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Justin Thomas had an answer for everyone at the Dell Technologies Championship with just about every club.
He could tell from the cheers that Jordan Spieth was off to a good start. A glance at the leaderboard indicated it was better than he imagined — birdie-eagle-birdie. And then Thomas stood on the fourth tee and saw for himself.
Spieth rolled in a 4-foot birdie putt to go 5 under through four holes of the final round at the TPC Boston in Norton, Massachusetts.
Concerned his driver would get up in the air and sail into trouble, Thomas hit a bullet with hopes it would roll into the bunker. It was better than that, flying fast into the shaggy collar atop the steep bunker and onto the fringe, where he rolled in a 30-foot eagle putt.
“That was a definitely a bonus,” Thomas said.
The game was on. That eagle allowed him to catch Spieth and Marc Leishman, and Thomas didn’t have to do much more on Monday.
Leishman faltered early on the back nine. Spieth lost his way in the middle. With two birdies and one clutch par save, Thomas closed with a 5-under 66 for a three-shot victory over Spieth that sent him into the off week feeling better than ever about his game, and his year.
“It was a great week because I felt like I didn’t have my best stuff at the start of the week, and that’s just something I’ve gotten so much better at,” Thomas said.
Three weeks after he captured his first major at the PGA Championship, Thomas added another big title to a year filled with big moments. He won for the fifth time this season, the most of anyone on the PGA Tour. He moved up to No. 4 in the world.
And barring Spieth winning the final two FedEx Cup events to claim the US$10 million bonus, Thomas became a heavy favorite to be voted PGA Tour player of the year.
Spieth was runner-up for the second straight week in the FedEx Cup playoffs. He lost a three-shot lead to Dustin Johnson on Long Island, it was the No. 1-ranked Johnson’s fourth victory of the season.
Spieth still moved to No. 1 in the FedEx Cup with one more event before the US$10-million prize is decided at the Tour Championship.
The PGA Tour heads into a dark week with Spieth, Thomas, Johnson, Hideki Matsuyama and Jon Rahm in the top five in the FedEx Cup. Next up is the BMW Championship, north of Chicago, for the top 70 in the standings, and from there the top 30 advance to the Tour Championship for a shot at the US$10 million.
Thomas started the season at No. 34 in the world with one PGA Tour victory.
Now he’s among the elite, joining Tiger Woods and Spieth as the only players in the last 50 years with five victories and a major in one season before age 25. Woods did it twice.
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