So...Dustin Johnson Got a DUI
by Ryan Ballengee on Mar 31, 2009 7:08 PM EDT
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PrintA DUI is not a funny thing. Driving drunk is not a funny thing. But, seems like that recently Charles Barkley has brought the subject out in the open. Having spent a weekend in jail for a DUI conviction, Sir Charles talked on ESPN Radio today about being amazed that this was his first DUI considering the NBA lifestyle and drinking.
Now, we find out that PGA Tour sophomore Dustin Johnson got a DUI. Johnson won the weather-shortened Pebble Beach event earlier this season.
Shane Bacon pointed this out to me while on the phone to do our interview for The 19th Hole this week. He points this out about Myrtle Beach, where Johnson was arrested and attended college at Coastal Carolina.
[A]s a younger gentleman that has spent a little time in that town, it sure wouldn't be hard to get pulled over if you were drinking and driving. Bars and gentleman clubs are nearly as plentiful as the golf courses and none are really close together.
According to the AP copy, Johnson was booked into the local detention center there on Monday and his stay was just 22 minutes.
Shane mentioned Notah Begay as another golfer who went to jail for repeated DUIs.
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How come...
…AP has money to pay people to go dumpster diving at the local police blotter with the intention of ruining someone’s reputation, but they can’t hire better people to actually write the articles for them ?
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gotta part company on you on this one CG, if he’s driving under the influence he’s ruining his own reputation. the guy makes a bazillion dollars and he can’t hire a freaking car and driver to get around town when he’s on bender? that’s really bad judgment and he deserves whatever crap he gets for doing it. anyway, how many times did Daly run afoul before people paid attention? because he’s a celebutard, Johnson will do his fifteen minutes of community service and everyone will forget about.
you’ll bitch about people taking responsibility for their actions, except when it’s one of your heroes, right?
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one of my heroes ? Hmmm
I guess I wasn’t clear the first time. If you or I go out and get drunk and try to drive home, and we get pulled over – nobody else cares and if someone asked, we would say that it’s none of their business – nobody is running to the TV and newspaper or taking pictures to plaster everywhere possible AND get paid for it if we do something like this.
Dustin Johnson, Charles Barkley, Daly (NOT on my "heroes list, by the way)….they do it and it makes the 6 o’clock news for a week – people get all up in arms demanding a pound of flesh…even though they have nothing to do with the situation.
Yes – drunk driving bothers me – a lot ! I’ve been the designated driver my whole life because I won’t let my friends drive home after drinking. My problem here isn’t the drunk driving – they will be punished as the judge sees fit. My problem is the rampant celebrity gossip that bothers me. These people are slime…and they are getting paid to broadcast other people’s private lives.
Here in Atlanta, we have lawyers who run ads on TV and radio about how they will get you off from a drunk driving charge – and it works – so they are turning drunk driver after drunk driver back out on the streets with nothing more than a lawyer’s bill.
"this ball will fit in that fairway"
As long as he learns from this
I won’t hold this against him too much
I have friends that have gotten DUI’s and they are great people who made a mistake.
Johnson is not alone
John Huston, a few years back, got a DUI infraction that was widely reported in the papers – nothing happened except a sizable fine.
This week’s GOLFWORLD tells of Tom Weiskopf drinking heavily for years – then quitting. No mention of Weiskopf having been arrested.
Johnson is guilty of very poor judgment as well as making poor decisions – The hiring of a driver (above) is an obvious move – put if he’s blotto, or just a bit high, the ego jumps up and says…“you can do this”.
Getting a taxi works.
I knew a somewhat prominent guy who was somewhat of a lush – he had it solved – he called the police, told them he was drunk and didn’t want to drive, could they drive him home. They always did.
Johnson was released after 22 minutes at the station. I suspect he earned the DUI ticket but he wasn’t totally out of it. No mention of who came to take him home.
Speaking of home – - One can get in trouble quickly at Myrtle Beach….BAAAAAAD town.
Don't worry, nothing will be allright.
REALLY ?? That’s great ! Where did your friend live that he could call the police and they would drive him home ? They deserve a huge pat on the back. I’m guessing that the police here in Atlanta would, at best just laugh andmaybe send a cab – more likely they would just arrest you.
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Who's driving in Houston?
If he refused the Breathalyzer test, his license is gone for 6 months automatically.
He probably will get an administrative hearing in the next 30 days and try to get a provisional license until the case is settled.
His partner in the Pebble Pro-Am, Joe Rice, is one of the top lawyers in the country.
They won the whole enchilada. You ought to see the Office Building of Motley Rice Law.
This firm has taken down tobacco and asbestos.
Rednecks will be Rednecks. Heck, Dustin still lives in the Red Neck Riviera.
by Mt. Pleasant Dano on Apr 1, 2009 7:56 AM EDT reply actions
scarlett letter
In Ohio if you’re convicted of a DUI, when you get your driving privileges back, they take away your blue text on a white background license plates and replace them with scarlet text on yellow.
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Really? That’s kind of interesting. I’m not sure if we have something like that here in MD.
by Ryan Ballengee on Apr 1, 2009 10:15 AM EDT up reply actions
didn't know that
I think that’s a great idea – as long as they get their regular plate back after they’ve done their time. Here in Atlanta, it would initially be called “racist”, then be taken to the state supreme court as a violation of “civil rights” and the idea tossed out – completely disregarding the “civil rights” of everybody else who has to be on the road with these drunks.
"this ball will fit in that fairway"
I don’t know how long it takes, but yes, they get the real plates back eventually. AP didn’t have a stringer check police blotters. More than likely it showed up in the local paper first.
The point of my previous post is that people who drive drunk should be embarrassed. Whether it’s special license plates or getting his/her name in all the papers, there has to be some personal cost beyond a few dollars. Celebrities make too much money to have the fine even amount to a nuisance.
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Fine – the LOCAL paper – like every other drunk driver (IF every other drunk driver’s name is in that paper) – that’s ok. But AP didn’t leave it at that – they had to make it international news – and that’s going over the line.
"this ball will fit in that fairway"
I disagree
For you or me the local paper would be fine. But people whose notoriety extends beyond a few miles need to have more extensive coverage or they won’t be sufficiently embarrassed.
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I see...
…and where does that judgment come from ? How do you know what it takes to embarrass someone ? When did it become the job of the media to decide who deserves what level of “embarrassment” ?
This is salacious gossip – not news.
"this ball will fit in that fairway"
doesn't matter
He’s a golfer, not an airline pilot. A DUI, even one plastered all over the media, isn’t going to ruin his life. I want whatever will motivate him to never do that again.
Truth has a well-known liberal bias.
ok – so wouldn’t it be fair to put EVERY DUI on the national news ?
my point is that this isn’t a humble reporter (or reporterette) making an effort to help a fellow human being out of some philanthropic calling in life – this is gossip, plain and simple, with the intention of embarrassing someone who makes more money than they do, or some other indignant attitude.
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