NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. — Dustin Johnson is content to compete in the PGA Championship this weekend — and that’s about as far as he’s willing to look ahead.
When asked where he will be in 2027 in the wake of the Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund’s announcement that it will no longer back LIV Golf beyond this year, Johnson didn’t have much of an answer.
“I think Scott’s doing a good job,” Johnson said of LIV CEO Scott O’Neil. “I think your guess is as good as mine with what happens next year.”
In January, LIV Golf announced a multi-year extension with Johnson, the 4Aces GC captain and two-time major champion.
A 24-time winner on the PGA Tour, Johnson was one of the first players to defect for LIV Golf and became the Saudi-backed circuit’s first season champion in 2022. Johnson, 41, won the U.S. Open in 2016 and the Masters in 2020.
Johnson carded an even-par 70 on Friday that included three birdies against three bogeys. That followed an opening-round 72 to place him at 2-over-par 142 for the tournament.
“I’m happy with my game, honestly,” Johnson told reporters. “Not very thrilled with my driver. Everything else feels really good. I’m rolling it well, short game is good and obviously it’s difficult around these greens. It’s hard to judge the last few shots I hit, seemed really nice and that I hit better shots than where they ended up.
“But it’s just tough. Everybody’s dealing with it. The wind will be blowing and then all of a sudden all the way down a little bit, and that’s the difference 10 or 15 yards out here and that’s a big deal.”
