Dustin Johnson Reaction – Zack Johnson Says It Stinks He’s Off USA Ryder Cup Team.

Dustin Johnson’s withdrawal from this year’s USA Ryder Cup team has shocked his potential fellow Gleneagles team members while namesake Zach Johnson says it ‘sucks’ he will not be competing in Scotland.

Dustin Johnson’s management company first issued a statement saying Johnson was taking an ‘indefinite leave of absence’ from the game and with the PGA of America then indicating Johnson’s management team had advised them their client was also withdrawing from next week’s PGA Championship and September’s Ryder Cup.

Johnson is currently fifth on the USA Team table and with Zack Johnson, who considers himself a good friend of Dustin, expressing extreme disappointment he will not be teeing up in what would have been a third straight Ryder Cup.

“It’s extremely unfortunate and I feel for him,” said the Masters winning Johnson.

Zack Johnson remarks five times 'It sucks' Dustin Johnson will not be on the 2014 USA Ryder Cup team.  (Photo - www.goflbytourmiss.com)

Zack Johnson remarks five times ‘It sucks’ Dustin Johnson will not be on the 2014 USA Ryder Cup team. Note – sunglasses wrapped around leg. (Photo – www.goflbytourmiss.com)

“I feel also for his family.  I feel for his team, those that are associated with him because they’ve done a lot of good work this year.

“More than anything, I wished and I pray that his well-being will be on the rise, on the mend.  He’s a good friend.  I wouldn’t say we’re very tight, but he’s a peer of mine.

“Cordial would be an understatement between us.  I would say, if anything, it’s probably a mild friendship.

“Granted, I get called Dustin every other hole out here for some reason, and it’s not because of my drives either.  But I feel for him.  I mean, I want him on the Ryder Cup team.  But that’s selfish side coming out of me.

“Like I said, I just hope this is the start of something really, really positive.

“I mean, I thought he didn’t play this week because of maybe a muscle strain of some sort.  There was no way for me to know;;

“It just stinks. It really, really stinks.”

Johnson has been a member of the last two USA Ryder Cup teams while he was a member of the victorious USA Presidents Cup side when they traveled to Melbourne, Australia.

And Zack Johnson for a fifth occasion in his remarks said it ‘stinks’ Dustin won’t be on this year’s USA Ryder Cup team adding:  “It’s stinks as i want him on the team.

“I’ve seen what he can do in those team events.  I don’t know how many he’s played on but I know he played in the Presidents Cup too.  I’ve played in three of each and I feel like he’s been on essentially half of those, if not more.

“He’s fun in the locker room.  It just really stinks.”



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