DUBLIN, Ohio – Justin Thomas’ caddy left in the back of his third round at the Memorial on Saturday.
“Jimmy [Johnson] it just didn’t feel right, “said Thomas.” He felt dizzy. I mean, I can say I was dizzy and just didn’t have much energy. I mean, I told him on the 12th that if he needed to go, he had to go. Just to make sure he’s okay in front of the two of us who worry about it, and I hit my tee shot and I went out and Jimmy left and my dad was there. “
Thomas did not have an update on Johnson after his round. Temperatures were in the 90s throughout the afternoon at the Muirfield Village Golf Club. Thomas’s father Mike, who had caddied for Justin in the past, carried his son’s bag the rest of the round.
Thomas, who shot a 1-minus 35 in the first nine, fought in the back, shooting a 4-over-40 to end his round with a 75. He had two bogeys and a double bogey after the caddy change.
“The fit was fine,” said Thomas. “I mean, yes, it sucks because I was really playing well. The course is very difficult, and I just … yes, I did a bad double and I had a difficult ending. But I mean, it was good. I didn’t.” I didn’t make those bogeys because my dad was caddying; it was just a bad execution. But yeah, I mean, in a couple of weeks or a day, no one will remember. But now, yes, it’s a bummer. “
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