less nerve-racking moment?
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