PONTE VEDRA BEACH — Justin Thomas might as well have begun packing. Get ready for the four-hour drive across the state to the Tampa Bay area and the next tournament on the schedule. Chalk it up to a bad couple of days, a common occurrence in professional golf.
Thomas, who won the 2021 Players Championship, shot 78 in the opening round Thursday and it would have been worse were not for two late birdies and a pretty good short game.
