Open Championship: Justin Thomas historically bad after quad bogey

Justin Thomas struggled severely throughout his first spherical on the Open Championship. He shot an atrocious 11-over 82 and seemingly couldn’t catch a break.

The 82 is the worst spherical of Thomas’ skilled profession.

In his final main spherical at Los Angeles Nation Membership, he shot an 81. So his final two main rounds have been within the 80s — it’s clear one thing is extraordinarily off with Thomas’ recreation.

The 2-time main winner has not seemed like himself all season. He doesn’t look comfy on the course. He’s struggling off the tee and along with his flat stick.

All day lengthy, the pot bunkers toyed with Thomas. A number of instances all through the spherical, he discovered himself inside and unable to overcome them.

From his first tee shot, Thomas didn’t look proper. But it surely received actually unhealthy on the par-5 18th

After already hitting his method shot into the pot bunker masking the entrance of the opening, Thomas managed to go bunker to bunker.

He could be pressured to play the ball backwards into the deep spherical. In the end, he carded a quadruple bogey 9.

Off the tee, he’s No. 145 in strokes gained and across the inexperienced, he’s No. 154 within the discipline. For strokes gained placing, he’s No. 155.

Just one different participant shot worse than Thomas — Taichi Kho shot an 83. Nothing is working proper now for the previous Alabama golfer. If the climate will get any worse, it might get even uglier.

The previous Gamers champion overtly expressed throughout his U.S. Open catastrophe how down on himself he was. It’s exhausting to think about he’s feeling any higher after this spherical.