Thomas earned $US959,200 for his 23-under-par performance in Palm Springs, California, which pushed him past the $US60-million mark in career earnings.
Unlike his breakthrough PGA Tour victory at the 2023 Puerto Rico Open, an opposite-field event, this victory gets the Colombian into the Masters for the first time in his career.
The previous two years Scheffler arrived as the top seed and exited as just another guy with deep pockets – and his hands were stuffed frustratingly to the bottom of them in dejection. This time, his hands cradled the huge FedEx Cup trophy.
[PHOTO: Getty Images] Justin Thomas was en route home to Florida when he moved into the top 30 in FedEx Cup points to qualify for the Tour Championship. Thomas left Colorado outside the top 30 after posting a four-under 68 in the final round of the BMW Championship at Castle Pines Golf Club. He began Read more…
Justin Thomas teed off on Sunday morning in the final round of the Open Championship with a chance to win the claret jug. Seconds later, his dreams were sunk. Literally.
It will take a special type of belief to look at the congested PGA Championship leaderboard and think your name will be the one above the rest. So the question is, what do these players believe?
The less-than-casual angle to it is that this visit probably provides a good indication that Woods is feeling healthy enough to compete in the 88th Masters when it begins on April 11.
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?
You can’t walk more than a few paces on a tour driving range without seeing a player practising with at least one alignment stick. Watch amateurs at a driving range and you’d be lucky if you found one at all.
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