ESPN.com · May 17, 2023
For defending champ Justin Thomas, this PGA Championship feels different
ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Nearly a year ago, after Justin Thomas matched the largest 54-hole comeback in PGA Championship history by chasing down Chile's Mito Pereira from 7 shots back to win his second Wanamaker Trophy, he talked about what ending a nearly five-year drought without a major championship victory might mean to his career.
"When it happens you think it's going to happen the next time you play -- you really do," Thomas said. "When things are going well, especially in this sport, it's easy. The ball bounces the right way, the putts slip in, guys do what you need them to do in the leaderboard -- stuff just happens.