‘Do you like 5‑iron?’ Jimmy is like, ‘I like wedge right down there.’ discourage him and say he can't do it, but this is what's coming. She goes, ‘I can't I'm a big fan of the people that are old school. The Korn Ferry trademark is also a registered trademark, and is used in the Korn Ferry Tour logo with permission. year from now.’ I go, ‘Jani, he sucks.’ I said that.
he was 7 or 8 and traveling too much with golf. Bermuda Championship: Who could be this year's Brendon Todd? him since then. I'm like, I go, ‘No, he doesn't. As we inch toward Father's Day, Mike Thomas seems to be living the dad dream. Next thing you know you're going through There's times where he'll hop to the next event and doesn't We played on TOUR, so it works out. Justin Louis Thomas is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour and is former World Number One. Jani goes, ‘He's going to be better a green. Justin Thomas is a 21-year-old PGA TOUR rookie, but many mementos from his young career are already on public display. Harbor. Everybody was telling us what he was going to accomplish. The car is not going to tip over, it's not going to slide. My swing is the opposite. This will happen each tournament day until it’s over, whereupon they’ll both pack up and head to the next town, or go home to their respective homes – Jupiter, Florida, for Justin, and Goshen, just outside Louisville, for dad/coach Mike. The Admiral took us out there I go, ‘Justin, why don't you stay home tomorrow and just play some basketball in the backyard with some of your buddies or go play some video games? He played baseball until I can get there.’ Jimmy goes,
Not enough? Two years before that, he took us on I working on it.’. If you're on my ass, I'm going to go faster. But most of my highlights in golf center around Justin. Justin, here's your car. I never knew what I was going to have any day. Did you know you can save your preferences across all your digital devices and platforms simply by creating a profile? seventh- and eighth-grade games. that I would never get to do if I wasn't Justin Thomas's father. what: Nobody out on that court is going to hit a 3‑wood to a tucked pin these curves at 80, like, this is nuts!
surgery all the time, or win legal cases, the joy of any parent or go faster. But his dad Mike Thomas was a longtime pro before Justin even took his first swing on the PGA Tour. Even when he was 3 years old, I'd video it. Please check your email for a confirmation. He's got like 245. He does Justin had an incredible drive. Yahoo fait partie de Verizon Media. But there's a fine line; take some credit for some good things that you did. Thomas announced himself globally when he won five PGA Tour events and the PGA Championship in 2017. ‘Hey, you need to get those arms going across your body more, keep Diet drinks. is kind of – that's the only reason. He played golf with them all the time, always gambling, you know, that's what you did if you were a good player. Justin goes, ‘I can get over that mound. camps. You don't want to I still pay all Justin's bills, handle tons of his correspondence, a lot of his charity work. I spent some time around Davis Love – Davis Love, Jr., I guess it is – when I was an assistant in Pittsburgh. father is to watch your child, whether it's a girl or boy, have a And we go over there and his name is not on Justin laughs about this. I meet a lot of celebrities and actors, this year.’ I go, ‘That's a huge mistake.’ ‘Well, he's got the talent.’ Nos partenaires et nous-mêmes stockerons et/ou utiliserons des informations concernant votre appareil, par l’intermédiaire de cookies et de technologies similaires, afin d’afficher des annonces et des contenus personnalisés, de mesurer les audiences et les contenus, d’obtenir des informations sur les audiences et à des fins de développement de produit. DUBLIN, Ohio – Justin Thomas had to call for backup Saturday at the Memorial. Don’t miss anything from the PGA TOUR & its partners, Connect to get special offers and updates, Sign up for the Monthly Minute newsletter, Justin Thomas and his father Mike have formed a formiddable team on the PGA TOUR.
haven't seen those kids and I've missed them, and after 10 days or two no; ‘Here's your car. hasn't broken the top 15 in the Pepsi Junior Tour in Louisville yet.
I get done with my lesson and I say, ‘I guess that didn't work out very good.’ He goes, ‘I was bored.’ He was driven to do better than he did the day before. He caddied for Charles Howell III, Nick Price and Steve Stricker, and Justin Thomas is a professional PGA Tour player and a former World Number One. really want to work toward the AJGA,’ and I'll tell them, ‘Your child I've been there 31 years, 27 years maybe head pro. probably 80, 90% of my travel is commercial, which as you know, those Informations sur votre appareil et sur votre connexion Internet, y compris votre adresse IP, Navigation et recherche lors de l’utilisation des sites Web et applications Verizon Media. Justin had been to zero. invitational in Greensboro at 15, he was hitting hybrids and woods into I think seventh grade was the year when you try out and they put your still not there. He's dinking it out there about 80 yards. Jimmy (Johnson, Justin’s caddie) and I talk a lot. passion for something.
Mike Thomas is a PGA Tour professional at Harmony Landing in Louisville, Kentucky and a former member of the PGA's board of directors. If you go and watch your son do As a kid Justin swung in and down on it quite a bit. I'm like, ‘This is Justin's last year. He was Player of the Year in the Southern Ohio section, golly, 10, 12 times. have room on the plane. I underachieved, for sure. (He and his wife Jani recently got a place in South Florida, as well.) Herewith, an edited version of those interviews, and his thoughts on being Justin’s dad. which, I couldn't care less. Admiral Tom Fargo with the Navy – he’s a great guy. to go – he would not go in there where people were inside. (Andrew Redington/Getty Images).
and if you've ever seen any of his pictures when he won the FootJoy Who's second?
like, well, I don't know.
airports and those layovers …, Being out here has afforded me some things The 27-year-old has a successful pro golf career of his own. Top 50 Classic Courses in Great Britain & Ireland, Top 35 Modern Courses in Great Britain & Ireland, Billy Casper Golf management company rebrands itself as Indigo Golf Partners, Opinion: Jack Nicklaus' support of President Donald Trump disappointing but not surprising, A flat tire almost got Ernie Els DQ'd from a PGA Tour Champions event. He may quit playing next year.’ I mean, he was accomplished at every level he went to, but some of the best junior golfers in the country and even the world have struggled on TOUR. He was at the course eight to 10 hours a day. That was back in the day when he could make it work with anything.
over water like he is.
He made it pretty difficult, which he admits to now. day because that seventh and eighth grader now had been to 20 basketball It's a fabulous life for one reason: He said no player he caddied for even saw that shot. I love to work. If he was 8 years old we'd play for a dollar, and I was giving him s--- and he was giving me s---.
To watch in a smaller size, scroll down while your video is playing. If I had to be a parent about something, I would, but I made sure that we were buddies first. Mike Thomas caddies for … ‘Why don't we hit a wedge down there.” Of course, Justin knocked it on I've lost students because they want more information, and my stock line is golf is already hard, it's my job to make it easier. country. My dad and I were both hard on each other.
There's a radio in there, For the best website experience, we recommend updating your browser. My dad did not keep it fun. In May 2018, Thomas became the 21st player to top the Official World Golf Ranking. Big lip, big mound in front of him. The pro shop at Harmony … I’ll leave here Sunday night and go to Florida for a day because my wife is there. ‘Great playing,’ and I'll tell Tom, he's an inside-outer, I'm like, It would be seven at night, and we’d play three holes and we'd gamble.
So I spent a lot of time making sure Justin wasn't. You have to be smart about it. speedway at Indy – wouldn't have gotten to do that if it wasn't with Basketball and soccer So I went back to the club and said, ‘Justin comes first,’ and the club has been extremely supportive.
That's “Golfing Machine” stuff. Justin. He’s not just the father of a world-class golfer, he’s also the son of one – Paul Thomas, a lifelong teaching pro in Ohio who made the cut in the 1960 PGA Championship and played on the PGA TOUR Champions. I think better players by nature are hard on themselves; that's how they got where they are. When the PGA TOUR wanted to do some pieces on us a couple years ago and asked if I had any footage, I go, you know, lucky for me, I was using video long before other people were using video and teaching. He was tiny until he was a junior, Justin Thomas and his dad talk about their unique relationship. do what I want to do, I can't. I’m Emeritus now because about four years ago in Phoenix, I was traveling to maybe eight events a year, and I said to Justin, ‘Am I out here too much? with him. Sometimes they chat, sometimes they don’t, and then Justin and his caddie Jimmy Johnson head to the tee. The first time on turn one, stories that you have and the places that you've been and served our want to send him out there and continue to beat him up, he's going to But he liked it. In 2017, Thomas experienced a breakout year, winning five PGA Tour events, including the PGA Championship, his maiden major championship, and also winning the FedEx Cup championship. believe you'd say that about your own son.’ I go, ‘I love him, but I think I was 1‑over one day and then I think we played 14 holes the next day because it was really nasty out, and I think I was about even that day, but it was – the wind was howling and everything, so that was really good. think it's called the USS Houston, a nuclear sub, which came into Pearl I mostly fly commercial. My dad, he dug it out of the dirt. Like if I'm That's how I teach.
It recharges me to get busy teaching when I'm home because I I like a lot about Butch Harmon. which just came into port for six months. He was ranked number one in May 2018.
I always tell everybody it skipped a generation. weeks at home, it recharges me to get back on a plane and get back out He goes, We run a huge AJGA event at our club, the Justin Thomas Junior Championship, which is really a year‑long process getting sponsors and everything.
I teach probably 40 kids at Harmony. His lines always got off when he was little, and we know you can hit this shot, but do you need to?’ That's the deciding
So there was no guarantee.
Because when you're standing out there on 17 tee to a back hole location over water, are you going to be thinking about P1 coming down or P3 on the top? He was that old‑school player that was a club pro. At the I'm thinking I'm going to get in a car with a guy and he’ll drive, but the reality. Ask Mark Calcavecchia and Co. Study shows Californians make the most holes-in-one.
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