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A ‘more complete’ Justin Thomas better prepared to hold world No. 1 spot

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – When Justin Thomas first moved to No. 1 in the world ranking in 2018 he had no idea that getting to the top spot was hard, but staying there was even more difficult.

Thomas spent four weeks at No. 1 and after his victory on Sunday at the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational he reclaimed the top ranking from Jon Rahm, who spent just two weeks atop the world.

Justin Thomas

On Tuesday, Thomas said he hoped to not only move back to No. 1 in the world but he wanted to stay there for a “long amount of time.