PGA Tour star Justin Thomas penalised a stroke in bunker during third round of RBC Heritage.
Justin Thomas
Justin Thomas was penalised a shot for causing his golf ball to move in the waste bunker on the par-5 2nd in the third round of the RBC Heritage.
Thomas, 31, was trying to move some tiny rocks around his ball in the waste area but he called a rules official over because he felt as though he had caused his ball to move.
There was unfortunately no close up footage of the incident, and so it was all down to Thomas to determine whether he felt he had caused his ball to move.
“We tried to find footage but no one has anything,” the rules official told Thomas as he trudged down to the green.
“So I feel like, hate to say it, you said what you were doing with your actions caused your ball to move.
“You still feel that, moving those pebbles so close to the ball caused it to move?”
Thomas replied: “Yeah. That’s fine. One shot yeah?”
The rules official confirmed: “Yes.”
Watch what happened here (scroll right):
Despite the one-shot penalty, Thomas still went on to save a par.
Thomas held a two-shot lead starting the third round.
But he soon found himself level by the 2nd hole after his playing partner Si Woo Kim opened with a pair of birdies.
Thomas has admitted to ‘playing p***ed off’ this season.
That’s after the former World No.1 was left out of the U.S. Presidents Cup team in 2024.
Thomas has made it clear one of his season goals is to play his way automatically into Keegan Bradley’s 2025 U.S. Ryder Cup team.
The American is looking to capture his 16th PGA Tour title this weekend.
Thomas has not won on the circuit since etching his name on the famous Wanamaker Trophy for a second time in his career at the US PGA in May 2022.
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