(born June 22, 1984) is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour.
Career
Johnson was born in Columbia, South Carolina. He played collegiate golf at Coastal Carolina University. As an amateur, he won the Monroe Invitational and the Northeast Amateur in 2007 and played on the winning 2007 Walker Cup and Palmer Cup teams.
Johnson turned professional in 2007 and earned his 2008 PGA Tour card by finishing in a tie for 14th place in the 2007 qualifying school.
Johnson won his first PGA Tour event, the Turning Stone Resort Championship in October 2008. Four months later, he won his second event at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, a tournament that was shortened to 54 holes when the final round was cancelled due to strong winds and heavy rain, leaving Johnson the winner by four strokes over Mike Weir and five strokes over second round leader Retief Goosen, who shot a third round 2 over par 74. Johnson finished the 2009 season ranked 15th on the PGA Tour money list.
In February 2010, Johnson birdied the final hole to defeat former world number one David Duval and two-time PGA Tour winner J. B. Holmes to successfully defend his AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am title.
Johnson continued his Pebble Beach success by shooting 71-70-66 to take a three shot lead over Graeme McDowell at the 2010 U.S. Open, but scored a disappointing 82 in the final round and finished T8 (McDowell won the tournament).
In the final round of the 2010 PGA Championship, Johnson received a two-stroke penalty for grounding his club in a bunker on hole 18 (the bunker was within the gallery, reached upon his tee shot on the 18th hole), thereby eliminating him from a three-hole playoff. The crowd on the CBS telecast could be heard chanting "Let Him Play!" during the rules official's meeting, and subsequently booing the decision to penalize him.
Amateur wins (2)
2007 Monroe Invitational, Northeast Amateur
Professional wins (3)
PGA Tour wins (3)
No. Date Tournament Winning Score Margin of Victory Runner(s)-up
1 Oct 5, 2008 Turning Stone Resort Championship -9 (72-68-70-69=279) 1 stroke Robert Allenby
2 Feb 15, 2009 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am -15 (65-69-67=201)* 4 strokes Mike Weir
3 Feb 14, 2010 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am -16 (64-68-64-74=270) 1 stroke David Duval, J. B. Holmes
* shortened to 54 holes due to poor weather conditions.
Results in major championships
Tournament 2008 2009 2010
The Masters DNP T30 T38
U.S. Open T48 T40 T8
The Open Championship DNP CUT T14
PGA Championship DNP T10 T5
DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.
Team appearances
Amateur
Walker Cup: 2007 (winners)
Palmer Cup: 2007 (winners
2007 PGA Tour Qualifying School Graduates
(source:wikipedia)
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