For the first time in a long time, sits atop a leaderboard. He carded a beautiful 8-under 62, a round that featured eight birdies and eight pars, to soar to the top of the leaderboard after round one. Remarkably, Thomas has not held at least a share of the lead at the end of a round since the 2022 at Southern Hills, where he defeated Will Zalatoris in a thrilling playoff.
Golf statistician provided this eye-popping stat after Thomas’ round. “It’s always good to get off to a good start and even better to get off to a great one. I felt like I was in great control of everything.
When I missed it, I missed it in the right spots and had a lot of really quality shots,” Thomas said Thursday. “Like any golfer, I would have loved to finish those last five holes a little bit better, but I played really, really solid today, and that par putt on 17 was huge. I love going bogey-free, so that was nice.
I would have had a different taste in my mouth walking off 18.” Thomas had it going for him, especially on the front nine, where he made five birdies. He made a nice three on the par-4 1st, a harbinger of things to come, as the former Alabama star rolled his par-breaker in from 13 feet.
Four consecutive birdies followed on holes five through eight, and suddenly, Thomas found himself towards the top of the leaderboard when he turned to the back nine. The seventh birdie of the day for This one came from 42 feet. Three more birdies followed on the 10th, 12th, and 13th, as Thomas mad.
