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Inside the relationship of former 'bad boy' pro golfer Dustin Johnson and Paulina Gretzky, who used to eat breakfast and dinner with her hockey legend father every day

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Dustin Johnson and his fiance Paulina Gretzky met through Gretzky's parents in 2009.

• The PGA star and the pop singer-turned-model didn't go on their first date, however, until 2012.

• They've been together ever since, and now have two children.



Dustin Johnson wooed the entire Gretzky clan long before he took his future fiance Paulina Gretzky on their first date.

In 2009, the pro golfer met Paulina's mother Janet — the wife of legendary hockey player Wayne Gretzky — at the Hero World Challenge golf tournament. Afterwards, the Gretzkys had Johnson over for dinner.

GOLF reported that Johnson and Gretzky had "undeniable chemistry" from the get-go, but the timing was off. Both were already in relationships with other people.

"We became good friends," Gretzky told GOLF. "Actually, my whole family became friends with Dustin — my brothers and parents saw him a lot more than I did."

Everything changed three years later, when Johnson and Gretzky met up again at the World Challenge. That's when they went on their first date. The rendezvous turned into a double date when Gretzky's parents tagged along.

"That's how it goes in our family," Wayne Gretzky told GOLF. "Janet and I go out to eat, and we somehow always wind up with seven or eight people at the table. Everyone is invited."

According to GOLF, the couple has been together ever since.

Johnson is currently ranked number one in the Official World Golf Ranking. He won the 2016 US Open and has won five World Golf Championships. Forbes estimated that he has a net worth of $27.6 million. He's currently competing in the 2018 Masters tournament in Augusta, Georgia.

Johnson also acquired a bit of a reputation as the "bad boy" of the golfing world. In 2014, GOLF reported that Johnson received a six-month PGA suspension after testing positive for cocaine. Since then, Johnson has credited Wayne Gretzky with mentoring him and helping him turn things around, according to USA Today.

Meanwhile, Paulina Gretzky has pursued a multi-faceted career as a singer and model, over the years.

Here's a look inside their relationship:

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Johnson may be one of the most successful professional golfers out there...

Source: Official World Golf Ranking



... but his fiance hasn't always loved the sport. "I didn't appreciate golf as much when I was little, probably because my mom put us in tennis camps and golf camps," Gretzky told Golf Digest. "My mom has a video of me when I was really young where I'm saying, 'Daddy, don't go play golf anymore.'"

Source: Golf Digest



Gretzky's parents love to golf. She's become more enamored with the sport since she began dating Johnson. She even took to Instagram to showcase what Golf Digest called a "surprisingly powerful swing."

Source: The New York PostGolf Digest, Golf Digest



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