KAPALUA, Hawaii – Among a host of new rules that become the standard starting this week is a change that now allows players to leave the flagstick in the hole while playing from the putting surface, but that doesn’t seem like something Justin Thomas has much interest in.
“I just, I truly, I can't, I wouldn't be able to take myself seriously. I just feel like it would be very, very weird,” said Thomas on Tuesday at the Sentry Tournament of Champions.
Some players, most notably Bryson DeChambeau, have said they would consider leaving the flagstick in while putting and there are certainly times when faced with a fast downhill putt it would be a benefit, but Thomas struggled to imagine such a scenario.