The Wyndham Championship is Justin Thomas’ final alternative to get into the FedEx Cup playoffs. To be able to make it to subsequent week in Memphis, he must climb into the highest 70 within the playoff standings.

Following a fair par 70 on Thursday, Thomas’ clutch gene kicked in with a improbable spherical when it mattered most.

Thomas carded a 5-under 65, incomes him a spot within the weekend and tied for twenty first.

“I used to be tremendous affected person — I simply hung in there,” Thomas mentioned. “I preserve believing great things’s going to occur, and it simply hasn’t actually… I really feel like I am very near enjoying some unbelievable golf… It was good to have a very good day immediately to place ourselves in a great spot going into the weekend and see what we are able to do.”

At one level in his spherical on Friday, Thomas sat beneath the reduce line. However he made three birdies down the stretch to get to 5-under. His chip-in on the par-3 sixteenth was an enormous momentum swing. It was one of many photographs of the day.

“I informed Bones — we high-fived there. I mentioned I really feel like I deserve that,” Thomas mentioned. “I did not hit the most effective 9-iron I’ve ever hit, nevertheless it landed about 12 toes from the outlet, and did not even take into consideration staying on the inexperienced. It is a nasty gap location.”

He obtained the fortunate break with that gap. In the meantime, certainly one of his enjoying companions, Shane Lowry, did not. The Irishman putted it off the inexperienced and needed to accept a double bogey.

Thomas held robust and shot up the leaderboard 48 locations on Friday. Whereas the second spherical wasn’t excellent for him, it did embrace seven birdies and simply two bogeys.

It appears going again to his previous putter was the precise resolution for the two-time main winner.

The previous Alabama Crimson Tide golfer made the reduce for the primary time for the reason that Genesis Scottish Open. Thomas has made simply three cuts in his final eight begins. It has been a tough summer time for the 2022 PGA Championship winner, however he’s now sitting within the driver’s seat.

The 30-year-old began at No. 79 within the FedEx Cup factors on Friday. Now he’s projected at No. 75. Thomas wants to complete contained in the top-18 to get into the playoffs.

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