Justin Thomas

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With a fast, athletic swing and a wedge game that features superb distance control, the rise of Justin Thomas to the elite of world golf has been swift and electric.

Justin Thomas shot to prominence in 2017 with a breakout year that included his August claim of a first Major triumph in the 99th PGA Championship at the Quail Hollow Club.

Thomas is one of just four golfers in the history of the game to have claimed a major and five tour titles before his 25th birthday.

After winning his first Major, Thomas went on to claim the FedExCup along with its handsome bonus following a second-place finish at the season-ending Tour Championship.

Thomas impressed on the course from an early age establishing himself as something of a golfing prodigy when he became the third-youngest player to make the cut on the PGA Tour at the 2009 Wyndham Championship. He was just 16-years-old at the time and wouldn't turn professional for another four years.

The third-generation golfer claimed the World No. 1 ranking for the first time in 2018, holding the position for four weeks. In August 2020 he would again reach that summit after winning the World Golf Championship-FedEx St. Jude Invitational at TPC Southwind.

In Major Championships, Thomas has recorded two successes in the PGA Championship. He has perhaps been a little disappointed by his inability to contend on a regular basis, but with the second win in 2022 he will hope to herald a change in that regard.

He has also won the so-called "fifth Major", THE PLAYERS Championship, with a superb weekend performance in March 2021.

Thomas has represented the United States in both the Ryder Cup and the Presidents Cup.

Amateur career

Thomas' father and grandfather were more than handy golfers and his aptitude for the game became apparent early.
After graduating from St Xavier High School in Louisville, Kentucky in 2011 he attended the University of Alabama whose sports teams are famously known as the Crimson Tide.
In his 2012 freshman year at the university, Thomas was awarded the Haskins Award as the most outstanding collegiate player. He would also receive the Jack Nicklaus Award in the same year becoming the first Alabama golfer to win both awards in the same year.
The following year he was named in the NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship team as the Crimson Tide claimed the national team championship. Thomas was a member of the Alabama team that played in back-to-back championship finals in 2012 and 2013.
Thomas set an Alabama record with six individual collegiate event victories before turning pro at the age of 20.

Turning pro

The breakthrough year

Since the 2016/17 season

More Major triumph

Justin Thomas' personal life

Justin Thomas' net worth