Thomas trumps Spieth at Dell Championship: in the bag
Breakout season continues for 24-year-old with three-stroke win in Boston
Justin Thomas, victor at the 2017 US PGA Championship, trumped friend Jordan Spieth to win the Dell Championship in Boston by three strokes, his fifth title in a breakout season.
The 24-year-old carded a final round 66, which was too much for Spieth and Aussie Marc Leishman, who both took turns to lead the tournament on Sunday.
“It was just a really, really patient hard-fought week. It feels good any time you can get it done, but especially in a play-off event,” Thomas said.
Open champion Spieth leads the FedEx Cup standings, but this win leaves Thomas just 27 points adrift.
"I'm in a lot better shape now obviously for the FedEx Cup but I'm excited to have a week off and get some rest," Thomas told Sky Sports.
"These (last) two weeks really felt like a long two weeks, they felt like three or four - a lot of travelling in between. I'm a little tired and excited to sleep in my own bed tonight."
Leaderboard
-17 Justin Thomas
-14 Jordan Spieth
-13 Marc Leishman
-12 Jon Rahm, Paul Casey
In the bag
Thomas averaged 307.8 yards off the tee, and had a green in regulation average of 70.83%. On Sunday, his strokes gained putting was 1.740.
Driver: Titleist 917D2 (Mitsubishi Diamana BF60 TX), 8.5 degrees
3-wood: Titleist 917F2, 15 degrees
5-wood: Titleist 915Fd, 18 degrees
Irons (4): Titleist 716 CB; (5-9): Titleist 718 MB prototype; (PW): Titleist Vokey
Wedges: Titleist Vokey SM5 (52, 56 degrees); Titleist Vokey SM6 (60 degrees)
