15 Things You Need To Know About Justin Thomas

How familiar are you with 2017 PGA Championship winner Justin Thomas? You've probably heard hundreds of times how he's friends with Jordan Spieth. And how competitive they are with each other (which is true).
But here are a few other things you need to know about the 24-year-old rising star, and the favorite for the 2017 PGA Tour Player of the Year:
FacebookPinterestGetty ImagesJustin Thomas has been dreaming of making it on the PGA Tour since attending, at age 7, Tiger Woods’ win in the 2000 PGA at Valhalla.
JT has a VHS tape of the tournament, which he estimates he's watched 50 times, motivating the Louisville native to put in the work to one day make it to the same stage.
FacebookPinterestStuart FranklinAdd Justin’s win at the PGA Championship to the long line of champions with strong PGA of America ties.
Justin grew up in Kentucky, playing a lot of golf with his father, Mike, being the club pro at Harmony Landing outside Louisville. And Justin’s grandpa, Paul, was al..

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Police toxicology report lists 5 drugs in Tiger Woods’ system during May arrest

Ross KinnairdTiger Woods had Vicodin, Dilaudid, Xanax, Ambien and THC in his system when he was arrested on suspicion of DUI in the early morning hours of May 29, according to a toxicology report released on Monday by the Palm Beach County Sherriff’s Office.
Two of the medications listed on the report, Hydrocodone (a generic form of Vicodin) and Hydromorphone (more commonly referred to as Dilaudid), are painkillers.
Alprazolam (Xanax) and Zolpidem (Ambien) are both sleep aids, while Delta-9 carboxy THC is the primary compound in marijuana.
It’s unclear whether Woods had prescriptions for all of the medications, though at the time of his arrest he told police he had been taking Vicodin and Xanax following a fourth back surgery in April. Medical marijuana, meanwhile, is legal in Florida.
Last week, Woods pleaded guilty to reckless driving and agreed to enter a diversion program that could result in his record being expunged.
Three weeks after his arrest, Woods announced that he had check..

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PGA Championship 2017: The sneaky stat that led to Justin Thomas winning his 1st major

Streeter LeckaCHARLOTTE, NC – AUGUST 11: Justin Thomas of the United States reacts to his putt on the second hole during the second round of the 2017 PGA Championship at Quail Hollow Club on August 11, 2017 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)Long before a back-nine birdie binge, Justin Thomas' Sunday charge at the 99th PGA Championship began with. . . a bogey. After missing the green with his approach shot on the first hole, Thomas bladed a bunker shot into another bunker, blasted out to about 14 feet, and drained the putt to avoid an opening disaster. The make was a sign of things to come — and a continuance of how Thomas has operated all season.
Thomas went on to claim his first major title, and it was his major edge over the rest of the field in putts longer than 10 feet that made the difference. In addition to that bogey putt on the first hole, Thomas made three other putts from that range on Sunday, a 16-footer for birdie on No. 2, a 36-foote..

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