With a whopping 93.6 percent of the vote, the Golf Writers Association of America selected Dustin Johnson as PGA Tour Player of the Year. Germany’s Bernhard Langer took home the same honors for the Senior “Champions” Tour, while Sei Young Kim won the award for the LPGA. It was DJ’s second POY award. The ballot also included Bryson DeChambeau...
Yes, I know, most people voted for Dustin Johnson. But I think that’s a sympathy vote. I also think we in the golf media are doing that herd groupthink thing again. Dustin won the U.S. Open at Oakmont with a cloud hanging over his head, but he didn’t shoot 63 on Sunday and 20-under overall setting a major championship record. It was one of the greatest...