Johnston, 28 revealed details of a move back to London on the eve of his second straight appearance in the PGA Championship at Quail Hollow in Charlotte.
“Unless you are in the top-50 it is difficult to play both Tours“, said the current World No. 108.
“I wanted to come over here and learn, and try and make myself a better golfer and I think I have learned a lot of good things by coming over here but I am going to play more in Europe.”
Beef’s maiden PGA Tour season has been a cocktail of making the cut in eight of 12 events with a best of T10th in the Puerto Rico Open while he earned a biggest cheque of $ US 64, 500 in his last event and that was sharing 27th place at The Open.
“I have struggled over here and the only tournament I felt I actually played well was Puerto Rico but it has been hard as I have not swung the club that good though it does feel like it is getting back,” he said.
“The last few months have been really positive as I felt I played nice at Wentworth, the U.S. Open, French Open, Scotland and The Open and it has been really close.
“I have just been trying to keep batting away.”
However, he also is currently lying 185th on the FedEx Cup points standing with earnings of $ US 262, 253 and well outside the leading 125 who will compete in the up-coming FedEx Cup Play-Off Series.
It means that unless he finishes top-10 this week at Quail Hollow to qualify for next week’s Wyndham Championship then it will be straight home to London.
“You realise the PGA Tour is a tough tour as there are so many good players,” he said.
“It is like Europe as well but then the courses vary but it is completely different so it I tough coming and learning that.”
Johnston had won twice on the secondary Challenge Tour in 2014 to secure full 2015 European Tour membership before bursting onto the international stage earlier last year in capturing the Spanish Open.
Late last year, he entered the final series of the Web.com Tour making the cut in two of the four events, including a T4th in the Boise Open, to end the finals T21st that earned him 2017 PGA Tour membership.
However, his status has meant Johnston staring at a stop-start year and mixing his schedule by contesting four regular European Tour events, and capped with a T19th finish in the Scottish Open.
Though Johnston will leave having definitely made his mark as a smash hit among American supporters.
He also signed a deal to represent fast food giant, Arbys and also appeared on the front cover of Golf Digest Magazine.
And be assured, US golf fans have not seen the last of Beef.
