For the first time in a long time, Justin Thomas sits atop a PGA Tour leaderboard. He carded a beautiful 8-under 62, a round that featured eight birdies and eight pars, to soar to the top of the Genesis Scottish Open 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 PGA Championship at Southern Hills, where he defeated Will Zalatoris in a thrilling playoff.
Golf statistician Justin Ray 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...
Jack Milko.
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