It landed 18 feet away from the hole. After hitting one of the greatest shots of his life, and preparing for one of the biggest putts of his career, Thomas sat down on his golf bag and waited.“This is such a big tournament for me at this point in the summer,” Randolph said. If Thomas made this putt, he would outdo Miller by one stroke in relation to par, but great approaches are quickly forgotten by missed putts. “I thought the shot he hit on 16 yesterday – the low-flighted, slice driver – was one of the coolest shots I’ve ever seen,” Colt Knost, a former player and a host of GOLF.com’s “That shot @JustinThomas34 hit on 16 was proper AF,” tweeted fellow pro Zac Blair. But Saturday’s? “I said [to Justin], ‘Make it. From more than 300 yards away, Thomas launched it into the sky.“Oh, gosh, Jimmy,” Thomas said his caddie, Jimmy Johnson. He had been in the same position Friday, only six yards closer to the green. 7/11/2019 . It just helped him go low. “Enjoying Harding Park thus far where anything can happen.
Thomas had been over 2-over before the hole and was 1-over after – the same number as the cut line. casino workers evacuated. That’s why he said he missed the short eagle try on 15.Thomas had been hungry since the 14th hole. He finished with a birdie.
He got up and stretched his arms away from his body, then he stretched his fingers away from his palms, as you might after typing out a long email.
Thomas couldn’t hit the 3-wood. At last t“That three-wood is just raw power, which is what he has,” said Thomas’s father, Mike, after the round.Thomas was now putting with a chance at 63, which would tie him with Johnny Miller as the only player in tournament history to reach the magical number. Published on Monday, October 23, 2017. The three-wood he crushed in that instance ran past the green, so on Saturday he thought an iron might do.“I probably would have hit 2-iron because I could have roasted a little hook-in two-iron and got it with the slope,” Thomas said. Many consider it one of the greatest rounds ever played. The crowd could barely see Thomas, much less his ball against the dark gray horizon.The seven seconds between contact and touch down felt like an eternity. Still quiet.“The three-wood on 18,” Thomas said, flashing a smile.
That came out flat. “But I felt like if I overcooked it and got in that left bunker, like a 40- or 50-yard bunker shot, that would have been tough. It had 84 feet of curve and traveled 237 yards over about 4 seconds. It was at that time—approximately 4:17 p.m. local—that Justin Thomas, the man in the pink pants, began to make U.S. Open history.
If I blasted it through, it wouldn’t have been good.”The course received nearly an inch of rain Friday night and into Saturday morning, so Thomas knew the 18th green was softer Saturday—and much more receptive to a three-wood. It rolled for about 8 seconds and ended up right and past the hole. He started his ball at the trees to the left of the green. “I wanted to get out of his way a little bit, but at the same time, I really need to play good, so I felt bad stalling him out a couple times.”“When I knocked it in,” he continued. A post shared by Justin Thomas (@justinthomas34) on Aug 7, 2020 at 9:24pm PDT “3 wood not enough, driver too much… low slice driver it is!” Thomas wrote on Instagram under a …
Thomas had to make it—but he was starving. He didn’t want to hold up the proceedings, but his fourth shot skirted by the hole, off the green and into the swale well below the hole. “Be good.”The fans in the fairway could see the promise in the sailing shot, but up at the elevated green, all was quiet. Friday’s three-wood? This is how you can pure your 3-wood like Justin Thomas did on his way to winning the CJ Cup. He would hit it short. By T.J. Auclair. “3 wood not enough, driver too much… low slice driver it is!” Thomas wrote on Instagram under a video of the tee shot. The 3-wood is a 15-degree Titleist TS3 with a Mitsubishi Tensei CK Pro Blue 80TX shaft. The other was in pink pants. '”Ten minutes had passed since Thomas hit his three-wood from the heavens. One, Jonathan Randolph, was wearing a pink shirt. There was a twinge of left-to-right movement in it—maybe half the width of a ball—but even before his Titleist dropped into the hole, Thomas lifted his putter in celebration.After a quick celebration on the green, Thomas signed his scorecard and was asked by the swarming media which shot he’ll remember most.GOLF.com and GOLF Magazine are published by EB GOLF MEDIA LLC, a division of 8AM GOLFJustin Thomas and the three-wood that set up U.S. Open historyhe ball touched down on the front edge of the green. Time to go have ourselves a weekend.”Thomas lined up on the right side of the tee box. GOLF.com and GOLF Magazine are published by EB GOLF MEDIA LLC, a division of 8AM GOLFJustin Thomas hits one of the ‘coolest’ drives you’ll ever see It was at that time—approximately 4:17 p.m. local—that Justin Thomas, the man in the pink pants, began to make U.S. Open history.After hitting three-wood off the tee on the long par-5 18th, Thomas was on the right side of the fairway. They were mere specks in the distance. It got just 25 feet off the ground. The difficult walk that Erin Hills presents, Randolph, who has known Thomas since he was a junior, came up short with his approach. His putt was eight feet, one inch and mainly flat. Thomas’ drive didn’t get very high.
Then it bent right.
Justin Thomas hits his tee shot on the 16th hole at TPC Harding Park on Friday. This shot from Justin Thomas sounds more like a heat-seeking missile than a 3-wood Christopher Powers. ERIN, Wis. — The spectators had no idea what was about to play out in front of them.Those behind the 18th green at Erin Hills sat quietly as two men in pink made their way up the 18th fairway, more than 300 yards away.