Justin Thomas (golfer)

Justin Thomas
 Golfer 
Personal information
Born April 29, 1993
Louisville, Kentucky
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight 145 lb (66 kg; 10.4 st)
Nationality  United States
Career
College University of Alabama
Turned professional 2013
Current tour(s) PGA Tour
Former tour(s) Web.com Tour
Professional wins 1
Number of wins by tour
Web.com Tour 1
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
U.S. Open CUT: 2014
The Open Championship DNP
PGA Championship DNP
Achievements and awards
Haskins Award 2012

Justin Thomas (born April 29, 1993) is an American professional golfer.

Thomas was born in Louisville, Kentucky. He played college golf at the University of Alabama where he won six times.[1] He also played on the 2013 NCAA Division I Championship team. He won the Haskins Award in 2012 as the most outstanding collegiate golfer. As an amateur, Thomas played in the 2009 Wyndham Championship on the PGA Tour where he became the third youngest golfer to make the cut in a PGA Tour event, aged 16 years, 3 months and 24 days.[2]

Thomas turned professional in 2013 and earned his tour card on the Web.com Tour through qualifying school. He won his first professional event at the 2014 Nationwide Children's Hospital Championship.[3] He has played several PGA Tour events with his best finish a T-10 at the 2014 Farmers Insurance Open. Thomas finished fifth in the 2014 Web.com Tour regular season, and third after the Web.com Tour Finals, to earn his PGA Tour card for the 2014–15 season.

Amateur wins

Professional wins (1)

Web.com Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory
Runner-up
1 Sep 14, 2014 Nationwide Children's Hospital Championship 67-69-72-70=278 −6 Playoff South Africa Richard Sterne

U.S. national team appearances

Amateur

See also

References

  1. "2013–14 Alabama Men's Golf Media Guide". Alabama Crimson Tide. Retrieved September 18, 2014.
  2. Milne, Doug (August 21, 2009). "Wyndham Championship: Round 2 notebook". PGA Tour.
  3. "Justin Thomas wins Nationwide". ESPN. Associated Press. September 14, 2014.

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