Justin Thomas (golfer) finished in a tie for ninth place. In August 2017, Thomas won his first major, the 2017 PGA Championship, winning by two shots. At the Dell Technologies Championship, Thomas became just the fourth golfer to win five times, including a major, in a PGA Tour season since 1960 before his 25th birthday, joining Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods, and Jordan Spieth. After finishing runner-up to Xander Schauffele at the Tour Championship, Thomas became the FedEx Cup champion on September 24, 2017. In October 2017, Thomas won the third event of the 2017–18 season, the CJ Cup in South Korea. He defeated
Professional golf career of Tiger Woods 2016. Woods was ranked as the twelfth best golfer of all time by "Golf Digest" magazine just four years after he turned professional. The following season, Woods continued to dominate. His 2001 Masters Tournament win marked the only time in the modern era of the Grand Slam that any player has held all four major championship titles at the same time, a feat now known as the "Tiger Slam". It is not viewed as a true Grand Slam, however, because it was not achieved in a calendar year. Surprisingly, he was not a factor in the three remaining majors of