Justin Thomas Has Very Clear Priorities

Despite the PGATOUR’s insistence of the so-called “wrap around” season, we all know this week is the “real” opening of the 2016 season with the Hyundai Tournament of Champions taking place in Maui.

The young 2016 season is already shaping up to be an interesting one with the return of golf to the Summer Olympics in Rio, as well as it being a Ryder Cup year.  Of course, recently the Ryder Cup results have mostly been a foregone conclusion as the European Team has won eight of the last ten.

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It’s been an aggravating stretch for the U.S. to the point of putting together the now infamous “Ryder Cup Task Force.”  Tiger Woods has said repeatedly that he would like to be an assistant captain for the U.S. and then there was Phil Mickelson basically throwing Tom Watson under the bus for the 2014 U.S. meltdown.

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No one has really been able to put a finger on exactly why the Americans have struggled so mightily in the Ryder Cup.  Perhaps it’s the format, maybe it’s the way the Europeans have been trained to play as a team as they grow up playing golf, or it could just be that the Europeans are—*gasp*—better than the Americans.

However, if you want to claim that the Europeans simply want it more than the Americans, Justin Thomas would like to have a word with you.

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That’s right, when asked if whether he would want to win his first Major or play on a winning Ryder Cup team in 2016, he responded immediately with, “Winning Ryder Cup team. Hands down.”

Are you listening Task Force?  Make a statement and put him on the team now.

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