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Defending champion Justin Thomas racked up eight birdies in an eight-under par 65 to share the first-round lead with Harris English in the PGA Tour Tournament of Champions.
Published January 8, 2021, 12:30 PM
Justin Thomas of the United States plays his shot from the 18th tee during the first round of the Sentry Tournament Of Champions at the Kapalua Plantation Course on January 07, 2021 in Kapalua, Hawaii. Gregory Shamus/Getty Images/AFP
Defending champion Justin Thomas racked up eight birdies in an eight-under par 65 on Thursday to share the first-round lead with Harris English in the US PGA Tour Tournament of Champions.
Thomas’s five birdies on the front nine included three in a row at the seventh, eighth and ninth. He kept the round going with a spectacular par save at the 13th, where he hit into tall native grass, had to hunt for his ball and hit out to the fairway but drained a 37-foot putt.