Some of Dustin Johnson’s interesting quotes during press conferences early this season. He addresses taking on Tiger, a European resurgence and a youth movement on tour.
Q. Clearly the game needs Tiger playing well. I mean, from a sponsor's point of view if nothing else. But yet the other side of the coin is that if he gets back to the dominance that he once had, you fellas are not going to have the same freedom to win tournaments that you have experienced in recent years?
DUSTIN JOHNSON: “I hope he does. It doesn't bother me. I'm still going to win. Tiger is a great player, but you know, he doesn’t win every event, so that leaves a lot of other events I'll have a chance to win.
I think he'll do just fine. He's a great golfer and you know he's playing pretty good golf right now.”
Q. Would you agree with a lot of commentary right now that the best golfers in the world are found in Europe?
DUSTIN JOHNSON: “No. Both. You could say they are European, but most of them play over here. There's too many good American players to say that the best golfers in the world are in Europe.”
Q. Just a comment on I think 13 different players combined for 16 wins in their 20s in 2010. Do you kind of see a shift? Do you envision that same wave rolling in 2011 as far as young, new breed coming along?
DUSTIN JOHNSON: “Yeah, I think the young guys, we had a really good year this year. We won a lot of golf tournaments and that's what we have to keep doing. We have to keep winning golf tournaments, stepping up, and we need to win a few majors.”
