After one other disappointing efficiency on the remaining main of the season, Justin Thomas entered subsequent month’s Wyndham Championship, the ultimate event of the PGA Tour common season.
The Wyndham will likely be an opportunity for Thomas to not solely earn FedEx Cup factors, but in addition to show he belongs on the USA Ryder Cup workforce.
Thomas, 30, has received two PGA Championships and one Gamers Championship in his profession to this point, however he has struggled all through 2022 and ’23. He missed the lower on the Masters, the U.S. Open and final week’s Open Championship, capturing a spherical of 81 on the U.S. Open and an 82 at The Open.
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After the disheartening U.S. Open, Thomas added the Rocket Mortgage Traditional to his schedule. He went 76-69 and missed the lower, failing to earn any further FedEx Cup factors. Thomas is No. 75 within the FedEx Cup standings; solely the highest 70 will qualify for the primary playoff occasion, the FedEx St. Jude Championship.
Thomas can be a longshot to make the Ryder Cup roster until he turns issues round between now and September. As of Monday, Thomas is No. 14 within the American Ryder Cup qualifying standings; the highest six will make the workforce, and captain Zach Johnson will add six captain’s picks.
Thomas has performed in every of the previous two Ryder Cups, however with three of the automated spots doubtless going to main champions Wyndham Clark, Brian Harman and Brooks Koepka, Thomas has to compete with the likes of Max Homa, Jordan Spieth, Keegan Bradley, Collin Morikawa and Rickie Fowler for captain’s picks.
“I wish to make the Ryder Cup greater than something,” Thomas stated Friday. “I am most likely actually making an attempt too arduous to do it. It jogs my memory a number of my first or second yr on tour.
“I attempted so arduous to make that workforce for the primary time. I am in a really comparable place. I have been making an attempt to make it simple on Zach and get within the high six, however I appear to not wish to try this with my golf.”
The Wyndham Championship is scheduled for Aug. 3-6 in Greensboro, N.C. The Ryder Cup will likely be performed Sept. 29-Oct. 1 in Rome.
