DJ's mother-in-law reveals devastating news after winning charity golf event

Dustin Johnson's mother-in-law Janet Gretzky won a charity golf tournament in Idaho and then revealed her brother is battling cancer.

Ben Smith

31 Jul 2023

DJ's mother-in-law reveals devastating news after winning charity golf event — DJ's mother-in-law reveals devastating news after winning charity golf…

Paulina Gretzky's mother Janet won a charity golf tournament over the weekend and dedicated the victory to her brother who is battling cancer.

Janet and her husband Wayne, known as The Great One, took part in the Showcase where 39 celebs teed it up.

The two-day charity tournament was staged at the idyllic Coeur d'Alene Resort Golf Course in Idaho.

Janet had the best individual score with a total of 57 (!) points, beating her nearest competitor by three.

It was the fourth time she has won the tournament in the last nine years.

She told the CDA Press:

"This one touched home a lot. Two days ago, my older brother Johnny had a big cancerous kidney taken out. And he's going to fight the war and so it really hit home. A couple years ago when I was here, I had lost my sister, so it touches every family in the world."

Janet added:

"I'm here playing golf and having fun and my poor brother is in the hospital fighting cancer. I did it for him this week.

"We love Coeur d'Alene, Idaho and the people here. We've got a home here at Gozzer Ranch and we love golfing with Dustin being our son-in-law, so the entire family loves golfing. Anything we can do to fight the war on cancer and make people aware we need to end this disease."

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DJ didn't take part in the charity event. He is preparing for his next LIV Golf tournament which takes place at The Greenbrier over 4-6 August.

It will be Johnson's first tournament since taking part in the 151st Open Championship where he performed well below his lofty standards.

DJ was expected to be in the mix and potentially add to his tally of two major championships but missed the cut with a disastrous second round at Royal Liverpool.

Before the major, he was filmed partying with his glamourous wife Paulina Gretzky which included him performing somersaults off a private yacht.

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