Social Spotlight: Justin Thomas continues hot streak
Sergio Garcia makes a big announcement, Justin Thomas continues his hot streak and Rory goes on an adventure..
The 2017 season is finally underway and has already claimed its first winners. Stay tuned to see some weird adventures from some of the world’s best.
Justin Thomas is hot and really starting to show off
If you weren’t living under a rock last week you would have seen that Justin Thomas, a member of the SB2K16 crew, stormed through the field to win the SBS Tournament of Champions.
But his hot form did not stop there and yesterday he went on to make history. The 23-year-old became only the seventh player to break 60 on the PGA Tour, by shooting a 59 in the first round of the Sony Open.
Nobody was happier for JT than his good friend Jordan Spieth, who really got into the spirit of things, cheerleading for Thomas all round. Just watch his reaction to the eagle putt here:
59 @SonyOpenHawaii for @JustinThomas34. #pgatour pic.twitter.com/KOryCMLZFA
— PGA TOUR Media (@PGATOURmedia) January 12, 2017
Welcome to the 59 club @JustinThomas34. Can't say I'm a member yet! ?? #SonyOpenHawaii pic.twitter.com/zUmP8aeHfJ
— Harvey Jamison (@HarveyJamison) January 12, 2017
To put the round in perspective it was an 11-under (59) for Thomas. But the JT-Spieth-Berger best ball score was 17-under (53), a pretty impressive pro-am score! Justin Thomas is now -33 under for his last 5 rounds, life in 2017 is not too bad.
BOOM! Great playing, @JustinThomas34! #59 ??⛳️ pic.twitter.com/XEix4QEf8O
— National Club Golfer (@NCGmagazine) January 12, 2017
His comments after making eagle on the 18th sum the gutsy player up.
All my birdies were easy.”
“What am I going to do? Lay up? – Justin Thomas
I’m going to put the Hawaiian sunshine down to this pretty incredible form, I mean a win in Kapalua and he now leads in Honolulu
The Bahamas boys hit the surf in Hawaii
It was bound to happen at some point but Jordan Spieth and Smylie Kaufman found an alternative to shooting a 59… Fishing on the side of the course!
"You're grabbing the hook right now …"
Looks like Smylie Kaufman could use some fishing lessons ? pic.twitter.com/mSbU4IAjXq
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) January 13, 2017
Smylie didn’t hide that he was an amateur fisherman nor the fact that he didn’t like touching fish, hence the protective gloves and flippers. Watch him nearly take out Spieth with a rod!
Let's check in on Smylie … pic.twitter.com/aqCLCxi70i
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) January 13, 2017
In the end, their kayak capsized and it’s always good to have a really sympathetic friend called Rickie Fowler.
?? almost caught that one boys @SmylieKaufman10 @JordanSpieth https://t.co/iDZZiXIj52
— Rickie Fowler (@RickieFowler) January 13, 2017
Maybe stick to golf during summer break 2017, fellas?
Tom Irwin
Tom is a lifetime golfer, now over 30 years playing the game. 2023 marks 10 years in golf publishing and he is still holding down a + handicap at Alwoodley in Leeds. He has played over 600 golf courses, and has been a member of at least four including his first love Louth, in Lincolnshire. Tom likes unbranded clothing, natural fibres, and pencil bags. Seacroft in Lincolnshire is where it starts and ends.
