Justin Thomas’s ecstatic closing phase

On the par5 7th hole, Thomas went to the green after two strokes and a closing putt.

After this eagle, he kept the par for two more holes and finished the opening day. With 65 first-round strokes, he stood T2 at -6, next to Lee Westwood.

This is Thomas’ best 18-hole form since the penultimate round of The Players Championship in March. At that time, the player born in 1993 hit 64 strokes in the third stage, 68 strokes on the closing day, thereby winning the championship with a bonus of $ 2.7 million at the main event of the PGA Tour.

The Scottish Open is part of the Rolex Series, held at Renaissance, par71 in Scotland with a prize fund of eight million USD. Thomas wants to participate in this tournament to kick off the last major campaign of the year – The Open Championship – from July 15 to July 18.

Yesterday, Thomas entered the game from the 10th hole, scoring four birdies and no bogey against the eagle on the 7th hole. He hit 307.5 yards at two points with the European Tour scoring the average distance of the first hole. The whole match, Thomas hit nine of the 13 fairways because the course had five par3 holes, went to the green according to the standard 14 holes and 27 putts.

“I do regret some of the greens with irons, but -6 and no bogey is of course great,” Thomas shared about his personal form when he made his first appearance on European soil since the beginning of the year.

The top of the Scottish Open table after 18 holes is at -7, belonging to Senior Jack – the 353rd golfer in the world (OWGR table).

Currently third OWGR, but Thomas is “losing fire”. Because since The Players, he has not entered the top 10 final through eight tournaments, including all three US events in the traditional major quartet before The Open including the Masters (T21), the PGA Championship (disqualified) and the US Open (T19). ).

Thomas has been playing professionally since 2013, until now he has won a major – PGA Championship 2017 in 14 PGA Tour championships. Particularly in the US arena in the same year he won the major, he held the FedEx Cup and led the season-end prize money and the double title of “Excellent Golfer” by the governing body and the Professional Golf Association (PGAA).

Quoc Huy