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            PGA Tour                     tory at the Sony Open. He                                                              that  are  difficult  but  still

                                         opened with a 59 and then
                                                                                                                                reasonable,  and  a  few
            Continued from Previous Page   set the tour’s 36-hole scor-                                                         others that “are somewhat
            “It  was  weird  with  Presi-  ing  record  (123)  and  the                                                         achievable  if  you  have
            dents Cup last week. It nev-  72-hole  record  (253)  for  a                                                        a  great  year  like  I  did  this
            er  really  was  a  thought,”   seven-shot victory.                                                                 year.”
            Thomas  said.  “And  then    He  made  his  mark  at  the                                                           Among this goals this year
            I  finally  got  that  call,  and   PGA  Championship,  win-                                                        were  to  make  the  Tour
            it just kind of sunk in. I was   ning  at  Quail  Hollow  for                                                       Championship  and  Presi-
            with my parents when I got   his  first  major.  His  fifth  vic-                                                   dents  Cup  team.  He  also
            the  call,  so  I  was  able  to   tory  was  at  the  TPC  Bos-                                                    listed  a  half-dozen  statisti-
            kind  of  share  the  moment   ton,  where  he  outlasted                                                           cal goals involving putting,
            with them a little bit.”     Spieth on the back nine for                                                            scrambling,  scoring  aver-
            Xander  Schauffele,  whose   a three-shot victory. Spieth                                                           age  and  his  consistency
            two  victories  this  season   was  his  main  challenger                                                           from tee-to-green.
            included  the  Tour  Cham-   as  PGA  Tour  player  of  the                                                         He listed the hard ones this
            pionship,  was  voted  the   year.                                                                                  year  as  winning  a  major
            rookie of the year. He be-   Thomas  writes  down  his                                                              and finishing in the top 10
            came  the  fourth  player  in   goals, and he keeps them                                                            at half his tournaments.
            the last five years from the   private  until  the  season  is                                                      Such  was  the  year  that
            high school class of 2011 to   over. He revealed them af-                                                           Thomas  had  a  hard  time
            win rookie of the year.      ter he had won the FedEx                                                               pinpointing  a  single  shot
            Thomas previously won the    Cup.  He  nailed  just  about                                                          or  moment.  For  sheer
            PGA of America award as      each  one  except  for  fin-                                                           achievement,  he  says  the
            player of the year, which is   ishing in the top 10 at half    In this Aug. 13, 2017, file photo, Justin Thomas poses with the   7-iron he hit over the water
            based on points.             of his PGA Tour events. He   Wanamaker Trophy after winning the PGA Championship golf   to  a  front  pin  on  the  71st
            He  was  announced  for      missed that by one.          tournament at the Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, N.C.    hole  of  the  PGA  Champi-
            the  PGA  Tour  award  a     The next list of goals will be                                        Associated Press  onship. “Probably the best
            few  days  before  heading   tougher, and it can wait.    point, he said, he will talk to  had  to  deal  with  resetting   shot I’ve ever hit in my life
            to  Malaysia  for  the  CIMB   Thomas is playing the next   Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods  their goals and re-evaluat-  under  those  circumstanc-
            Classic, where it all started.   two  weeks  in  Asia  (CIMB   and  perhaps  even  Spieth  ing,” he said.           es,” he said.For scoring, he
            Thomas shot 64 in the final   Classic  and  CJ  Cup  in   on how to raise the bar.     Thomas  said  he  learned    thought about the 3-wood
            round for a three-shot vic-  South  Korea),  followed  by   “Those are the only people  long ago to break up two    he hit from 310 yards to the
            tory  over  Matsuyama.  He   the Hero World Challenge     I know that have had such  to four goals into three cat-  elevated 18th green at Erin
            swept  the  Hawaii  swing,   in  the  Bahamas  the  week   success in one season mul-  egories  —  ones  he  should   Hills to 8 feet for an eagle
            with  a  pronounced  vic-    after Thanksgiving. At some   tiple  times,  and  they’ve  be  able  to  achieve,  one   and a 63. q
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