Justin Louis Thomas was born on April 29,1993 and is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour and is former World Number One.
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Justin Louis Thomas was born on April 29,1993 and is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour and is former World Number One.
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Justin Thomas has won two major golf championships, winning the PGA Championship in 2017 and 2022.
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In May 2018, Justin Thomas became the 21st player to top the Official World Golf Ranking.
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Justin Thomas was born on April 29,1993 and raised in Louisville, Kentucky.
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Justin Thomas played college golf at the University of Alabama, where he placed first six times for the Crimson Tide.
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Justin Thomas grew up an avid fan of his hometown Louisville Cardinals.
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Justin Thomas turned professional in 2013 and earned his tour card on the Web.
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Justin Thomas won his first professional event at the 2014 Nationwide Children's Hospital Championship.
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In 2015, Justin Thomas collected seven top-10s and 15 top-25s, with fourth-place finishes at the Quicken Loans National and Sanderson Farms Championship as his best results.
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Justin Thomas finished 32nd at the PGA Tour's FedEx Cup, losing the Rookie of the Year award to Daniel Berger.
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On November 1,2015, Justin 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.
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Justin Thomas had earlier shot a course-record 61 during the second round to contribute to a 26-under-par winning score.
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Justin Thomas successfully defended his title at the CIMB Classic in October 2016 for his second tour win.
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Justin Thomas won the SBS Tournament of Champions in January 2017 for his third PGA Tour win.
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Justin Thomas finished with rounds of 64,65, and 65 to win the tournament by 7 strokes.
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Justin Thomas set PGA Tour records at 36 and 72 holes and tied the 54-hole record.
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Justin Thomas eagled the last hole by hitting his 3-wood to 8 feet on the par-5 hole to finish at 9-under-par, a US Open record, passing the previous record held by Johnny Miller at Oakmont Country Club.
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Justin Thomas shot a three-over-par 75 and finished in a tie for ninth place.
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At the Dell Technologies Championship, Justin Thomas became just the fourth golfer to win five times, including a major, in a PGA Tour season since 1960 before his 25th birthday, joining Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods, and Jordan Spieth.
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Justin Thomas defeated Marc Leishman with a birdie on the second extra hole of a sudden-death playoff.
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Justin Thomas birdied the final hole of regulation play to make a playoff with Luke List.
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Justin Thomas lost the playoff to par, after going over the back of the green in the first extra hole and failing to up and down for par.
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Justin Thomas moved to number two in the world rankings, a career best ranking.
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Justin Thomas lost that ranking after four weeks when Johnson won the FedEx St Jude Classic.
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Gusty conditions led to Thomas shooting 75 and finishing second to champion J B Holmes.
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At one point, Justin Thomas four-putted for a double bogey, the last three putts were inside 8 feet and the final miss was from 2 feet.
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Justin Thomas won in a playoff over Xander Schauffele and Patrick Reed.
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Justin Thomas came from four strokes behind overnight leader Brendon Todd to prevail on the final day.
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In March 2021, Justin Thomas shot a final round four-under par 68 to win the 2021 Players Championship by one stroke over Lee Westwood.
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On May 22,2022, Justin Thomas won his second major and second PGA Championship, defeating Will Zalatoris in a playoff, overcoming a PGA Championship record 7-shot deficit entering the day.
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Justin Thomas appears on the cover of the 2020 video game PGA Tour 2K21.
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