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 | 2 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| PGA Tour | 1 |
| Web.com Tour | 1 |
| Best results in major championships | |
| Masters Tournament | DNP |
| U.S. Open | CUT: 2014 |
| The Open Championship | DNP |
| PGA Championship | T18: 2015 |
| Achievements and awards | |
| Haskins Award | 2012 |
Justin Thomas (born April 29, 1993) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.
Thomas was born in Louisville, Kentucky and graduated from St. Xavier High School in 2011.[1] He played college golf at the University of Alabama where he won six times.[2] 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.[3]
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.[4] He has played several PGA Tour events with his best finish a T-4 at the 2015 Quicken Loans National. 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.
In 2015, Thomas collected seven top-10s and 15 top-25s, with fourth places finishes at the Quicken Loans National and Sanderson Farms Championship as best results. He finished 32nd at the PGA Tour's FedEx Cup, losing the Rookie of the Year award to Daniel Berger.
On November 1, 2015, Thomas earned his first victory on the PGA Tour by winning the CIMB Classic in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia by a single stroke over Adam Scott. He overcame a double bogey on the 14th hole during the final round and had to hole a six-foot par putt to claim the win. Thomas had earlier shot a course record 61 during the second round to contribute to a 26-under-par winning score.[5]
Amateur wins (2)
Professional wins (2)
PGA Tour wins (1)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nov 1, 2015 | CIMB Classic | −26 (68-61-67-66=262) | 1 stroke |  Adam Scott |
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 |  Richard Sterne |
Results in major championships
| Tournament | 2014 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | DNP | DNP |
| U.S. Open | CUT | DNP |
| The Open Championship | DNP | DNP |
| PGA Championship | DNP | T18 |
DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Yellow background for top-10
U.S. national team appearances
Amateur
- Eisenhower Trophy: 2012 (winners)
- Palmer Cup: 2012, 2013 (winners)
- Walker Cup: 2013 (winners)
See also
References
- ↑ Profile, justinthomasgolf.com; accessed December 26, 2015.
- ↑ "2013–14 Alabama Men's Golf Media Guide" (PDF). Alabama Crimson Tide. Retrieved September 18, 2014.
- ↑ Milne, Doug (August 21, 2009). "Wyndham Championship: Round 2 notebook". PGA Tour.
- ↑ "Justin Thomas wins Nationwide". ESPN. Associated Press. September 14, 2014.
- ↑ "Justin Thomas earns maiden tour title at CIMB Classic". PGA Tour. Associated Press. November 1, 2015.
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 profile