Justin Thomas in gashes after being penalised despite Winning the RBC Heritage Championship
Justin Thomas gets penalised a shot in the waste cellarage, but he is still in the quest for a first PGA Tour title since August 2022.
Justin Thomas was penalised a shot for causing his golf ball to move in the waste cellarage on the par- 5 2nd in the third round of the RBC Heritage.
Thomas, 31, was trying to move some bitsy jewels around his ball in the waste area but he called a rules functionary over because he felt as though he’d caused his ball to move.
There was unfortunately no near up footage of the incident, and so it was all down to Thomas to determine whether he felt he’d caused his ball to move.
” We tried to find footage but no bone
has anything,” the rules sanctioned 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 conduct caused your ball to move.
” You still feel that, moving those pebbles so near to the ball caused it to move?”
Thomas replied” Yeah. That is fine. One shot yeah?”
The rules sanctioned verified” Yes.”
Despite the one- shot penalty, Thomas still went on to save a par.
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Thomas held a two- shot lead starting the third round.
But he soon set up himself position by the 2nd hole after his playing mate Si Woo Kim opened with a brace of birdies.
Kim kept his bottom down and surged into the outright lead with two further birdies on the frontal nine.
The South Korean added another two birdies on 13 and 15 but he’d make his only hobgoblin of the day on 18 when missing from five bases.
Kim carded a 66 and it leaves him at 15- under par and one shot clear of Thomas, who birdied 18 for a 69.
Thomas is joined in a tie for alternate alongside Andrew Novak, who matched Kim’s round of 66.
Maverick McNealy went round in a brilliant 65 to nudge himself up to 13- under par in single fourth.
England’s Tommy Fleetwood posted a 68 to lie 12- under par in a tie for fifth alongside 2023 Open champion Brian Harman.
