Justin Thomas offers Jordan Spieth helpful advice to avoid déjà vu in Albany
Justin Thomas has taken to social media to remind Jordan Spieth of a simple golf rule ahead of Tiger Woods' 2022 Hero World Challenge.
Justin Thomas has reminded Jordan Spieth ahead of Tiger Woods' 2022 Hero World Challenge where to hit his tee shot from on the ninth hole at Albany.
Cast your mind back to 12 months and you might remember Spieth and Henrik Stenson - now a LIV Golf pro - were both stung with a rarely called for penalty.
Spieth and Stenson were given two stroke penalties each after they hit from the wrong tee box. It was bizarre at the time... and absolutely hilarious.
The pair joked about it afterward. It all happened on the par-5 9th hole during Sunday's final round.
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The American and the Swede were unaware the tee box had moved up, giving the field a few extra yards.
In the prior days the 9th hole was playing a mammoth 632-yards, but the final round yardage was considerably different.
The tees were moved forward to where the 17th tee box was. Only Spieth and Stenson were blissfully unaware.
REMIND YOURSELF OF WHAT HAPPENED HERE:
Stenson laughed it off at the time by saying:
Spieth then chimed in:
Now JT has posted this hilarious video just in case Spieth forgets:
Just want to make sure @JordanSpieth tees off the correct tee box this year… pic.twitter.com/Utnr2BHWBC
— Justin Thomas (@JustinThomas34) November 30, 2022
The 2022 Hero World Challenge will be without its host in the field. Tiger has withdrawn after he developed plantar fasciitis.
Woods, 46, believes that he will still be able to participate in the forthcoming edition of The Match and the PNC Championship with his son Charlie.
He has been replaced in the field by Sepp Straka.
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Here are the tee times for R1 of the Hero World Challenge:
All times ET
11 a.m. - Cameron Young, Tom Kim
11.11 a.m. - Billy Horschel, Sungjae Im
11:22 a.m. - Kevin Kisner, Sam Burns
11:33 a.m. - Matt Fitzpatrick, Tommy Fleetwood
11:44 a.m. - Corey Conners, Shane Lowry
11:55 a.m. - Max Homa, Tony Finau
12:06 p.m. - Sepp Straka, Justin Thomas
12:17 p.m. - Xander Schauffele, Jon Rahm
12.28 p.m. - Scottie Scheffler, Jordan Spieth
12.39 p.m. - Collin Morikawa, Viktor Hovland
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