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Justin Thomas is back at the Presidents Cup after missing the American team two years ago. <\/p>\n
Team USA didn\u2019t feel the same without Thomas wearing the stars and stripes in Montreal in 2024, but the two-time PGA Championship winner has rediscovered his form and is back as an integral part of the team. <\/p>\n
It was difficult for Thomas to watch the Presidents Cup at home, but now he\u2019s returned to the event with a newfound appreciation for the greats of the game and what they\u2019re able to achieve every year. <\/p>\n
Justin Thomas explains his newfound appreciation for Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy<\/p>\n
Thomas was winless in two seasons by the time the 2024 Presidents Cup rolled around. There wasn\u2019t much argument that he was worthy of making the team. Since then he\u2019s returned to the winner\u2019s circle, but his dip in form made him appreciate the likes of Tiger Woods for their consistency. <\/p>\n
When asked how his appreciation for events like the Presidents Cup has changed since not making the team two years ago, Thomas said, \u201cI gave Jim [Furyk] a hard time plenty about it. I\u2019m like, there\u2019s nothing personal.<\/p>\n
\u201cI told Keegan [Bradley] last year, I told Sneds, I never want to be on these teams if the players on the team and the captains on the team don\u2019t think that I make the team better. I don\u2019t care if I\u2019m the seventh ranked in the points and I\u2019m whatever I am. If I do not make the team better in any way, then I should not be on the team.<\/p>\n
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\u201cI firmly do believe that, and I think that\u2019s just how it was in Montreal. I felt like \u2014 it\u2019s coincidental, I felt like I played quite a bit better in \u201924 than I did in \u201923, and to be on \u201923 and not on \u201924 felt weird. But it was, you do take it for granted. <\/p>\n
\u201cI think there for a little while, I just assumed \u2014 it also kind of makes you grow appreciation for guys like Tiger and Phil and Rory and the Poulters and the Westwoods that just did it every year, and it was like, you just assumed that that\u2019s how it was.<\/p>\n
\u201cHowever many years I play golf, that\u2019s how often I\u2019m going to be on these teams. That\u2019s just not the case. The talent, how deep it is, and you have to really, really play well to earn your way on these teams. I respect that. I understand that. I always want to earn my way on these teams.\u201d<\/p>\n
Fair play to Thomas for earning his way back onto the team after being left off two seasons ago, and maintaining the right attitude through it all. <\/p>\n
How Justin Thomas used the Presidents Cup to get to Phil Mickelson <\/p>\n
Team golf adds a totally different aspect to the game. In such an individual sport, it\u2019s a rare opportunity for the players to come together for the same cause, and Thomas took full advantage of that over the years.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He explained, \u201cI really enjoy the golf side of it with the guys. The amount of sharing and talking through stuff on weeks like this, to me, I really, really enjoy. I don\u2019t know how other guys are, but I pick the brains of my teammates and my captains a lot.<\/p>\n
\u201cI remember I would literally wait until team events to ask Phil questions because I knew that he wouldn\u2019t tell me in regular tournament, but when we got to a team event, I knew he would because we were teammates and he wanted to help me out. I would literally wait and follow him around asking questions.<\/p>\n
\u201cI just think it\u2019s really cool because we have the 12 best players in the U.S., and we all go about it differently, but kind of somewhat similarly in the end result, end game. But just how we all do that and get to that is just fascinating to me, and I just love hearing it because I think there\u2019s a lot of things that we all learn from each other and push each other in.\u201d<\/p>\n
Now Thomas is fulfilling that role for the likes of Jackson Koivun on this team, which is his true value in 2026. He\u2019s played well enough golf to make the team, but his leadership and experience are now his best traits. <\/p>\n
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