Golf Channel · Jan 9, 2022
Justin Thomas fires 61 at Kapalua, adding another course record to his haul
Highlights: Thomas shoots 61 in Sentry Rd. 3
0:003:20Justin Thomas vaguely remembers the first course record he ever held. He was maybe 9 years old and playing a practice round for the Junior World Championships in San Diego. The course? “It was like an executive course,” Thomas recalled, which likely points to the mystery layout being Singing Hills Resort’s Piper Glen in El Cajon (the tournament’s historical records are spotty). The 18-hole, par-3 course stretched out to a par 58 for the younger age divisions back then.
Though Thomas had forgotten the course, he’ll never forget the person whose record he broke.