Thomas, McIlroy hopeful PGA-LIV saga wraps soon

MIAMI: Justin Thomas knows every tournament can’t be the equivalent of the NFL’s Pro Bowl. But he couldn’t help but notice the continued absence of some of the best players at the game when he hit the course at The Players Championship. “Not every NFL game is a Pro Bowl, but it essentially it is, right?” Thomas asked rhetorically Wednesday. “it’s all the best in their specific sport, and it’s an extremely small percentage in the grand scheme of things of how many play professionally in their sport. But there’s nothing better than Sundays when you can just sit on the couch and you get to watch some freak athletes go play football and hit each other all day.

Thomas said he thinks back to playing golf at Alabama and how beneficial it was to him as a younger player to have a friendly rival in Justin Spieth to push him.

“I know Jordan and he and I fed off each other in 2017, 2018, 2016, and we kind of pushed each other a little bit. We may not have had a conversation about it, but I know internally I don’t want him to beat me, and I’m pretty sure he feels the same way,” Thomas said. “So I think getting all the best players in the world together more often is just going to create a more and more competitive nature and which I guess would result in a better product.” —Reuters