16-time PGA Tour winner Justin Thomas teed off on the 2025 US Open with the hope of claiming his third main championship title. Nevertheless, he carried out poorly and missed the lower on the event. The 32-year-old golfer has now opened up about his disappointing end at Oakmont Nation Membership, saying it hasn’t been simple to maneuver on.
Thomas has gained the PGA Championship twice- in 2017 and 2022. Thus far, his greatest end result on the US Open is T8, which he secured in 2020. He’s at present competing on the 2025 Vacationers Championship, which marks his fifteenth PGA Tour begin of the season.
Throughout a post-round press convention on the Vacationers Championship, Justin Thomas was requested to touch upon shifting on from his horrible loss at Oakmont. He mentioned:
“It sadly hasn’t change into any simpler. I nonetheless get fairly pissed off about it and I nonetheless— it weighs on me greater than it ought to.
“I want that— I believe you hear loads of guys discuss it, their golf defining them, it doesn’t change who they’re as an individual, however I nonetheless very clearly consider myself as my particular person, of how I’m taking part in golf. I want to change that, nevertheless it’s simply the fact; it [golf] means quite a bit to me,” he added.
The Kentucky-born golfer said that he’s completely satisfied to play on the Vacationers Championship as a result of he has carried out properly within the event previously. He added that coming to a spot he’s acquainted with makes it “quite a bit simpler” to recover from what occurred at Oakmont.
Final yr, Justin Thomas tied for fifth place within the Vacationers Championship after scoring 18-under 262 at TPC River Highlands. In 2023, he scored 17-under 263 and tied for ninth place.
How did Justin Thomas carry out in his second spherical on the 2025 Vacationers Championship?
Justin Thomas could have had a poor run on the US Open, however he seems to have regained his momentum as he’s at present within the lead on the Vacationers Championship. He carded 3-under in his first spherical at TPC River Highlands and charged into his second spherical tied for fifteenth place.
Throughout his second spherical, Thomas went bogey-free on the entrance 9 and shot two birdies on the second and the eighth holes. His first and solely bogey of the day got here on the par-4 tenth gap. Afterwards, he went on a scorching streak, with 5 consecutive birdies from the eleventh to fifteenth. This boosted him up the leaderboard into first place.
At 9-under, Justin Thomas is tied with Scottie Scheffler and Tommy Fleetwood for the lead. Jason Day who’s one stroke behind, is in fourth place with eight-under.
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Edited by Pratham Okay Sharma
