Justin Thomas fires 11-under 61 | Round 3 | The American Express | 2024

In the third round of The American Express 2024, Justin Thomas shot an 11-under 61 at Pete Dye Stadium Course to get to 23-under overall, sitting four shots back of the lead heading into Sunday.

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The PGA TOUR returns to the mainland this week for the 65th annual playing of The American Express. This event is the first multi-course event of the season. Justin Thomas will be teeing it up for the first time this year, his first appearance in La Quinta since finishing T7 in 2015. He’ll be looking to replicate the form which saw him claim three-straight top-fives worldwide after missing out on the FedExCup Playoffs. Scottie Scheffler will also be in California this week and has three top-25 results at The American Express in his career highlighted by a solo third in 2020. He also managed a T5 at The Sentry two weeks ago. Min Woo Lee will also like his chances this week in the Coachella Valley as he concluded 2023 as one of the hottest on the planet with a pair of wins worldwide highlighting a stretch of five-straight top-15s. Others to look out for are Xander Schauffele, Tony Finau, Rickie Fowler and Will Zalatoris.

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Thomas the short game has always been excellent attribute that in your favor early in round there you go good catch so he’ll be able to spin it just as if he was coming out of the Fairway he just watched his buddy Ricky miss it out to the right and this one

Looks like he might have pulled it just a fraction a good safe play it’s Thomas for bur see him aiming probably a good looks like he’s aiming a good 10 Ines outside the left [Applause] Edge perfect enough left Edge Daniel just like a putt beautiful shot beautiful

Touch I like that Dre just getting it out of the way a little bit further right like he’s trying to sling one in from the right edge of the green and it’s turning over but not quite enough still a beautiful shot he has two birdies on this hole this

Week and another one down JT’s got the putter warming up 14 under Justin Thomas awkward stands for his third at five taking free relief from that drainage and then chose to drop it on the down slope to give himself a dow grain shot so he can spin it

Putting well so far today this to get to three under on his round he’s filling it up now these are part of the the game that fell off last year needs Improvement and this is a good one good shot up near the green for your second this is on a very aggressive line

Challenging the bunker o just skirts it by position a this will get him in the top five if he can make it great effort most of the time young Collegiate amers are motivated by the stars that came came before them it might be flipping right now Justin

Thomas might be motivated or pushed from the am Nick Dunlap looking like the guy now that won 15 times yeah you know look this is one of the prettiest things in all the golf Justin Thomas hitting iron shots it’s you know technically it’s it’s gorgeous really upright swing but

My favorite part about his golf swing is just how quiet it yeah from 50 to 125 he was the best on [Applause] two 113 little soft arm there by [Applause] JT yeah just one of the beautiful short fours here Justin laid well back a good look down the right

Side I watched him warm up and uh man there is nothing wrong with his games the difficult part three Justin Thomas what round he is putting together so far six under on the day we’re going to follow the flight of this t-shot with our trackman Tracer technology this brought to you by

T-Mobile for business yeah I mean the fat of this screen is about five steps past that whole location but he’s taking dead aim come on come on come on you know it was like a video game just had it on a string you see him setting up on the

Left side of that t trying to play a cut right off the middle of the green that’s bit of a bad break there I mean it looked like it was dead center a foot from the cup this is scene bones just laughing JT the kick in birdie yeah it’s interesting you would

Think it would be up the right hand side but not the case there’s just a shoulder left of the flag that kicks the ball back to the right we’ve seen so many players go left and have really really good success from that area but that is a torch up that right hand

Side this ball will have to skip a bit and a little bit of spin yeah I guess you got too close to the green wasn’t able to spin it enough come in there it does dialed in another one for Justin Thomas making a big move three in a row carry that and

The ball should chase out just a bit here trying to work it in from right to left pretty good line here guys yeah he’s liking this one yeah he is so dialed in right [Applause] now [Applause] wow but certainly Brandon would like to implement your plan too take it off the right there boy he gave that the full treatment there this is headed to the right a bunch of mounting up that right hand side yeah he did Billy you know

When he wants to really turn the gas on he’ll lift that left heel off the ground got up to almost 180 mph ball speed there yeah I mean he’s awfully comfortable cutting it off hook lies but this is uh as tough as it gets to hold that face off well he definitely held

The face off there didn’t get out of what he wants but that a very narrow part of the Fairway which he landed that ball now a very straightforward pitch there for JT oh he’s going different he’s going a little bumping run very very well done there well thought out

I can’t wait to get there I think it’s going to be a blast that’s five in a row by the way mhm and he’s 10 under well any indication this is just right at left of the flag how about that shot right there the guy is locked in

Right now is JT another one from [Applause] JT V and walks it [Applause] in beautiful [Applause] touch so can’t l a 61 back in 2021 and how about Justin Thomas today to match him with a 61 in the third round yeah I mean it depends on what Sam Burns

Does here but he may well have played himself into the final pairing tomorrow with another Alabama player Nick Dunlop thanks for watching the PGA Tour on YouTube to watch another video click here and to subscribe click here