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UJustin Thomas

　　NgoMashi 15, isikhathi saseBeijing, umdlali waseMelika oneminyaka engu-27 uJustin Thomas wanikeza iphepha lezimpendulo elifanele ngesikhathi esifanele, washiya ngemuva ukuqala konyaka okunzima. NgeSonto, ngesikhathi saseFlorida, wagijimisa imivimbo emi-3 ngemuva, futhi ngokudlala ngesibindi, wanikela imivimbo engama-68, imivimbo engu-4 ngezansi, futhi wawina i- “Fifth Big Game” Players Championship.

　　Amaphuzu kaJustin Thomas azungeze ama-4 ayengu-274 (71-71-64-68), okwakungu-14 engaphansi, kusuka kwizigidi eziyi-15 zamadola aseMelika emalini yomklomelo kuya ezigidini ezingama-2.7 zamaRandi, amanye amaphuzu angama-600 we-FedEx Cup nezwe lama-80 amaphuzu. Waba ngumdlali wesine emlandweni ukunqoba iGrand Slam, Players Championship, FedEx Cup neWorld Golf Championship. Okungcono kakhulu yisikhathi sokuthi enze lokhu.

　　Uthe ukusebenza kwakhe kusuka ku-tee kuya kuluhlaza kungafaniswa nanoma yisiphi isikhathi emsebenzini wakhe. Ngokusobala uyakudinga lokhu ukushaya "ingwe emhlophe" uLee Westwood. Owokugcina ube nebhadi futhi waqeda isibili esontweni lesibili lilandelana. U-Lee Westwood oneminyaka engu-47 ubudala weqiwe nguBryson DeChambeau e-Arnold Palmer Invitational ngesonto eledlule wase elahlekelwa yisibhamu esisodwa. Emgodini wokugcina we-TPC Sawgrass, wabamba i-birdie engamamitha angu-15, kodwa wabuye wahlulwa ngokudutshulwa okukodwa.

U-Lee Westwood udubule ama-72, ama-round amane ka-275 (69-66-68-72), ama-13 under-par, wathola isheke lama- $ 1.635 million endaweni yesibili.

　　Yize uBryson DeChambeau eqale ukulwa nokulwa emigodini eyisishiyagalolunye yokugcina, kufaka phakathi ukhozi olungamamitha ayi-11 emgodini we-16, bekunganele. Unikele ngama-71, 276 (69-69-67-71), ayi-12 ngaphansi kwesigaba, ayikho i-bogey enezimbobo zokugcina eziyi-12, noBrian Harman (uBrian Harman) onikeze ama-69 emahlandla amabili alandelanayo. Harman) uboshwe endaweni yesithathu. Ngaphandle kwalokhu, ubesalokhu egcine indawo ephezulu ekumeni kweFedEx Cup.

Isihlabani saseNgilandi uPaul Casey udubule ama-70, uTalor Gooch waseMelika (uTalor Gooch) wadubula ama-67, kwathi bobabili baboshelwa indawo yesihlanu ngabangu-277, 11 ngaphansi kuka-par.

UJoan Ram waseSpain naye ungene kwabayishumi abahamba phambili. Noma eno-73 emzuliswaneni wokugcina, usaboshelwe okwesishiyagalolunye, kepha ngemuva kwaleli sonto, isikhundla sakhe somhlaba sizokweqiwa nguJustin Thomas, owokugcina. Kususwe endaweni yesithathu kuya kweyesibili.

UNo. 1 womhlaba uDustin Johnson ubengekho sefomini isonto lonke, nabangu-287 (73-70-73-71), u-1 ngaphansi kuka-par, noJordan Spieth (75) nabanye abadlali, baboshelwe isikhundla ama-bits angama-48.

　　UJustin Thomas uqale kabi kulo nyaka. KuSentinel Championship, uphuthelwe i-putt emfushane futhi wahlebela inkulumo elwa nobungqingili. Ngeshwa, lesi sifungo esicishe singazwakali sathathwa ngumbhobho sathunyelwa nge-TV relay, okwaholela ekutheni umxhasi wezingubo zakhe zesikhathi eside uRalph Lauren (Ralph Lauren) akhethe ukusika naye, omunye umxhasi uShang wamlahla esidlangalaleni. UJustin Thomas wayenethuba lokuwina iPhoenix Open, kodwa wezwa izindaba zokushona kukayisemkhulu ngaphambi kokuqala komzuliswano wokugcina.

　　Ngempela, igalofu yisifundo somndeni sikaThomas, futhi umkhulu wakhe naye ungumqeqeshi. Kusobala ukuthi uJustin Thomas ushaywe yilezi zindaba, futhi isikhundla sikaPhoenix sehlelela uthayi kwabangu-13, sabe sesisuswa kwi-Genesis Invitational. Kuze kube yileli Sonto lapho abe nesikhathi sokulwa eTPC Sawgrass. Usebenze kanzima konke ukushaywa unhlangothi futhi wenza umsebenzi omuhle.

　　UJustin Thomas uwine i-birdie-birdie-eagle-birdie ngesikhathi soguquko, ngoba amahlumela amabili wesikhashana asuka ezinyaweni ezingama-50 ahlula ngokuphelele u-Lee Westwood, esinye sazo esenzeke emgodini we-16. Izigaba ezinhlanu. Ubambe inyoni ngamahlwathi amabili, kanti umgodi oluhlaza wasesiqhingini esingu-17 ubeka amapara amabili.

　　Yize kunjalo, uJustin Thomas usadinga isibhamu esihle ukuze aphephe. Ebhekene nesithiyo samanzi ohlangothini lwesobunxele lwe-fairway emgodini we-18, ngesibindi washaya ibhola, i-ballistic ukusuka kwesokudla kuya kwesobunxele, waqhamuka esihlokweni sotshani bokuqala, wafike waphepha ku-fairway.

Uhlasele okuluhlaza wathumela ibhola esiketini esiluhlaza. Lokhu kwakungokokuqala ephuthelwa okuluhlaza usuku lonke. Kodwa-ke, kunoma yikuphi, waphumelela ngokuqhutshwa kabili futhi wanqoba ukunqoba kwe-14 kwe-PGA Tour yomsebenzi wakhe.

"Namuhla ngisebenze kanzima," kusho uJustin Thomas. “Kusukela ku-tee kuya kuluhlaza, lokhu kungaba umzuliswano omuhle kakhulu empilweni yami. Ngike ngabona izinto ezingasile ku-TV esikhathini esedlule, futhi ngijabule kakhulu ukuthi ngisesandleni sokudla. ”

　　Izinto ezihlanyayo kumele ngabe zenzekile namhlanje, kepha zonke zenzeke ekuseni kakhulu. UBryson De Chambeau ubesanda kuwina isicoco eBay Hill. Washaya ikhanda elishefiwe ngo-par-4 emgodini wesine. Ngenxa yalokhu, ibhola landizela cishe amamitha ayi-140 bese lingena emanzini. Kusukela ku-tee langaphambili, bekukhona cishe amamitha ayi-230 kusuka eluhlaza okuvikelwe yisithiyo samanzi. Ushaye ibhola ngensimbi engu-5, washaya ukukhama, walithumela ngakwesokudla sohlaza cishe amayadi angama-40.

“Umfana omuhle! Angazi ngempela ukuthi kwenzekeni! ” wathi ku-caddy, "Angikaze ngenze into efana nale ngaphambili."

　　UBryson DeChambeau ugwinye i-bogey ephindwe kabili, kepha wadlala kahle isikhathi esisele futhi wahlala ebugebengwini. Ngesikhathi edubula ukhozi emgodini we-16, wayesenalo ithuba. Ngaleso sikhathi wayengaphansi kwesibhamu esingu-2, kepha lapho uJustin Thomas ehlaziya umgodi we-17, ithemba lakhe lokuwina lacishe lanyamalala.

　　U-Lee Westwood wakhahlela emgodini wesine futhi kwadingeka afake i-putt engu-8-foot ukuze asindise i-bogey. Ngaphezu komgodi wesibili, u-5, uhlasele okuluhlaza okotshani kwezinaliti zikaphayini, ibhola elincane lashaya amagatsha amabili, labe selingena emanzini, kwamenza waba ne-bogey.

　　Kepha akakude nomholi. Eqinisweni, nge-birdie putt engamamitha ayisishiyagalombili emgodini we-14, wabuye wahola uthayi wokuhola.

　　Ithuba lakhe lalikumgodi we-16, umgodi we-5 waqala ukunyamalala. Kudutshulwana lwesibili, washaya isihlahla esikhulu se-oki wawela esihlabathini. Washaya umgqomo obuphambi kokuluhlaza ngesibhamu sakhe sesithathu. Ngaphandle kokubamba u-birdie ukulinganisa uJustin Thomas, oqale eqenjini eledlule, u-Lee Westwood ubengonga kuphela, futhi umphumela ugcinwe ngemuva kwesibhamu esisodwa.

　　Emgodini we-17, iNgilandi yayine-birdie putt ende, yaphinde yadlulela kulo mgodi ngamamitha angu-7. Ubhekane nenye ukhiye nge-put putt, kepha wayiphuthelwa.

　　UJustin Thomas usengaphandle komugqa wokuqeda ngemuva kokuqeda izimbobo eziyisishiyagalolunye ngoLwesihlanu. Kodwa-ke, udubule u-64 ngoMgqibelo wangena kumqhudelwano. Namuhla uqale ngama-pars ayisikhombisa futhi wabhoboza emgodini wesishiyagalombili ngama-pushes amathathu. Kepha emgodini we-9, washaya okuluhlaza ngezibhamu ezimbili futhi wakhipha ama-putts amabili kusuka ezinyaweni ezingama-25. Kwathi emgodini weshumi, wadubula esuka kumayadi ayi-131 kuya kumamitha ayisithupha ukubamba inyoni. Emgodini we-11, waphonsela ku-putt yokhozi olungamamitha angu-20 ezigabeni ezinhlanu. Emgodini we-12, wayesele ngamamitha angu-75 kuphela ngemuva kokuqala. Ngemuva kwalokho ushaye ama-intshi ayi-12 waya emgodini wabamba inyoni efile ibhekene neqembu elihamba phambili lonyaka futhi ekugcineni yawina.

　　Lokhu kuqede isikhumbuzo sokuqala sokumiswa kwePGA Tour. UJustin Thomas uyilungu leKomiti Eliluleka Ngabadlali futhi wabamba iqhaza emsebenzini wasemacaleni wokuqalisa kabusha kwesizini. Emcimbini wokuklonyeliswa, wama eceleni kukaJay Monahan, umongameli we-PGA Tour, okumele ajabule kakhulu ukuthi ngemuva konyaka, lolu hambo selubuyile. KuJustin Thomas, isikhathi esijwayelekile sokululama izinyanga ezintathu. Ugcine esephume emsakazweni wokulwa nobungqingili kanye nokufa kukayisemkhulu.

(Lo mbhalo uvela kuwebhusayithi esemthethweni ye-China Golf Association futhi ungumnikazi wombhali wokuqala.)