“I really don't know how I won. I got very fortunate”
Golf Monthly|March 2020
Justin Thomas won his 12th PGA Tour title at the Sentry Tournament of Champions despite bogeying two of the last three holes in regulation.
“I really don't know how I won. I got very fortunate”

They say that you can learn more from a loss than a win, but this feels like a win that you’ll take a lot away from. Is that the case?

You should take something from every round, but yeah, it was just such a bizarre way for it to finish. There’s something about this place – I seem to have the tournament pretty well under control and then I hit it in a hazard. I truly felt like through 15 holes it was one of the best rounds I had played. I was in such control tee to green. I was putting it beautifully, my irons were awesome. I hit a really good drive on the 16th, just the wind took it, and then 18 was just a disaster. I really didn’t hit very many good shots on the hole. But it worked out.

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