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Dustin Johnson a warrior says Butch Harmon after US Open triumph

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Dustin Johnson says he's emotional after his US Open win and reveals that the controversial one shot penalty against him didn't bother him

I don't think even words can describe how impressed I am with Dustin Johnson. He's an absolute warrior.

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What he has gone through and all those chances in majors where he didn't really get the job done, he did a phenomenal job considering what went on during the final round.

In my mind it was the most ridiculous thing I've ever seen and once again it's a case of an amateur organisation trying to run an event. They messed up at Chambers Bay last year and they've just well and truly messed this up.

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Paul McGinley, Nick Dougherty and Colin Montgomerie discuss the explanation offered by USGA's Jeff Hall

Dustin Johnson didn't let it stop him though, he went out and won this thing and I can't tell you how happy and proud I am of him. What a great champion he is going to be.

This win is going to open the floodgates now and do wonders for his career. He's going to roll through this now and go on to win a lot of majors.

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Image: Johnson makes a birdie on the final hole to seal his US Open success

It just shows you how strong mentally Dustin actually is. He just has the ability to not let these things bother him. He always says 'look, I can't go back and do it again', and he's one of the few great athletes who I've ever seen that has that ability to move on so quickly.

'A ridiculous situation'
'A ridiculous situation'

Monty slams USGA over Johnson controversy

The incident at the fifth overshadowed the final round for a while. I feel sorry for Shane Lowry because I think it affected him more than it did Dustin Johnson. We saw him have three three-putts in a row coming in and it was just a disaster for him.

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Colin Montgomerie and Paul McGinley were both amazed at the USGA's decision making process

It's terrible for the guy and nobody knew what the situation was. Even when the tournament finished we still didn't know what was going on and they should have given an explanation straight away about what was going on.

As far as I'm concerned it was a shambles as in my eyes Johnson didn't do anything wrong. 

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