By now, Dustin Johnson and Sergio Garcia are familiar with the questions and criticisms surrounding their respective careers.<\/p>\n
The ones asking them about what how damning the lack of a major championship is to their legacy, a strange inquiry for two golfers who have yet to turn 40. The ones shaming them for those shortcomings, pinning those losses on supposed flaws that emerge in a tournament\u2019s most crucial moments.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s the kind of chatter that, unfair as it may seem, has followed each golfer much of their careers. For all the talent they possess, they, for whatever reason, can\u2019t win the big one despite often being in contention to do so.<\/p>\n
Through two rounds at the U.S. Open at Oakmont Country Club, Johnson and Garcia sit near the top of the leader board with scores of 4 under and 2 under, putting them in ties for first and fourth place, respectively. It\u2019s a position in which they\u2019ve been many times before, including at previous U.S. Opens, only to fall short. Skepticism will continue, but Friday, the playing partners fit in a 36-hole marathon that has given each of them reason to believe now might be their time.<\/p>\n