Justin Thomas ended a three-year PGA Tour winless drought on Sunday at the RBC Heritage. But he had already added to one of the most impressive lists in golf three days before.
When the dust had settled on his win at the RBC Heritage Sunday, Justin Thomas rose to No.5 in the world for the first time since 2022, and also bagged his first trophy since the PGA Championship that year.
The headline here, beyond the putt itself, is that Thomas has his first victory after a drought that started after he won his second PGA Championship at Southern Hills in 2022, and lasted nearly three years.
Scheffler played the final three holes in one-over – including a safe bogey on the 18th – to secure his latest win in a stretch so scintillating that it’s becoming harder and harder to describe.
From tee to green he was simply dominant, ranking first in strokes gained/off the tee and first in strokes gained/approach the green picking up a combined 12 shots on the field. Scheffler also ranked second in greens in regulation.
There were only four questions, and Harman just about one-worded every one of them like a girl attempting to send a guy who likes her a very strong hint.
Beneath the floor of the media centre at Harbour Town Golf Links lies a handful of green clay tennis courts. Not the same quality of orange clay courts that French Open hero Rafael Nadal would be satisfied with. But good enough for a 6-year-old Matt Fitzpatrick back in 2001.
Not for the ace he made at the par-3 seventh at Harbour Town Golf Links on Friday at the RBC Heritage, although that was nice. But for the masterclass in self-trolling he delivered on social media after jarring a 6-iron from 191 yards in the second round.
If it wasn’t clear that Jon Rahm takes his job seriously after a bogey-free seven-under-par 64 at the RBC Heritage, then the rather awkward exchange he had with a reporter in his post-round interview took care of that.
Every year at Harbour Town the defending champion hits a golf ball with a hickory-shafted club while wearing the winner’s plaid jacket while a canon literally goes off. The tradition would startle most golfers. Not Jordan Spieth, though.
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