What a difference 45 minutes can make in one's life...That's the amount of time it took for Dustin Johnson to go from hero to goat at Pebble
In 45 minutes, he went from being someone in complete control of a tournament 2 a player who was forced to shoot left-handed due to mistakes
It was such an inconceivable collapse that Hollywood screenwriters would shy away from this scene since it would be deemed 2 unbelievable...
It certainly cost him a chance at winning the U.S. Open yesterday, but my concern for him is not short-term, but rather the long-term effect
Does he take it as a positive and learn from his mistakes? Does he ultimately learn how to harness this awesome power that he's been gifted?
Or is he always going to have this loss in the back of his mind and have it haunt him every time he`s in contention or in a position to win?
It's hard 2 imagine, but at just close to 26 years old, he's already at a crossroads in his career...how does he recover from that collapse?
If he's got one thing going for him other than his golf game, it's the fact that he's still blessed by the fountain of youth and Father Time
For someone being referred 2 as an ice man in Round 3 by anyone within an inch of a mic, it was miles from what we saw in the final round...
We'll certainly find out now what kind of mental resolve the young man has...he's gonna need every little bit of that resolve to remain sane