Who Is Paulina Gretzky? Golf Champ Dustin Johnson’s Wife’s Famous Family, Job and More

While many golfing viewers will be following former Masters champ Dustin Johnson along the course during the 2024 tournament in Augusta, Georgia, fans want to know more about his wife, Paulina Gretzky, as well as her famous family, job and the children the couple share.

When Did Paulina Gretzky and Dustin Johnson Get Married?

The pair wed on April 23, 2022, at Tennessee’s scenic venue Blackberry Farm. Guests included Southern Charm stars Craig Conover, Paige DeSorbo and Austen Kroll. The bride wore a custom Vera Wang gown and both shared photos of the nuptials seven months later in November 2022 Instagram posts.

“What an amazing weekend with friends and family!!” the former U.S. Open champ gushed in the caption.

Paulina and Dustin got engaged in 2013, the same year they began dating.

Do Paulina Gretzky and Dustin Johnson Have Children?

The couple has two sons. Their firstborn, Tatum, arrived in 2015 and was followed by his little brother, River, in 2017.

“The example I set for my kids with Dustin is we have to do it together. We’re not always on the same page, but we trust each other enough so that I know he’s doing right by our children, and he knows I’m doing right by our kids — we talk about it, but at the fundamental level is trust,” Paulina told KIND magazine in 2023.

Who Are Paulina Gretzky’s Parents?

She’s hockey legend Wanye Gretzky‘s eldest child, whom he shares with his wife of more than 30 years, former dancer Janet Jones. Paulina, who was born in December 1988, has three younger brothers, Ty, Trevor and Tristan and one sister Emma, who rounded out the Gretzky family with her 2003 birth.

What Is Paulina Gretzky’s Job? Is a Model

She gained fame as a model, showing off sexy swimsuit photos on social media and appeared on the December 2013 cover of Maxim magazine. Paulina regularly posts swimwear photos and evening wear pictures for her more than one million Instagram followers.

Paulina admitted she struggled to find a career path during her interview with KIND. “Growing up in the ​’90s, there was this pressure on us as if we had to do it now, but I had to find myself —find my true happiness, first,” she confessed.

“I was stuck in this, ‘What is Paulina Gretzky going to do?’ But like, I don’t always know and it’s OK to not know — not many of us do — but at the same time, I like who I am — I love who I am — and I’m ready to venture out now,” she added.

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Paulina said she’s happy raising her sons with Dustin in their North Palm Beach, Florida, home. She still supports her husband by attending his golf tournaments as her schedule permits.

Paulina Was Introduced to Dustin by Her Mom

In 2011, Janet and Dustin played together in a Tiger Woods pro-am tournament at Southern California’s Sherwood Country Club. Paulina told Golf Digest in 2014, that her mom, “Told Dustin about her daughter, blah-blah-blah, and invited him to the house that night. I’m sure he was rolling his eyes, and so was I when my mom invited me over to meet this golfer she had just met. So, I show up looking like a complete ragamuffin, and here’s this really cute guy. I didn’t stay long, but he was such a gentleman, so endearing. He’s always been that way to me. We exchanged numbers, and here we are.”

Paulina Is So Proud of Justin

“Dustin has worked for everything. His college coach told me that he was going to work in McDonald’s! This is a guy who has literally grinded from day one,” Paulina told the “Pillows and Beer” podcast in December 2021, adding, “He’s in his element. That’s what he does: golf, and it’s such a hard sport.”