With the PGA Championship beginning Thursday at Valhalla Golf Club, Justin Thomas comments on playing professionally in his hometown of Louisville for the first time, sharing his expectations and history with the course. #GolfChannel #PGAChampionship
» Subscribe to Golf Channel: https://www.youtube.com/golfchannel?sub_confirmation=1
» For the latest news around golf: https://www.nbcsports.com/golf
Welcome to Golf Channel’s official YouTube channel. We are the #1 destination for everything golf – 24/7. Find golf instruction tips, sneak peeks to our original series, news and tournament coverage. We are part of the NBC Sports Group.
Discover what else Golf Channel has to offer:
Live Coverage on Peacock: https://peacocktv.smart.link/v82e9dl56
Live Scores: http://bit.ly/GCScores
TV Schedule: https://www.nbcsports.com/watch/schedule
Instructional Tips: https://www.golfpass.com/learn
Golf Course Reviews: http://bit.ly/GCCourseReviews
Justin Thomas: Playing at home brings ‘new feelings’ | Live from the PGA Championship | Golf Channel
https://www.youtube.com/golfchannel?sub_confirmation=1
uh I’m just curious what you what the challenge is for you not to put too much pressure on yourself because you want this so badly here you know in your backyard well the good news is I do I have a pretty easy time putting a lot of pressure on myself already so that shouldn’t be too much of an adjustment um but I mean I don’t know it’s it’s kind of what I’ve told everybody is that I’m not really sure exactly how I’m going to feel I’ve just I’ve never experienced it I’ve never played a professional tournament let alone a PGA in my hometown so I’m sure it’ll be some new feelings some good feelings but um I mean just came out yesterday and and I mean enjoyed it I think just just going to take it in and try to you know use it to my advantage use the the energy the the support to uh to to try to kind of get me going and and push me along as the week goes we go over to nine followed by 13 justtin last week when you got the the hometown hero Banner you were you wondered what your emotions would be like this week now that you’re on the grounds and you’re surrounded by the the people and probably a lot of people that you know what has that been like or will that really hit you maybe even on Thursday um it I mean it’s been great it’s been nothing but but great things so far I mean I know it’s only Tuesday morning but um no I mean the feelings and everything I’ve had have been all all positive and um I’m glad I came and played you know last week Sunday Monday just not only with for my own preparation standpoint but just with how the weather potentially looks today and tomorrow um but yeah I I just kind of like I said I I think some of the you can’t necessarily compare anything I potentially would feel on a Monday or Tuesday during a tournament round of any week let alone you know a major championship here so um just going to try to you know make the most of it do you have any unique insights or observations knowing this course so well you having played it so many times and does that create any advantages compared to maybe some of your competition I think if we were playing Harmony Landing I’d have a little bit more of an advantage than Valhalla but uh I mean I haven’t played here that many times I probably played you know 10 maybe 15 and uh I think when I played last Sunday I mean I was saying to my dad I don’t think I’d been out here in eight or 10 years I mean it’ been a while um it just was uh I mean it was a it was a really really big deal to play here when I was a kid and uh not to mention had Harmony that was all of four minutes from my house so uh you know the way I looked at it I was fortunate to have a couple birthdays where my parents surprised me and I came out here and um I think maybe my first couple years as a pro when I lived at home I would uh you know they were gracious enough to let me come out a couple times a year and whether was play or practice but um the course hasn’t changed too much from what I remembered it’s just uh it’s all very right in front of you you just hit a driver really far and really straight and hit your irons well it’s uh seems to be the theme Here
