Justin Thomas in favor of making the PGA Tour Pace of Play Data Public
Justin Thomas said he wanted the PGA Tour to return his data rhythm. This is why.
- Thomas had 11 birdies and a Bogey during his round.
Ponte Vedra Beach – Justin Thomas I didn’t know how close he was The players’ championship The course record until it looked up at the dashboard of the 17th hole.
“I saw on the screen … Tom Hoge and I hug, and I said to myself:” Wow, I forgot, he pulls 62 when I played with him “,”
“I remembered that after that.”
Welcome to Tom Hoge Territory, Justin Thomas.
Friday, the resident of Tequesta equaled the Sawgrass TPC record with a 10-mine of 62, one day after shooting a 78.
Thomas went from what he probably labeled the “worst driving and iron game” in a round of his career at “one of the best rounds I played, for sure”.
This, after its second shot from raw at n ° 18, rolled in the lake. But Thomas got up and went down from 54 yards for a Bogey who equaled the Hoge record during the third round in 2023. His record raised was 2 feet.
“Mentally was the greatest thing,” said Thomas about the turnaround. “I felt like I had done an incredible job to keep my eyes forward, keeping my blinders, without looking back, ahead, something like that. It was just … How can I put this ball in the Fairway of the T-shirt, then how can I do birdie, and to rinse and repeat.”
Justin Thomas has a 16 -stroke swing
Thomas had a 16-stroke swing, from an opening tower 78 to a 62. At 4 sous, he is equal to the 29th row of the weekend. He had increased 116 places on the classification – from T134 to T18 – when he stood on the 18th box of TEE.
But it is that 5-wood on n ° 18 which probably cost him a chance at the outright record. Thomas would have signed for a 61 with a peer but his ball was so deep in the harsh that he could not control his second blow.
“Once I missed the fairway, Birdie is somehow out of the question,” he said. “Then, I was trying to hit something less green over there and the rough caught his face sufficiently to make it shoot straight on the left, and with the momentum of this ball, it obviously goes in the water.”
Thomas had three bogeys, two doubles and a triple Thursday. This included three bloys of water.
Friday, he had 11 birdies before the Bogey the n ° 18.
“It was just to stay present, just focus on what I do,” he said. “Just climb on 1 tee and I try to hit the fairway. How will I hit the fairway and execute this.
“This is one of the most difficult things to do. It is just as much a skill as to be able to reach a corner over a certain distance or to control your distance. I had not done it as well in a tour for a very long time, so I am probably more proud of that than me of the score today.”
Tom d’Angelo is a chronicler of senior sports and journalist of the Palm Beach Post. It can be attached to [email protected].
