No warning, no explanation; he just gave the prosthetic leg to the most famous golfer on the planet. Even more remarkably, Tiger accepted it as though this were the most normal thing in the world.
If there's anything Tiger Woods loves more than winning, it's some good old-fashioned needling. And when one of golf's younger stars is involved? Even better.
Justin Thomas has twice led the PGA Tour in earnings and looks as if he is ready to make another run at the tour’s money title after an early season win at the CJ Cup @ Nine Bridges.
The CJ Cup @ Nine Bridges is just in its third year, but already its reputation proceeds it. Specifically, its status as a big-money event on the PGA Tour.
The victory was Thomas’ 11th in this his sixth season on the PGA Tour. It also was his second win in his past four starts, his first coming in the BMW Championship in August.
Justin Thomas took a three-stroke lead into the 18th hole in the CJ Cup @ Nine Bridges on Saturday. But by the time he was done with the hole, he shared the lead with Danny Lee of New Zealand heading into the final round.
Thomas wrote how a visit to the dermatologist revealed that a mole on his leg was discovered to be in the early stages of melanoma, a form of skin cancer.