Dustin On Cocaine Use: "I have issues. But that’s not the issue.”

SI's Pete Thamel scores the first sitdown with Dustin Johnson who was joined by his agent and new PR consultant.

Oddly, Johnson talks to the sister publication of golf.com, where it was reported that Johnson was serving a second PGA Tour suspension after testing positive again for cocaine use. The same report also suggested Johnson had an affair with a fellow PGA Tour player's wife (what that had to do with Johnson's possible substance abuse issues remains unclear).

Either way, that latter topic did not come up but he did refute golf.com's report about the cocaine suspension to a publication that publishes their golf stories on...golf.com.

Johnson and his p.r. team say he wasn’t suspended and are indignant that reports continue to circulate despite a denial from the Tour.

Johnson says this respite was a choice to address “personal challenges.” He adds that he did not enter any kind of rehab, instead hiring a team of experts -- a life coach and several clinicians among them -- to help him better understand what drives him, how to handle stress and how to unlock his latent potential. “I did not have a problem,” he says when asked explicitly about cocaine. “It’s just something I’m not going to get into. I have issues. But that’s not the issue.”