Golfer Justin Thomas pleads with ball to 'skip' over water after miracle shot

Justin Thomas was backmost to his superb champion astatine the Zozo Championship successful Japan implicit the weekend, with 1 changeable successful peculiar leaving fans stunned during his 3rd round

Justin Thomas, the two-time large champion, continues his agonising hold for a victory, contempt showing signs of returning to apical signifier astatine the Zozo Championship successful Japan implicit the weekend.

A peculiar changeable during Saturday's 3rd circular near spectators astatine Accordia Golf Narashino Country Club successful awe, though it remains unclear whether it was a changeable of luck oregon accomplishment - apt a operation of both.

Thomas' thrust veered close astatine the par-four fourth, leaving him with obstacles including trees and a pond for his approach. With low-hanging branches blocking an aerial route, helium opted for a debased stinger beneath the tree, heading consecutive for the h2o hazard.

As the camera panned to Thomas, helium could beryllium heard saying "skip, skip", hoping for the shot to bounce disconnected the h2o and onto the fairway. His privation was granted arsenic the shot took a ample hop disconnected the water's aboveground and landed safely connected coagulated ground, mounting up a comparatively elemental up-and-down for a 4 – which helium successfully completed for an eventful par.

"Give him the trophy now", 1 announcer declared during the broadcast, arsenic Thomas sat successful 2nd place, wrong scope of person Nico Echavarria. However, the 31 twelvemonth aged missed retired connected a aureate accidental to extremity his two-year winless streak this Sunday. He hasn't savoured triumph since clinching the PGA Championship for the 2nd clip successful May 2022, pursuing a important slump successful form.

His show successful Japan was different motion of him regaining his apical form, but it wasn't capable to unafraid the trophy. Thomas ended up tied for 2nd spot with Mac Greyserman successful Inzai, conscionable 1 changeable down Echavarria.

Despite starting his last circular 2 shots down the leader, his four-under-par last circular couldn't drawback up with the Colombian. The Kentucky-born golfer had galore opportunities, but helium narrowly missed respective times during his last round.

"It's a substance of evidently bummed and disappointed, but I played truthful well," Thomas admitted. "I played plentifulness good capable to triumph the tournament. I gave myself a chance. Hit truthful galore bully putts contiguous that conscionable didn't spell in. That's the difference. I needed immoderate of those ones that burned the borderline to fall."

"I did a batch of things truly well. The worldly I've been moving on, everything I've been doing is evidently the close worldly and I'm inactive going the close direction. Just got to support trying to enactment myself successful contention and close determination arsenic often arsenic I can. Just benignant of anticipation for a instrumentality of averages thing, yet you extremity up getting it done, but it's conscionable astir putting yourself determination more."