Justin Thomas' Path to Player of the Year

Thomas had a five-shot lead with five holes to play, but a Hideki Matsuyama eagle combined with a Thomas double bogey wiped out most of it. Thomas sealed the deal with an eagle of his own after hitting a 214-yard 8-iron to 3 feet on the 17th hole. His eventual winning margin was three shots.

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In his first round after winning the Tournament of Champions, Thomas bookended eagles to start and finish his first round in the Sony Open. He became, at age 23, the youngest player to shoot 59 on the PGA Tour.

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Thomas put on a clinic in his second Hawaiian event of the year, setting a PGA Tour 72-hole scoring record with a 27-under 253. His final walk up the 18th fairway was as stress-free as it gets, as he won by seven shots.

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The first major of the year was a disappointment for Thomas, who opened with 73-76. He made the cut and improved to 71-70 on the weekend, but it was only good enough for a T-22 finish.

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Thomas didn’t have his best stuff at TPC Sawgrass, shooting 73-71-79 and missing the 54-hole cut.

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Thomas opened with a stellar 67, and though each successive round was at or below par, he couldn’t quite reel in eventual winner Jason Dufner, finishing T-4, four shots behind.

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Talk about Moving Day. Thomas broke a 44-year-old record when he shot a 9-under 63 on Saturday in the U.S. Open at Erin Hills. The old record was Johnny Miller’s final-round 63 in 1973 at Oakmont, but MIller’s total had been 8 under par on the par-71 Oakmont layout. Thomas’ momentum didn’t extend into the final round, however; he closed with a 75 and finished T-9.

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Thomas was the talk of Royal Birkdale in the first round, bith for his opening 67 and for his throwback outfit of whie shirt and tie with a cardigan sweater. Unfortunately he came back to earth on Saturday, shooting 80 and missing the cut.

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Thomas got his first major win, emerging from a logjam to defeat Patrick Reed, Francesco Molinari and Louis Oosthuizen by two shots at Quail Hollow.

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With a 5-under 66 in the final round at TPC Boston, Thomas cruised to a three-shot win in the third event of the FedExCup Playoffs, earning him a big hug from girlfriend Jillian Wisniewski . It was his Tour-leading fifth win of the wraparound season.

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Thomas may have lost the battle, finishing one shot behind Xander Schauffele in the Tour Championship, but he won the war, claiming the FedExCup and its $10 million bonus.

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Thomas shot his third 63 of the year, achieving that impressive number despite bogeying his first hole in the first round of the CJ Cup at Nine Bridges. And even though he failed to break 70 in any of the next three rounds, he still won the tournament by defeating Marc Leishman on the second hole of their playoff.

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His fellow PGA Tour players voted Thomas PGA Tour Player of the Year, for which he won the Jack Nicklaus Trophy. He also topped the points race for the PGA of America’s Player of the Year award.

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