Despite admitting he felt the pressure of playing alongside Michael Jordan – we all saw ‘The Last Dance’ and know that Jordan sometimes treated teammates worse than opponents – Thomas says he made “four birdies in the last seven holes and helped to pay for my first car”.
On the eve of the Valspar Championship, Thomas insisted that he’s putting better than the numbers say. And we have to say that he had a pretty good excuse for those poor stats.
With so many good players missing this week, it seems downright foolish to refer to the PGA Tour’s flagship event as having golf’s strongest field. Or is it?
Golf fans will have to be a bit more patient for the second season of Netflix’s “Full Swing” to come out, but it looks like it will be well worth the wait.
Different back then, familiar now. Thomas went on to shoot 65 in the second round and eventually finished T-12 while getting on the plus side of the ledger in putting.
The combination of lots of youthful flexibility with an undeveloped upper body means it’s the lower body that becomes the powerhouse of lots of junior golfers’ swings. And Tiger’s message for Charlie was simple: that’s just fine.