DORAL, Fla. — A month after he returned from his curious leave of absence, Dustin Johnson was posing with another big trophy.
In a power show Sunday on the Blue Monster, Johnson was flawless on the back nine and blasted two big drives to finish off a 3-under 69 and win the Cadillac Championship for his second World Golf Championship title.
Johnson took advantage of a collapse by J.B. Holmes, who lost a five-shot lead and closed with a 75 to finish one shot behind. Masters champion Bubba Watson opened with four birdies in seven holes to lead by two shots, only to make three bogeys in a four-hole stretch on the back nine. He shot 71 and finished two behind.
Johnson won for the ninth time in his PGA Tour career and moved to No. 7 in the world.
It looked as though the 30-year-old Johnson was never gone.
He returned just five weeks ago from a six-month leave of absence to seek professional help for what he described only as personal challenge. Golf.com reported in August that Johnson had failed a cocaine test for the second time, and that he previously was suspended in 2012 under similar circumstances.
Johnson only said, “No,” when asked if he failed a drug test in an interview before his return.