Justin Thomas is coming off a rough PGA Tour season, one of his worst in recent memory if not his entire professional career.
Yet now that he’s made it onto the U.S. Ryder Cup team, thanks to one of Zach Johnson’s captain’s picks, Thomas isn’t too stressed headed into this week’s Fortinet Championship in Northern California.
"I mean, I know when I don't play competitively for two or three weeks I'm a little rusty competitively, so I'm sure after a month and a half it's going to be a challenge to get back into it, but it's something I'm excited for … I put enough pressure on myself already to try to play well, I don't need to add to it to try to propel the season or play well for the Ryder Cup or anything.
He ended last season at No. 26 in the Official World Golf Rankings — which, while still a respectable spot, was his worst ranking since 2016. He’s entering this week at No. 24. "When Zach called, it was a lot of emotions, but like a relief was almost the first thing, and excitement," Thomas said."It was a lot. I had a lot of sleepless nights and then at one point it just finally hit me. I had accepted the fact whatever was going to happen was going to happen, and I was OK with that. And I was going to be supportive regardless of what happened. I'm just very excited, fortunate, happy that it ended the way it did.
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