JERSEY CITY, N.J. – Justin Thomas was back home in Louisville, Kentucky, last week when he had his eyes opened by, of all people, a 15-year-old stranger.
“You’re going to laugh at me,” smiled Thomas after a first-round 63 at The Northern Trust left him tied for the lead with Jon Rahm.
Thomas was in Kentucky to host his AJGA event when he wandered out onto the course to visit with one of his father’s golf students. One of the players she was practicing with approached Thomas.
“He was using the putter, pretty much my putter that Scotty Cameron, the line that we kind of came out with, and he was like, you know, when are you going to start using it again?