Justin Thomas embracing 'unbelievable 適切な時期' in Ryder Cup grind
It's been a PGA 小旅行する season to forget for Justin Thomas, but he 見解（をとる）s the next two weeks as an "unbelievable 適切な時期" to turn it around in a hurry.
直面するd with the 可能性 of 行方不明の both the FedEx Cup プレーオフs and the 部隊d 明言する／公表するs Ryder Cup team, Thomas entered this week's 3M Open and next week's Wyndham 選手権, the final two events of the PGA 小旅行する's 正規の／正選手 season.
The two-time major 支持する／優勝者 usually takes these weeks off because his standing for the FedEx Cup is already in a healthy 位置／汚点／見つけ出す. Not this year: After 行方不明の four 削減（する）s in his last six starts, Thomas is 75th in FedEx Cup points, and only the 最高の，を越す 70 will qualify for the first プレーオフ event.
So Thomas is in Blaine, Minn., this week to play the 3M Open for the first time. Then he will turn to Greensboro, N.C., for his first 外見 at the Wyndham since 2016.
"I feel like I'm just 権利 there to 肉親，親類d of like break it through a little inner 信用／信任 or mojo, if you will," Thomas said Tuesday. "I mean, I'm not going to get that at home sitting on the couch, so I need to -- 本人自身で feel like I just 肉親，親類d of need to play my way through it a little bit.
.".. First off, this is an unbelievable 適切な時期 for me, 肉親，親類d of behind the 8-ball and my end goal is to make the 小旅行する 選手権 like it is every year. It's not like I'm just playing to try to get into the first プレーオフs event. I want to be in Atlanta and I'm going to have to get there somehow."
Thomas, 30, 行方不明になるd the 削減（する） at three of four majors this season, 地位，任命するing an 81 in the second 一連の会議、交渉／完成する of the U.S. Open and an 82 in the first 一連の会議、交渉／完成する of last week's Open 選手権. The 30-year-old is choosing to be 楽観的な that those 得点する／非難する／２０s aren't indicative of serious problems with his game.
"I just 肉親，親類d of chalked it up as a fluke," Thomas said. "I made two （テニスなどの）ダブルス and a quad, 権利? That's literally middle school ゴルフ-type stuff. I'm way too good of a player to be doing stuff like that. I don't know if it's a 欠如（する） of 焦点（を合わせる） or discipline or whatever."
Yet Thomas, whose last 勝利，勝つ （機の）カム at the 2022 PGA 選手権, has discussed his rough patch with friends in the sport who have gone through 類似の slow periods -- 指名するs like Tiger 支持を得ようと努めるd, Jordan Spieth and Rickie Fowler.
"I've asked them questions, I've talked to them about it," Thomas said. "But I -- look, you never want to compare, and I don't want to say anything that makes what they went through better or worse than it was.
"I'm not in that position yet. I shouldn't say `yet.' I don't 計画（する） to be. I'm 最高の，を越す-20 whatever player in the world and I won a major 選手権 just a little over a year ago. I feel 罰金. I mean, I'm still doing a lot of things 井戸／弁護士席."
Thomas wasn't asked about the 近づいている Ryder Cup on Tuesday, but after he 行方不明になるd the 削減（する） at 王室の Liverpool ゴルフ Club he 認める he was "明白に" worried about 行方不明の the team of 12 Americans who will go to Rome in September.
"I want to make the Ryder Cup more than anything," he said then. "I'm probably honestly trying too hard to do it."
Thomas, who played in the past two Ryder Cups, is No. 14 in the American Ryder Cup qualifying standings. The 最高の，を越す six will make the team automatically, and captain Zach Johnson will 追加する six captain's 選ぶs.
Thomas has to compete with the likes of Max Homa (No. 7 in points), Jordan Spieth (No. 9) Keegan Bradley (No. 10), Collin Morikawa (No. 11), Rickie Fowler (No. 12) and Tony Finau (No. 19) for Johnson's 是認.
--Field Level マスコミ
