Justin Thomas wins RBC Heritage in playoff, breaks three-year PGA Tour winless drought
For the first time since May 22, 2022, 1,064 days, Justin Thomas is a winner on the PGA Tour. Thomas bested Andrew Novak in Sunday’s final round playoff to win the RBC Heritage at Harbour Town Golf Links in Hilton Head, S.C.
It took a playoff, but Thomas finished off his finest weekend of golf in nearly three years. He drilled a 21-foot birdie putt to win.
“It’s really hard. But I worked my butt off,” Thomas said on the CBS broadcast. “… You just take for granted sometimes when you get on those runs. I didn’t realize how much I missed winning. Battling out there today was just so much fun.”
Thomas came out of the gates on fire, tying the course record with a 10-under-par 61 on Thursday. Thomas went 69, 69, 68 the next three rounds, respectively, before defeating Novak in the playoff.
Justin Thomas joins impressive company with RBC Heritage victory
Heading into the RBC Heritage, since 1960, only six golfers had won 16 plus times on the PGA Tour, including multiple majors, before age 32: Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, Johnny Miller, Tom Watson, Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy. That list now includes Thomas; not bad company for the No. 8 player in the Official World Golf Ranking.
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Thomas now has 16 wins on the PGA Tour. But never had Thomas sealed it with a long-range putt. The first playoff hole presented an opportunity, and he didn’t miss.
“I said to [caddie] Joe [LaCava] coming up 18, ‘I’ve never made a putt to win a tournament before of length.’ I’ve been fortunate enough to have a lot of tap-ins, but I’ve never made a putt,” Thomas said. “It was as fun as I thought it would be.”
Thomas now has five top 10 finishes in 10 starts this season. Back in form and to being one of the best players in the world, Thomas is up to second in the FedEx Cup standings. He is 240 points above Scottie Scheffler and 764 points below McIlroy, the 2025 Masters champion.