Biography

Dustin’s Bio

Height: 6’4”   •   Weight: 190 lbs.   •   Birth Date: June 22, 1984
Birthplace: Columbia, S.C. •   College: Coastal Carolina University •   Residence: Myrtle Beach, S.C.

PGA TOUR VICTORIES
• 2010 BMW Championship
• 2010 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am
• 2009 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am
• 2008 Turning Stone Resort Championship

Other Professional Highlights
• T-3 2010 Northern Trust Open
• T-4, 2009 Deutsche Bank Championship
• T-4 2009 HP Byron Nelson Championship
• T-10 2009 PGA Championship
• T-10 2009 Northern Trust Open
• 11th 2009 Mercedes Benz Championship
• T-14 2009 Memorial Tournament
• T-15 2009 The Barclays
• T-7 2008 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am
• T-10 2008 Sony Open in Hawaii
• T-12 2008 Bob Hope Chrysler Classic
• T-14 2007 PGA TOUR Qualifying Tournament-Final Stage
• T-3 2007 PGA TOUR Qualifying Tournament-Second Stage
• 1st 2007 PGA TOUR Qualifying Tournament-First Stage

PGA TOUR Official Money List
• 2010 $4,473,122 4th
• 2009 $2,977,901 15th
• 2008 $1,789,895 42nd

Collegiate & Amateur Victories (9)
• 2007 Northeast Amateur
• 2007 Monroe Invitational
• 2007 Big South Conference
• 2007 Augusta State Invitational
• 2006 Duke Golf Classic
• 2006 Seminole Intercollegiate (T-1st)
• 2005 Landfall Tradition
• 2005 Duke Golf Classic
• 2005 NCAA East Regional

Honors, Awards and National Teams
• Member, 2010 United States Ryder Cup Team
• Member, 2007 United States Walker Cup Team
• Member, 2007 United States Palmer Cup Team
• 2007 NCAA First Team All-American
• 2006 NCAA First Team All-American
• 2005 NCAA Third Team All-American
• Named to ESPN’s “50 Best Golfers Under 25 Years Old,” July 2007
• Finalist for 2007 Jack Nicklaus Award
• Semifinalist for 2007 Ben Hogan Award
• Named Golf World Magazine’s 2006-2007 Mid-Season Player of the Year
• Represented the United States in the 2006 USA vs. Japan Collegiate Matches
• Three-time Big South Conference Player of the Year
• 14-time Big South Conference Golfer of the Week

Miscellaneous Collegiate and Amateur Highlights
• All-time scoring leader at Coastal Carolina University (72.26)
• Holds lowest season scoring average Coastal Carolina history (70.40)
• Finished in the top-ten in 31 collegiate events entered at Coastal Carolina
• Shot 80 rounds of par or better, including 10 rounds of 67 or lower during his collegiate career

FACTS AND FIGURES
• Johnson is one of the longest drivers in professional golf, averaging over 308 yards in 2009.
• Johnson recorded four eagles during the 2009 Masters Tournament.
• Johnson’s third PGA TOUR victory came after only 61 starts, making him the only American
25-years-old or younger with three victories.
• Johnson is now the first player since Tiger Woods to go straight from college and win in each
of his first three years on the PGA Tour.
• Johnson currently ranks 28th in the Official World Golf Ranking (as of 3.8.10).

OTHER INTERESTING NOTES
• Grandfather Art Whisnant played basketball at South Carolina and was a three-time all-Atlantic
Coast Conference selection in the early 1960s
• Johnson’s younger brother Austin is a guard on the Charleston Southern University basketball team.
• Johnson can dunk a basketball and could palm a basketball as a seventh grader.
• Johnson’s instructor is Butch Harmon.

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