Justin Thomas Wins Second CJ Cup Title

The American beat Danny Lee by two to win the title for the second time

Justin Thomas Wins Second CJ Cup Title
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The American beat Danny Lee by two to win the title for the second time

Justin Thomas Wins Second CJ Cup Title

Justin Thomas won his second CJ Cup title in Korea with a two stroke victory over Danny Lee.

The American began the day tied for the lead with Lee but a five under par 67 was enough to seal victory at 20 under par.

The pair were tied after nine holes, each going out in three under, but back-to-back bogeys at 15 and 16 ultimately cost the Kiwi.

Thomas is now an 11-time PGA Tour winner after securing his 10th title in August at the BMW Championship.

The 26-year-old moves back up to fourth in the world.

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“It feels great," Thomas said.

"It's very reassuring knowing that I could hit those shots when I needed to the entire day when I felt like the heat was on the whole day.

"I don't think you can ever necessarily call yourself the best closer. I've only won 11 times. I feel like once I get to 40 or 50 times and I've closed a lot of those, then I think that's kind of different.

"I'm ecstatic to have a trophy, another one of these in the library. I still haven't mastered how to write my name in Korean, I think I need to do that, but luckily I'll have some practice, at least a year's practice before next year."

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Hideki Matsuyama, Gary Woodland and Cameron Smith were three back of Lee at 15 under in T3rd with Tyrrell Hatton and Ben An two back in T6th.

It was a positive week for Jordan Spieth who made his return after two months off, with the Texan finishing in T8th after making 25 birdies for the week.

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Elliott Heath is our News Editor and has been with Golf Monthly since early 2016 after graduating with a degree in Sports Journalism. He manages the Golf Monthly news team as well as our large Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages. He covered the 2022 Masters from Augusta National as well as five Open Championships on-site including the 150th at St Andrews. His first Open was in 2017 at Royal Birkdale, when he walked inside the ropes with Jordan Spieth during the Texan's memorable Claret Jug triumph. He has played 35 of our Top 100 golf courses, with his favourites being both Sunningdales, Woodhall Spa, Western Gailes, Old Head and Turnberry. He has been obsessed with the sport since the age of 8 and currently plays off of a six handicap. His golfing highlights are making albatross on the 9th hole on the Hotchkin Course at Woodhall Spa, shooting an under-par round, playing in the Aramco Team Series on the Ladies European Tour and making his one and only hole-in-one at the age of 15 - a long time ago now!


Elliott is currently playing:


Driver: Titleist TSR4

3 wood: Titleist TSi2

Hybrids: Titleist 816 H1

Irons: Mizuno MP5 5-PW

Wedges: Cleveland RTX ZipCore 50, 54, 58

Putter: Odyssey White Hot OG #5

Ball: Srixon Z Star XV