After opening with an even-par 70, Justin Thomas rattled off rounds of 65-66-68 on the 2023 Wyndham Championship to make one final push towards a FedEx Cup Playoffs berth. Thomas walked off the 18th inexperienced at Sedgefield Nation Membership at 11 below and in a share of tenth place after one of many extra dramatic finishes conceivable for this last-ditch effort.
Unable to reap the benefits of the brief par-4 seventeenth, Thomas went to the ultimate gap in want of a birdie for some respiration room. He stepped off the tee projected exterior the bubble. Along with his tee shot discovering the pine straw down the left facet of the golf green, Thomas’ process turned harder. He practically pulled off the inconceivable when his chip for birdie hit the pin.
With one final par he left his FedEx Cup destiny within the arms of others. With gamers nonetheless on the course behind him, Thomas is on the mercy of how the positioning and FedEx Cup factors shake out as he is at present projected to complete 71st within the standings.
Enjoying his first 14 holes in 1 below, Thomas arrived on the par-5 fifteenth in want of a spark with the tip of the highway coming into view. After his strategy settled simply exterior 15 ft from the pin, the 15-time PGA Tour winner linked and unleashed a fist pump of fury as he reached 12 below for the event and jumped to seventieth within the projected FedEx Cup standings.
Thomas would make it troublesome on himself over the ultimate three holes, nonetheless, as a poor swing on the par-3 sixteenth arrange his lone dropped shot of the day. Regardless of the bogey, the 30-year-old remained within the closing FedEx Cup spot however his cushion was successfully deflated.
