PGA Tour golfer Justin Thomas to reporter: "I don't know how to answer that one"

Justin Thomas refused to speculate on which golfer he thinks is the best yet to win a major ahead of the new PGA Tour season. 

Thomas is playing at The Sentry this week with a point to prove in what promises to be a crucial year in his career. 

The American, unsurprisingly, wants to win again and is also desperate to qualify automatically for the Ryder Cup team. 

Thomas was left out of the 2024 Presidents Cup side and, although he conceded on Wendnesday that he simply didn't deserve a spot, the omission made him angry. 

"I haven't had the opportunity to play pissed off for awhile," he said. "So I'm pretty excited to play a little pissed off this year."

Over the course of a 22-minute Q&A, Thomas:

• Admitted he underappreciated his past wins
• Revealed he doesn't have a full-time swing coach or putting coach anymore
• He wants to go a full season hitting 60 per cent of fairways
• There is no reason to believe why he can't match Scottie Scheffler's 2024 season
• Paid tribute to renowned golf reporter Steve DiMeglio who passed away earlier in the week

"I think I would be doing myself a disservice if I didn't think I could at least do that"

Despite a difficult 2023-2024 campaign and being more than two years removed from his last victory, Thomas remains a confident player. 

The 31-year-old was asked what Scottie Scheffler has to do in order to be looked at in the same way Tiger Woods once was. 

"Keep breathing," joked Thomas. 

That being said, his confidence is such that he believes he can replicate the runaway World No.1's stellar 2024 season which yielded nine global wins. 

"I still fully believe that I can have a year like Scottie just had," he said. 

"I think I would be doing myself a disservice if I didn't think I could at least do that. 

"I have a lot of faith and capability in my game, and I feel like I'm working on the right things."

His best year, in terms of wins, came in 2017 when he won five events, including his first PGA Championship win. 

What gives him the confidence that he can return to the winner's circle sooner rather than later?

For starters, the stats suggest he's not far off. 

"What's crazy is that statistically it really wasn't that different of a year, last year and the year prior," he said. 

"That's the crazy thing that people don't see or necessarily maybe dissect is that, people see you, it's like, 'Oh, well this is such a different year than that'. 

"It's, like, it really, statistically, like, you look at over the course of a year in rounds, like, it really was not that different. 

"It's just an extremely, extremely fine line out here, and I don't think that's a secret to anybody, but it can maybe look magnified, if you will, at certain times."

Before Thomas left his news conference, one reporter asked the golfer what he believed the 'coolest win' of 2024 was. 

Perhaps Bryson DeChambeau's triumph at the U.S. Open?

Nope. 

Xander Schauffele's victory at the PGA Championship is what stood out. 

"It was very suspenseful and a great tournament, but he's been, I mean, he's there, it seems like, every major," he said. 

So who is the best player without a major win?

"I don't know how to answer that one," Thomas smiled. 

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