Guts, perseverance, and glory: Dustin Johnson. I am a longtime fan of Dustin Johnson. He grew up in Irmo, distinguished himself at Dutch Fork High School, was an All-American golfer at Costal Carolina University and talent-wise is an athlete with few equals. He has come very close in several major tournaments and was beginning to get the reputation that he could not win the big one. This weekend proved that nothing could be further from the truth. He won the United States Open in convincing fashion against enormous odds. He was playing the toughest course in the country and, out of the 180 people who started the tournament, only five broke par for the weekend. On the back nine on Sunday, he demonstrated tremendous courage and determination.

I could go further, but my vocabulary doesn’t possess enough adjectives to describe Dustin Johnson’s incredible accomplishment. Despite tremendous adversity, not the least of which came from USGA officials who acted like amateurs (and they heard about it from Golf’s Elite on Twitter, etc.). I believe this victory will open the door to many more majors claimed by Dustin Johnson.

Hail to Dustin Johnson, one of my heroes!