Justin Thomas Girlfriend, Net Worth, Height, Biography, Quick Facts

October 13, 2024

Justin Thomas is an American golfer whose skills on the PGA Tour cannot be hastily forgotten by golf fans.

Justin, who is the winner of the 2017 PGA Championship, is one of the fastest growing professional golfers to watch. He won the championship by two strokes.

the biography

The young professional golfer was born on April 29, 1993 in Louisville, Kentucky, USA. He was born into a family of golf enthusiasts with his father Mike Thomas has been a golfer and head professional at Harmony Landing Country Club in Goshen, Kentucky since 1990. He also represented the PGA at the 2010 Ryder Cup in Wales. By this time, Justin was already competing in the Junior Ryder Cup. His grandfather, Paul, was also a club pro in Zanesville, Ohio. Justin’s grandfather was so good at golf that he had to play at the 1962 US Open at Oakmont. Consequently, at the age of two, Justin was already swinging a golf club at seven, he was taken to the 2000 PGA Championship by his parents where he had the opportunity to get Nicklaus’ autograph.

Justin is of white ethnicity and holds an American citizenship. His mother’s name is Jani Thomas. With such an interest in golf and the support of his parents, Justin was able to pull through quite early. Prior to high school, he had previously played at the Wyndham Championship in August 2009, where he was the third-youngest person to make the cut on a PGA Tour and when he graduated from high school in 2011, he started playing college golf at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa where he won six times for his club, the Crimson Tide and joined the national championship team in 2013.

Even when he was fresher in college days, Justin had already won the Haskins Award as most outstanding college golfer.

Professional golf career

Justin began his journey as a professional golfer in 2013 when he got his business card from Web.com and played his first professional game the following year at the Children’s Hospital National Championship, which he received the title. In November 2015, Justin had already earned his first PGA Tour victory when he won the CIMB Classic in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, by a single stroke over Adam Scott. But before that, he had achieved what was considered his best finish at the time when he had seven top 10s and 15 top 25s, with a fourth place finish at the Quicken Loans National and the Sanderson Farms Championship. In 2016, he had his second victory on the circuit by winning the CIMB Classic title. In 2017, he achieved his major success by winning the SBS Tournament of Champions for his third victory on the PGA Tour. That same year, he became the seventh player in PGA Tour history to shoot a 59.

Net value

Referring as a smart golf player, JustinThomas has earned for himself, enough wealth which will be sufficient for his life of luxury. After winning the Tour card on the Web.com Tour in 2013, the young player continued to earn enough money as his career skyrocketed. His successful win at the CIMB Classic earned him a $1.2 million prize. Another major award Justin got was after winning the Sony Open tournament in Hawaii, where he was named the youngest player to shoot a trick under the age of 60 and was awarded $2.3 million. This all adds up to his $38 million in net worth while his annual salary is around $7 million.

Just like other celebrities of his ilk, Justin lives in luxury. Aside from his $2 million mansion in Jupiter, Florida, the professional golf player owns fleets of cars, including his recently purchased brand new Bentley car worth $185,000. His other car collections include Lexus and Range Rover. His custom Range Rover was purchased after PGA Tour dominance.

To prove his fame, Justin has massive followers on social media platforms. He has over 182,000 Twitter followers and around 400,000 Instagram followers.

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