PGA Tour: Justin Thomas’ shocking revelation amid Ryder Cup uncertainty

It’s no secret that Justin Thomas has struggled all through 2023.

He has missed the reduce in three main championships and recorded solely three top-10 finishes.

His current hunch has even caught the eye of Ryder Cup captain Zach Johnson, who cited considerations after Thomas’ missed reduce at The Open.

But, forward of the Wyndham Championship, Thomas made a shocking revelation.

“I’m clearly not enjoying in addition to I’ve up to now, however I’m not enjoying that poorly,” Thomas admitted. “I haven’t actually gotten a lot out of my rounds.”

He then mentioned his play on the 3M Open, the place he missed the reduce for the sixth time this season.

“I had two swings that actually price me 5 strokes on Friday,” Thomas stated. “If these swings go how they usually do in another state of affairs, I’m fifteenth heading into the weekend as a substitute of lacking the reduce. It’s simply been sort of a kind of seasons, I assume.”

Thomas has considerably of an argument.

On the par-5 18th at TPC Twin Cities, statistically probably the most difficult par-5 on the PGA Tour, Thomas launched his second shot into the pond that guards the inexperienced.

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He then dropped and hit his fourth shot, once more discovering the water.

Thomas proceeded to make a double-bogey seven.

4 holes later, on the par-3 4th, Thomas pulled his tee shot left into the creek adjoining to the placing floor.

He made one other double bogey there and missed the reduce by two strokes.

“That’s golf,” Thomas stated. “What is occurring this 12 months, it occurs each single 12 months. Somebody of, I don’t—I imply, my caliber, , a high participant; I’m not having a foul season; I simply haven’t received something, haven’t completed tournaments off how I need.”

Thomas final received a match in Might 2022, the PGA Championship at Southern Hills. He overcame a seven-shot deficit and defeated Will Zalatoris in a playoff to win the Wanamaker Trophy.

However for him to level to 2 swings on the 3M Open will not be dissimilar from an newbie saying, ‘Oh, if I didn’t cranium that shot into the woods, or if I didn’t take three photographs to get out of that bunker, I might have damaged 100.’

That’s golf—the sport of ‘if.’

Golf all the time desires gamers wanting extra; even those that carded a sub-70 spherical really feel like they might have shot sub-65.

Certainly, Thomas needs to make each the FedEx Cup Playoffs and the American Ryder Cup crew later this fall.

But, the previous Alabama star is aware of he’s the one one who controls his future.

“I’m able the place I won’t make the Playoffs, and there’s loads of different good gamers which have, too,” Thomas added.

“There are additionally guys that possibly have been on this place I’m in proper now which have performed in addition to I’ve different seasons. That’s the actuality of golf: it’s all on you. You’re not counting on teammates to bail you out or hinder you. It’s all on you.”

Jack Milko is a golf employees author for SB Nation’s Taking part in By way of. You’ll be able to comply with him on Twitter @jack_milko for extra golf protection. Make sure you take a look at @_PlayingThrough too.