
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.