Justin Thomas
Justin Thomas | |
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Personal information | |
Full name | Justin Louis Thomas |
Nickname | JT |
Born | Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. | April 29, 1993
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
Weight | 160 lb (73 kg; 11 st) |
Sporting nationality | United States |
Residence | Jupiter, Florida, U.S.[1] |
Spouse |
Jillian Wisniewski (m. 2022) |
Career | |
College |
Justin Louis Thomas (born April 29, 1993) is an American
Early years and education
Thomas was born on April 29, 1993, and raised in Louisville, Kentucky. He attended North Oldham Middle School. Prior to his junior year in high school, he played in the Wyndham Championship on the PGA Tour in August 2009 and became the third-youngest to make the cut in a PGA Tour event, at 16 years, 3 months and 24 days.[3] Thomas graduated from St. Xavier High School in 2011.[4]
Thomas played college golf at the
Thomas' father, Mike Thomas, has been the head professional at the Harmony Landing Country Club in Goshen, Kentucky, since 1990. Thomas grew up an avid fan of his hometown Louisville Cardinals.[7]
Professional career
Thomas turned professional in 2013 and earned his tour card on the Web.com Tour through
On November 1, 2015, Thomas earned his first victory on the PGA Tour by winning the
2016–17 PGA Tour: five wins, first major, FedEx Cup champion, Player of the Year
Thomas successfully defended his title at the CIMB Classic in October
Hole | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Out | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | In | Total |
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Par | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 35 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 35 | 70 |
Score | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 59 |
During the third round of the 2017 U.S. Open at Erin Hills, Thomas equalled the U.S. Open single-round record of 63. He eagled the last hole by hitting his 3-wood to 8 feet on the par-5 hole to finish at 9-under-par, also a U.S. Open record, passing the previous record held by Johnny Miller at Oakmont Country Club. In the fourth round, he played alongside Brian Harman in the final grouping, the first time he had done that in a major championship. He shot a three-over-par 75 and finished in a tie for ninth place.
In August 2017, Thomas won his first major, the 2017 PGA Championship, winning by two shots.[13]
At the Dell Technologies Championship, Thomas became just the fourth golfer to win five times, including a major, in a PGA Tour season since 1960 before his 25th birthday, joining Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods, and Jordan Spieth.[14][15]
After finishing runner-up to Xander Schauffele at the Tour Championship, Thomas became the FedEx Cup champion on September 24, 2017.[16]
2017–18 PGA Tour
In October 2017, Thomas won the third event of the
In February 2018, Thomas won for the eighth time on tour, claiming victory at
The following week, Thomas lost in a sudden-death playoff to
Thomas had another chance to claim the top spot in the world later on in March at the
After the
In September 2018, Thomas qualified for the U.S. team participating in the 2018 Ryder Cup. Europe defeated the U.S. team 17 1/2 to 10 1/2. Notwithstanding the loss, Thomas played well. He went 4–1–0. He won his singles match against Rory McIlroy.[21]
2018–19 PGA Tour
On February 17, 2019, Thomas led the
On August 18, 2019, Thomas shot 25-under-par and won the BMW Championship at Medinah Country Club outside of Chicago. This was the second leg of the three-tournament 2019 FedEx Cup Playoffs and put Thomas in the lead in the FedEx Cup standings heading into the Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club.[23]
2019–20 PGA Tour
On October 20, 2019, Thomas won the CJ Cup in South Korea. This was his second win of the tournament in its three-year existence.[24]
In December 2019, Thomas played on the U.S. team at the 2019 Presidents Cup at Royal Melbourne Golf Club in Australia. The U.S. team won 16–14. Thomas went 3–1–1 and lost his Sunday singles match against Cameron Smith.[25]
On January 5, 2020, Thomas won the
On August 2, 2020, Thomas won the
2020–21 PGA Tour
In March 2021, Thomas shot a final round four-under par 68 to win the 2021 Players Championship by one stroke over Lee Westwood.[28]
In September 2021, Thomas played on the U.S. team in the 2021 Ryder Cup at Whistling Straits in Kohler, Wisconsin. The U.S. team won 19–9 and Thomas went 2–1–1 and won his Sunday singles match against Tyrrell Hatton.
2021–22 PGA Tour: one win, second major
For the 2021–22 season, Thomas employed Jim "Bones" Mackay to replace his previous caddie, Jimmy Johnson. The last round of golf Johnson caddied for Thomas was at the 2021 Ryder Cup. Mackay stepped into the role at the CJ Cup.
On May 22, 2022, Thomas won his second major and second PGA Championship, defeating Will Zalatoris in a playoff, overcoming a PGA Championship record 7-shot deficit entering the day.[29]
2022–23 PGA Tour
Thomas qualified for the U.S. team at the 2022 Presidents Cup; he won all four matches paired with Jordan Spieth but lost in the singles.[30]
In September 2023, Thomas played on the U.S. team in the 2023 Ryder Cup at Marco Simone Golf and Country Club in Guidonia, Rome, Italy. The European team won 16.5–11.5 and Thomas went 1–2–1 including a win in his Sunday singles match against Sepp Straka.
In November 2023, Thomas competed in the inaugural
Controversy
On January 9, 2021, during the third round of the
Amateur wins
Professional wins (17)
PGA Tour wins (15)
Legend |
Major championships (2) |
Players Championships (1) |
World Golf Championships (2) |
FedEx Cup playoff events (2) |
Other PGA Tour (8) |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
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1 | Nov 1, 2015 | CIMB Classic1 | 68-61-67-66=262 | −26 | 1 stroke | Adam Scott |
2 | Oct 23, 2016 | CIMB Classic1 (2) | 64-66-71-64=265 | −23 | 3 strokes | Hideki Matsuyama |
3 | Jan 8, 2017 | SBS Tournament of Champions
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67-67-67-69=270 | −22 | 3 strokes | Hideki Matsuyama |
4 | Jan 15, 2017 | Sony Open in Hawaii | 59-64-65-65=253 | −27 | 7 strokes | Justin Rose |
5 | Aug 13, 2017 | PGA Championship | 73-66-69-68=276 | −8 | 2 strokes | Francesco Molinari, Louis Oosthuizen, Patrick Reed |
6 | Sep 4, 2017 | Dell Technologies Championship | 71-67-63-66=267 | −17 | 3 strokes | Jordan Spieth |
7 | Oct 22, 2017 | CJ Cup | 63-74-70-72=279 | −9 | Playoff | Marc Leishman |
8 | Feb 25, 2018 | The Honda Classic
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67-72-65-68=272 | −8 | Playoff | Luke List |
9 | Aug 5, 2018 | WGC-Bridgestone Invitational | 65-64-67-69=265 | −15 | 4 strokes | Kyle Stanley |
10 | Aug 18, 2019 | BMW Championship | 65-69-61-68=263 | −25 | 3 strokes | Patrick Cantlay |
11 | Oct 20, 2019 | CJ Cup (2) | 68-63-70-67=268 | −20 | 2 strokes | Danny Lee |
12 | Jan 5, 2020 | Sentry Tournament of Champions (2)
|
67-73-69-69=278 | −14 | Playoff | Patrick Reed, Xander Schauffele |
13 | Aug 2, 2020 | WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational (2) | 66-70-66-65=267 | −13 | 3 strokes | Daniel Berger, Brooks Koepka, Tom Lewis, Phil Mickelson |
14 | Mar 14, 2021 | The Players Championship | 71-71-64-68=274 | −14 | 1 stroke | Lee Westwood |
15 | May 22, 2022 | PGA Championship (2) | 67-67-74-67=275 | −5 | Playoff | Will Zalatoris |
1Co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour
PGA Tour playoff record (4–2)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result |
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1 | 2017 | CJ Cup | Marc Leishman | Won with birdie on second extra hole |
2 | 2018 | The Honda Classic
|
Luke List | Won with birdie on first extra hole |
3 | 2018 | WGC-Mexico Championship | Phil Mickelson | Lost to par on first extra hole |
4 | 2020 | Sentry Tournament of Champions
|
Patrick Reed, Xander Schauffele | Won with birdie on third extra hole Schauffele eliminated by birdie on first hole |
5 | 2020 | Workday Charity Open | Collin Morikawa | Lost to par on third extra hole |
6 | 2022 | PGA Championship | Will Zalatoris | Won three-hole aggregate playoff; Thomas: −2 (4-3-4=11), Zalatoris: x (4-4-x=x) |
European Tour wins (4)
Legend |
Major championships (2) |
World Golf Championships (2) |
Other European Tour (0) |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
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1 | Aug 13, 2017 | PGA Championship | 73-66-69-68=276 | −8 | 2 strokes | Francesco Molinari, Louis Oosthuizen, Patrick Reed |
2 | Aug 5, 2018 | WGC-Bridgestone Invitational | 65-64-67-69=265 | −15 | 4 strokes | Kyle Stanley |
3 | Aug 2, 2020 | WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational (2) | 66-70-66-65=267 | −13 | 3 strokes | Daniel Berger, Brooks Koepka, Tom Lewis, Phil Mickelson |
4 | May 22, 2022 | PGA Championship (2) | 67-67-74-67=275 | −5 | Playoff | Will Zalatoris |
European Tour playoff record (1–1)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
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1 | 2018 | WGC-Mexico Championship | Phil Mickelson | Lost to par on first extra hole |
2 | 2022 | PGA Championship | Will Zalatoris | Won three-hole aggregate playoff; Thomas: −2 (4-3-4=11), Zalatoris: x (4-4-x=x) |
Web.com Tour wins (1)
Legend |
Finals events (1) |
Other Web.com Tour (0) |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
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1 | Sep 14, 2014 | Nationwide Children's Hospital Championship | 67-69-72-70=278 | −6 | Playoff | Richard Sterne |
Web.com Tour playoff record (1–0)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
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1 | 2014 | Nationwide Children's Hospital Championship | Richard Sterne | Won with birdie on first extra hole |
Other wins (1)
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runners-up |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Dec 20, 2020 | PNC Championship (with father Mike Thomas) |
62-57=119 | −25 | 1 stroke | Vijay Singh and son Qass Singh |
Major championships
Wins (2)
Year | Championship | 54 holes | Winning score | Margin | Runner(s)-up |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2017 | PGA Championship | 2 shot deficit | −8 (73-66-69-68=276) | 2 strokes | Francesco Molinari, Louis Oosthuizen, Patrick Reed |
2022 | PGA Championship (2) | 7 shot deficit | −5 (67-67-74-67=275) | Playoff1 | Will Zalatoris |
1Defeated Will Zalatoris in a three-hole playoff: Thomas (4-3-4=11), Zalatoris (4-4-x=x).
Results timeline
Results not in chronological order in 2020.
Tournament | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
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Masters Tournament | T39 | T22 | T17 | ||
U.S. Open | CUT | T32 | T9 | T25 | |
The Open Championship | T53 | CUT | CUT | ||
PGA Championship | T18 | T66 | 1 | T6 |
Tournament | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Masters Tournament | T12 | 4 | T21 | T8 | CUT | CUT |
PGA Championship | T37 | CUT | 1 | T65 | ||
U.S. Open | CUT | T8 | T19 | T37 | CUT | |
The Open Championship | T11 | NT | T40 | T53 | CUT |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
NT = No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic
Summary
Tournament | Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top-5 | Top-10 | Top-25 | Events | Cuts made |
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Masters Tournament | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 7 |
PGA Championship | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 7 |
U.S. Open | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 6 |
The Open Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 |
Totals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 33 | 24 |
- Most consecutive cuts made – 7 (2015 PGA – 2017 U.S. Open)
- Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (twice)
The Players Championship
Wins (1)
Year | Championship | 54 holes | Winning score | Margin | Runner-up |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2021 | The Players Championship | 3 shot deficit | −14 (71-71-64-68=274) | 1 stroke | Lee Westwood |
Results timeline
Tournament | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
The Players Championship | T24 | T3 | T75 | T11 | T35 | C | 1 | T33 | T60 | CUT |
CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
C = Canceled after the first round due to the COVID-19 pandemic
World Golf Championships
Wins (2)
Year | Championship | 54 holes | Winning score | Margin | Runner(s)-up |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2018 | WGC-Bridgestone Invitational
|
3 shot lead | −15 (65-64-67-69=265) | 4 strokes | Kyle Stanley |
2020 | WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational (2)
|
4 shot deficit | −13 (66-70-66-65=267) | 3 strokes | Daniel Berger, Brooks Koepka, Tom Lewis, Phil Mickelson |
Results timeline
Tournament | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
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Championship
|
T35 | T5 | 2 | 9 | T6 | T15 | ||
Match Play
|
T61 | T39 | 4 | T24 | NT1 | T42 | T35 | |
Invitational
|
T33 | T28 | 1 | T12 | 1 | T26 | ||
Champions | T27 | T23 | NT1 | NT1 | NT1 |
1Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
NT = no tournament
"T" = tied
Note that the Championship and Invitational were discontinued from 2022.
PGA Tour career summary
Season | Starts | Cuts made |
Wins (majors) |
2nd | 3rd | Top-10 | Top-25 | Best finish |
Earnings ($) |
Money list rank |
Scoring avg (adj) |
Scoring rank |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2009 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | T78 | n/a | – | 70.56 | |
2012 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | T46 | n/a | – | 69.38 | |
2013 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | T30 | n/a | – | 69.57 | |
2013–14 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | T10 | 170,237 | – | 71.39 | |
2014–15 | 30 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 15 | T4 | 2,278,564 | 37[35] | 70.10 | 16[36] |
2015–16 | 28 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 4,126,366 | 11[37] | 70.57 | 47[38] |
2016–17 | 25 | 19 | 5 (1) | 1 | 0 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 9,921,560 | 1[39] | 69.36 | 3[40] |
2017–18 | 23 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 20 | 1 | 8,694,821 | 1[41] | 69.12 | 3[42] |
2018–19 | 20 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 5,013,084 | 8[43] | 69.47 | 5[44] |
2019–20 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 7,344,040 | 1[45] | 69.13 | 3[46] |
2020-21 |
23 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 1 | 6,537,153 | 5[47] | 69.773 | 6[48] |
Career* | 178 | 145 | 14 (1) | 6 | 9 | 61 | 102 | 1 | $44,085,824 | 18[49] |
*As of the 2020–21 season.[4]
U.S. national team appearances
- Amateur
- Junior Ryder Cup: 2010 (winners)
- Eisenhower Trophy: 2012 (winners)
- Palmer Cup: 2012, 2013 (winners)
- Walker Cup: 2013 (winners)
Professional
- Presidents Cup: 2017 (winners), 2019 (winners), 2022 (winners)
- Ryder Cup: 2018, 2021 (winners), 2023
In popular culture
He appears on the cover of the 2020 video game PGA Tour 2K21.[50]
See also
- List of men's major championships winning golfers
- 2014 Web.com Tour Finals graduates
- Lowest rounds of golf
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External links
- Official website
- Justin Thomas at the PGA Tour official site
- Justin Thomas at the Official World Golf Ranking official site
- Alabama Crimson Tide bio