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Matt Vincenzi

Justin Thomas Is Back and Now It’s Only a Matter of Time

Justin Thomas came agonizingly close to capturing his first win since 2022 last week, but takes plenty of positives from the runner-up. | Reinhold Matay-Imagn Images

On Sunday at the Valspar Championship, Justin Thomas, 1,036 days removed from his 2022 PGA Championship victory, held a three-shot lead approaching the 16th tee at Innisbrook's Copperhead course. Come Monday, the drought was 1,037 days.

At 25, he conquered professional golf, rising to No. 1 in the world in 2018. At 31, he’s rediscovering how. The sting of watching Viktor Hovland hoist the trophy was tempered by the realization that he’d found what he'd been searching for. He's now closer than he's been at any other time since his win at Southern Hills in 2022.

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