Justin Thomas joins top five with PGA Championship title
ATLANTA – 2017 FedExCup winner Justin Thomas overcame a seven-stroke deficit and defeated Will Zalatoris in a a few-gap combination playoff to assert his second career PGA Championship title and transfer into the prime five of the FedExCup standings from No. 15 to No. 4. Thomas’ 15th victory on the PGA TOUR places him into posture to qualify for his seventh consecutive FedExCup Playoffs finale at the TOUR Championship, which returns to historic East Lake Golf Club, August 24-28.
The TOUR Championship is golf’s most unique gathering, with the leading 30 gamers in the FedExCup standings earning their vacation to East Lake with a possibility to incorporate their name to an elite list of FedExCup champions and generate the $18 million reward awarded to the time winner.
Thomas, who returned to the winner’s circle on the PGA TOUR for the 1st time considering that his victory at the 2021 Gamers Championship, entered the PGA Championship with seven top-10 finishes in 12 commences. Thomas is the only participant to earn the PGA Championship and FedExCup in the same time, obtaining accomplished the feat as element of a five-get season in 2017.
With six past TOUR Championship appearances (2016-2021), Thomas has concluded no even worse than T7 at East Lake Golfing Club.
“I certainly enjoy this golfing system,” Thomas reported at the 2021 TOUR Championship. “It’s a position that I get snug each time I occur to and I feel like it is really a spot I am likely to earn at some position in my career.”
Will Zalatoris, the 2021 PGA TOUR Rookie of the Year, finished runner-up soon after slipping to Thomas in a three-gap mixture playoff and moved from No. 21 to No. 13 in the FedExCup standings. Zalatoris has collected 6 prime-10 finishes in 15 commences in lookup of a initially vacation to the TOUR Championship.
Scottie Scheffler continues to be the FedExCup standings chief following a missed lower at the PGA Championship. Scheffler, with the support of 4 wins on the season, qualified prospects No. 2 Cameron Smith by 1,239 details with 11 weeks remaining till the very first spherical of the FedExCup Playoffs.
The leading 30 gamers in the FedExCup standings are detailed below. The whole standings with total factors breakdown is obtainable listed here.
FedExCup Standings as of 5/23/22:
1. Scottie Scheffler
2. Cameron Smith
3. Sam Burns
4. Justin Thomas
5. Hideki Matsuyma
6. Patrick Cantlay
7. Max Homa
8. Tom Hoge
9. Jon Rahm
10. Jordan Spieth
11. Talor Gooch
12. Cameron Younger
13. Will Zalatoris
14. Rory McIlroy
15. Viktor Hovland
16. Sungjae Im
17. Xander Schauffele
18. Joaquin Niemann
19. Collin Morikawa
20. J.J. Spaun
21. Sepp Straka
22. Seamus Energy
23. Luke List
24. Shane Lowry
25. Matt Fitzpatrick
26. Cameron Tringale
27. Davis Riley
28. Billy Horschel
29. Jason Kokrak
30. K.H. Lee
Tickets on sale
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