The BBC's chief political correspondent Norman Smith said Mr Johnson wanted to kill the idea of a third runway for ever and this was a "marked escalation" of the dispute within the party.
Between them the high ranking Tories Oliver Letwin , Dr Liam Fox , John Redwood , Archie Norman as well as Boris Johnson and the only none Tory - Northern Ireland's First Minister David Trimble agreed on everything, pretty much.
He's been at the epicenter of the pro-golf world for a couple of decades, working with Davis Love III, Greg Norman, Fred Couples, Ernie Els, Adam Scott, and now Dustin Johnson, Nick Watney and Phil Mickelson.