Justin Thomas expressed frustration after receiving a slow play warning during the PGA Championship at Aronimink, stating, 'We just didnāt agree.' Despite this, he played well, posting two rounds of 69.
Key points
Justin Thomas received a slow play warning at Aronimink.
He expressed disagreement with the warning.
Thomas posted two rounds of 69 in the PGA Championship.
His performance set him up well for the weekend.
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Justin Thomas played some really impressive golf during the first two rounds of the PGA Championship at Aronimink this week.
Thomas has posted two rounds of 69 to set himself up perfectly for the weekend at Aronimink.
However, the 32-year-oldās second round at the PGA Championship did not pass without incident.
Thomas, Keegan Bradley and Cam Young were warned by officials midway through their second round at Aronimink about their pace of play.
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We were, yeah,
*ā*We just didnāt really agree with it. Itās hard because itās kind of the whole time par thing. What is time par? How can time par on this course be the same when itās blowing 25 and the pins are tough than if itās not? And does time par change every day? Thereās just so many factors that go into it.
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Photo by Emilee Chinn/Getty Images
*ā*We were behind. Iām not ā I think that wasnāt our issue or being annoyed by it, itās just the fact that we werenāt holding up the group behind us. They were about ā it seemed like every time we were on the green, they were on the tee and so on and so forth.
*ā*The hard part to me with the whole pace of play thing is that you, thereās so much that goes into golf and thereās so much that goes into hole to hole in terms of, are you hitting it close, are you able to tap it in, or you have to mark it, stuff like that, to where, are you holding the group up or are you not, to where itās very hard to make that call. And we just didnāt agree with it, to be honest.
āBut we got taken off, and a hole later we were caught up. So it kind of goes to our point of why we didnāt think we should of, but it is what it is. Itās a part of it.ā
He then responded when asked whether he rushed his shots after being put on the clock.
āNo. I backed off on my first shot being on the clock even,ā Thomas said.
*ā*Itās just, itās so hard out here, and thatās the last thing Iām going to do is make a mistake because I feel like Iām rushing.
*ā*If we were, for some reason, to get in a position where I was getting, we were getting bad times and we were continuing to be on, I would have had more discussions with the rules officials to kind of plead my case. But that was ā itās hard enough ā Iām not going to sit out there and take two minutes, like thatās disrespectful to the field and everybody.
āBut at the same time, Iām not going to ā you know, Iām not going to rush and hit a shot that isnāt right. So just kind of went about my business and just was ready to play when it was my turn like I feel like I do normally.ā
Justin Thomasā PGA Championship stats through two rounds
Thomasā ball-striking has been very impressive so far this week.
Heās ranked 39th in strokes gained off the tee and 14th in strokes gained approach through two rounds at Aronimink.
Thomas is ranked 17th in strokes gained tee-to-green and 21st in strokes gained putting.
Strangely, though, his one weak link has been his chipping and putting ā a part of the game where he usually excels.
Justin Thomas is ranked 116th in that particular category so far this week at the PGA Championship.
If he tidies up his short game this week, he could very well leave Aronimink as a three-time major champion.
