Dustin Johnson’s quest for a third major couldn’t have gone any worse this week.
The LIV Golf star, 40, continued his tumble down the leaderboard Friday at the 2025 PGA Championship, one day after he shot a seven-over par 78 in Thursday’s opening round at Quail Hollow.
Johnson finished Friday’s second round with a five-over par 76, putting him at 12-over overall and in 152nd place — in a 156-player field.
He was undone by his putting, as he ranks second-to-last in the field in strokes gained with the short stick.
He wrapped the front nine Friday with two bogeys and a double bogey, then added a double bogey and a bogey on two of the first three holes of the back nine.
The 2020 Masters victor, who has not won a major championship since, missed the cut at Augusta National last month after shooting a three-over par.
Rory McIlroy went on to win his first green jacket while completing a career Grand Slam in a thrilling playoff victory over Justin Rose.
Johnson is now in his fourth season on the Saudi-backed LIV Golf circuit and has yet to score a victory this season.
The 2016 U.S. Open winner defected to the rebel league in 2022 — the first huge name to do so — and was reportedly paid around $125 million.
Ahead of this year’s PGA Championship, Johnson was invited to contend by the PGA of America via a special exemption.
The former world No. 1 was permitted to participate in the past five tournaments because of his Masters win.
Johnson, whose wife, Paulina Gretzky, has been showing her support in Charlotte, is hardly the only notable name to be struggling in North Carolina.
Reigning PGA Champion Xander Schauffele is currently 1-over par, while McIlroy sits at 3-over.
Those two tee off with Scottie Scheffler, one year removed from his shocking arrest at Valhalla Golf Club over a miscommunication about traffic flow.
The PGA Championship runs through Sunday.