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Justin Thomas is ready for a big year, Greg Norman’s league needs players and other big things in golf


Justin Thomas pointed to the positives after his third-place finish at World Wide Technologies Championship, a tournament where he was in contention through three rounds but could not close the gap on Sunday and finished 5 shots behind winner Viktor Hovland.

That has — save for the Players Championship — been the story of Thomas’ 2021 year, one that he determined was disappointing earlier in the week despite the big win at the PGA Tour’s flagship event and finishing fourth in the FedEx Cup standings.

“I would say it has not been a very good year at all,” Thomas said. “Definitely haven’t closed out as many tournaments. As good of finishes I’ve had, I feel like I should have won more than once and played a lot better in the majors.”

Thomas clearly has high expectations for himself, and it’s easy to see why the previous season did not satisfy him.

Although he won the Players Championship by shooting an impressive final-round 64 that included hitting 17 of 18 greens, Thomas typically walked away frustrated at his inability to win more.

He played 21 times in 2021 as part of the just-completed season and had just five top-10 finishes. He did not contend in any of the major championships, his best a tie for 19th at the U.S. Open. He had a missed cut at the PGA Championship. He also fell from third in the world to sixth after getting to No. 2 following that win at The Players.

“I’m one or two tournaments away from being in the top two or three again,” Thomas said. “It’s all about runs out here. [No. 1-ranked Jon Rahm has] been on an unbelievable run, DJ (Dustin Johnson) got on an unbelievable run, Brooks [Koepka] was on one, Collin’s (Morikawa) been on one. Everybody gets on these runs of the top players.

“And I know that I’m due and ready for another one — it’s just a matter of when it will happen. I just need to stay in the right mind frame for it because this game doesn’t necessarily owe you anything. I’ve just got to keep working and putting myself there, and…



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