JOHNSON SETS SIGHTS ON MORE MAJOR GLORY

DUSTIN JOHNSON admits retirement is already on his mind, but the new Masters champion wants much more major glory before packing away his putter.

Johnson recovered from a shaky start to the final round to cruise to a record-breaking five-shot victory at Augusta National, his winning 20under-par total eclipsing the previous tournament best of 18 under jointly set by Tiger Woods in 1997 and Jordan Spieth in 2015.

Following his victory in the 2016 US Open the world No.1 is now halfway to the career Grand Slam and needs to win the US PGA and Open Championship to join Woods, Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player, Ben Hogan and Gene Sarazen in having completed the set of four majors.

With his languid manner and slow southern drawl, Johnson is usually not considered to harbour lofty ambitions, but the 36-year-old revealed that perception to be some way off the mark as he detailed his future plans.

‘I feel like I’m not going to dial anything back,’ Johnson insisted. ‘I feel really good about everything that I’m doing. I feel really confident in the golf game.

‘You know, my goal is to play for about, I don’t know, (it) keeps getting shorter, but eight, nine, maybe ten years, and then hang out with my kids and Paulina

[Gretzky, Johnson’s fiancee]. So until then, I’m going to work my butt off to be as good as I can.’

Growing up around an hour away from Augusta in South Carolina, Johnson admitted winning the Masters was a dream come true, especially with defending champion Woods on hand to slip on the famous green jacket. Asked if he also dreams of winning numerous further majors, Johnson added: ‘I do. I do. I want to get to No.3 first, but I do.

‘I dream of winning a lot of majors. Just hadn’t quite happened yet. ‘Hopefully this one will help, though, give me a little spring.’