ATLANTA – Dustin Johnson only looks like he plays without a pulse.
Beneath his stoic stare and that swagger as he walked the fairways of East Lake Golf Club were jangled nerves Monday because it meant so much to him.
The $15 million prize for winning the FedEx Cup? That would get anyone’s attention, especially someone who thought he was rich when he cashed his first tournament check as a PGA Tour rookie for $113,571.
But there was more.
“The prestige, for sure,” Johnson said after delivering a key par putt and steady play down the stretch for a 2-under-par 68 and a three-shot victory in the Tour Championship.