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]]> Dustin Johnson is a man a few words. “Yeah,” “nah,” “um,” “uh.” Those have been some of his trusty catchphrases over the years and not only have they served him well in deflecting deeper scrutiny, they’ve also been unexpectedly prescient at times. This is not one of those times.

Ahead of this week’s LIV Golf Korea event, Dustin Johnson was asked about the future of LIV Golf following the Saudi Public Investment Fund sudden exit from pro golf. As one of the very first adopters of the league in 2022, Johnson was asked how he personally felt about the uncertain status of LIV’s future and he replied with one of the cringiest golf media moments we’ve seen in a long, long time. Get ready to squirm, folks.

After listening to the question, clearly meant to elicit a thoughtful, considered response from Johnson, the 2020 Masters champion raised the mic to his lips and dropped this nugget:

“Long LIV Golf.”

He paused for a moment for reaction—perhaps he thought he cooked, perhaps he thought that one man in the back would rise and slowly begin to clap, and that others would steadily follow until the room was roaring with hope and defiance. Instead his quip, more fitting for some unfortunate macrame on your aunt’s fridge, was greeted with deafening silence as the former World No. 1 looked to his teammates for help, finding them with their heads down praying to be anywhere else.

This has all the hallmarks of a classic DJ quote, but perhaps the golf world has simply moved on. Perhaps in a world of Rory McIlroys and Scottie Schefflers, we demand pop philosophy from our pros now. Perhaps Cam Young has replaced him as golf’s soft-spoken bomber. Or maybe it’s not golf that’s moved on. Maybe DJ, now 41 and without a clear future in golf should LIV disintegrate, has simply lost a step. That would be sad news indeed, to which we only have one thing to say:

Long live DJ.

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