Justin Thomas is an American professional golfer on the PGA Tour. In 2017, he won five events, including the PGA Championship and FedEx Cup. Following that winning streak, Justin continues to be at his best and the top of his game. He shares how he approaches specific situations within competitive golf.   

Topics:

• Health goals during quarantine and Rory’s Peleton cheat code
• Origin Story: Growing up in golf family with dad as coach and experiencing support/success at an early age.  Competing in Class of 2011 with Jordan Spieth, Daniel Berger, ect.
• Weak to Strong: Going from small and skinny to prioritizing speed, strength, and scoring
• Balancing technical development and scoring skills: playing golf⁠— not golf swing
• Role Models: How Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods, and others made an impact
• Self-talk and Pressure-filled Situations: Relishing the moments in the heat of contention and learing from failures
• Bad Warm-ups/Tactical Adjustments: How to ensure a bad warm up doesn’t equal a bad round 
• Mental and Physical Readiness: rest and sleep goals and nutritional targets on week of an event
• Recovery Period/Percentage: Monitoring biofeedback and psychological effects with Whoop
• Off-week Practice: Sharpen skills via drills, finding time to play, and other techniques
• Noise and Negative Energy: Why Justin leans into silence social media critics
• Swing Thoughts: Figure out what’s going right or wrong, focus, and fix it   

Links and Resources:

Justin Thomas Foundation

https://www.justinthomasgolf.com/

Justin Thomas - PGA Tour Player

https://www.pgatour.com/players/player.33448.justin-thomas.html

No Laying Up Podcast

https://nolayingup.com/

U.S. Junior Amateur Championship

https://www.usga.org/junioram

U.S. Kids Golf

https://foundation.uskidsgolf.com/

U.S. Open Championship

https://www.usopen.com/players/33448.html

Peloton

https://www.onepeloton.com/

WHOOP

https://www.whoop.com/thelocker/whoop-strap-3-0-overview/

Altus Performance

https://altusperformance.com/

Altus Performance on Twitter

https://twitter.com/teamaltus

Altus Performance on Instagram

https://instagram.com/altusperformance

Altus Performance on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Altus-Performance-110002632382928/

PGA Tour

https://www.pgatour.com/

PGA Championship

https://www.pgachampionship.com/

FedEx Cup

https://www.pgatour.com/fedexcup/winners.html

TrackMan Golf

https://trackmangolf.com/

Justin Thomas, the number four ranked golfer in the world and Team Troon ambassador, took part in a Q&A with Troon Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Julia Kelly, for members of Troon Private Clubs, Troon Rewards Members and Troon Cardholders. We share this great session with you all as Justin discusses his life while quarantined, stories of some of his favorite golf shots on tour, anticipation of the Tour returning and more!

World No. 4 golfer Justin Thomas joins the WHOOP Podcast to talk about the highs and lows of his career, and how WHOOP helps him train, sleep and perform better. Justin discusses his upbringing and how his dad and grandfather inspired him to be a golfer (3:09), his friendly rivalry with Jordan Spieth and battling it out for the 2012 NCAA National Championship (10:50), seeking advice from Tiger Woods, Jack Nicklaus and Tom Brady (14:42), taking lessons from disappointment (18:15), his friendship with Tiger and teaming up with him at the Presidents Cup (20:42), what qualifying for the PGA Tour was like (27:22), his disappointing finish at the 2017 U.S. Open and how that helped him win his first major two months later (31:47), discovering WHOOP through Rory McIlroy (37:48), what he's learned from WHOOP (40:22), his "world-class" sleep data (42:14), how he analyzes sleep and recovery (50:13), measuring WHOOP data on the course (58:47), dealing with nerves in big moments (1:00:54), what he thinks is good for golf and bad for golf (1:04:18), plus which big-name golfers he's on a WHOOP team with (1:14:15).

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Minnesota Tim on what's happening in Minneapolis and St. Paul and the Great Predictor talks about players with 21 wins on the PGA TOUR (1:00 - 22:44). Justin Thomas shines in the match (22:55 - 35:46). Soft or hard (35:54 - 46:14). Go to haneyuniversity.com and check out Hank's latest book: How to Play Better Golf Today - Lessons of a Lifetime.

Greg Ducharme is joined by Kyle Porter and Mark Immelman to recap an exciting final round at the 2019 Sentry Tournament of Champions. After 72-holes of play Xander Schauffele, Patrick Reed and Justin Thomas decided they need to play just a few more holes. The First Cut crew breaks down JT’s marathon win on Sunday (1:00). Xander Schauffele battled his way into the playoff with a stellar back nine on Sunday, where do we grade X-Man moving forward (12:00)? Runner-up Patrick Reed continues to play at a high level even though criticism is reaching a fever pitch for his recent actions. What can we expect from Captain America in 2020 (37:00)? 

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