Dustin Johnson eyeing February return to PGA Tour
Dustin Johnson’s three-months-and-counting indefinite leave of absence from the PGA Tour appears to have a tentative end in sight.
Johnson is eyeing a return to the PGA Tour next February at the Farmers Insurance Open, according to Golf World. The tournament will be played Feb. 5-8 at Torrey Pines near San Diego.
The eight-time PGA Tour winner has been said to be waiting until the birth of his first child with fiancee Paulina Gretzky to return. That return date would also jibe with a Golf Magazine report in August that Johnson was suspended by the PGA Tour for six months after a third failed drug test under their anti-doping program.
Though Johnson played some casual golf in the early weeks of his time away from competitive golf, he apparently began training and practicing again in early October in preparation from a return.
An August FOX411 report suggested Johnson’s future father-in-law, Wayne Gretzky, made clear a transition into a more accountable life as a father was a must. He appears to have heeded the message, as Golf World reports Johnson has whipped himself into shape from a flaky character to a dedicated father-to-be.
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