Justin Thomas goes via a foul run of kind on the PGA Tour. The 30-year-old golfer has carded solely three top-10 finishes in 2023, with the newest coming final week on the Vacationers Championship. The golfer completed tied for ninth at TPC River Highlands, making it one in all his greatest finishes this yr.
Following the occasion, Justin Thomas opened up on his recreation and mentioned that he was sad along with his kind. Nevertheless, the golfer credited his spouse for his improved mentality regardless of the profession stoop. The previous World No. 1, who performed a powerful eight-under spherical of 62 final Saturday, mentioned {that a} message from his spouse Jillian Wisniewski obtained him pondering straight forward of the event.
He revealed that his spouse’s textual content asking him to ‘bear in mind why he loves this recreation’ pushed him to enhance the sport. Talking forward of the Rocket Mortgage Basic 2023 outing in Detroit, Justin Thomas mentioned, as quoted by Golf Month-to-month:
“Final week I wasn’t feeling nice about my golf swing at first of the week and I form of mentioned screw it, I am simply going to exit right here and hit photographs and play golf… All of the credit score to, actually, my spouse Wednesday night time final week despatched me a textual content that I woke as much as Thursday that simply form of, it resonated to me and it actually hit residence higher than something I’ve heard.
“Simply principally mentioned bear in mind why you like this recreation and why you play this recreation and why you are on the market, simply take pleasure in that and form of take it in. It hit residence for me… So final week, any form of problem I confronted, something good that occurred, something dangerous that occurred, I simply form of remembered because of this I play skilled golf and that is, it is why I am doing this. You already know, it is like something, you simply attempt to get higher.”
Thomas admitted that he was having a “robust” time earlier than the motivating textual content from his spouse. He mentioned that he’d been engaged on his recreation, however was nonetheless struggling along with his kind. The PGA Tour star acknowledged that he “discovered quite a bit from the US Open” however could not capitalize on it on the main.
Justin Thomas to take ‘one step at a time’ from now
Justin Thomas is again in motion once more this week on the Rocket Mortgage Basic and is ready to take up the problem. The golfer mirrored on how he has stayed sturdy mentally previously few months and added that he was seeking to take it “one step at a time” to any extent further.
He mentioned:
“I have to take it one step at a time. I am very lucky that I’ve by no means been on this place in my profession, however sadly, I have to play some good golf to be frightened about – not frightened, however to take it one step at a time. Prior to now I’ve form of already been taking a look at East Lake at this level within the season, however I am not in that spot proper now so I simply have to proceed to maintain constructing and preserve engaged on what I’ve been.”
Justin Thomas will tee off on Thursday at 1:05 pm on the TPC River Highlands. He’ll be joined by Hideki Matsuyama and Sungjae Im on the first tee.
