You’ve got to feel for Justin Thomas.
If he had a good showing at the Wyndham Championship, he would make the FedEx Cup playoffs despite a season to forget for the golfer.
But there he was on No. 18 at Sedgefield Country Club. If he made birdie, he would be in the top 70 and make the playoffs.
He had hit an amazing shot out of the trees and then lined up a pitch. If it went in, he was in. And the shot looked good when he hit it … but as it skipped to the hole, it almost seemed to hit the lip and bounced back.
And Thomas? He fell to the turf and covered his eyes, not believing how close that shot — and perhaps his FedEx Cup chances — was.
WOW!
An INCREDIBLE effort from @JustinThomas34 to try and keep his season alive!#FedExCup https://t.co/TOm1YQoG6q pic.twitter.com/ba64xcZLk5
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) August 6, 2023
So heartbreaking. Here’s what he said after, via Golfweek:
“I made the best out of every situation that I had. And just, I mean, fought as hard as I possibly could,” Thomas said after his round but before he learned he was officially eliminated. “That’s kind of what I’ve done my whole life, my whole career and I didn’t want to stop here.”
