Justin Thomas has a profession that few can boast of. As a two-time Main winner, he left a robust mark on everybody, and his upbringing and the preliminary levels of his golf profession are significantly fascinating.
Specifically, being a visitor on ‘The Late Present’, the American golfer was woke up by nostalgia, after the host of the present, Stephen Colbert confirmed him pictures with Michael Jordan, when the well-known golfer was a 15-year-old boy.
Justin Thomas revealed fairly fascinating particulars of Jordan’s arrival on golf programs. The NBA star loved golf, utilizing his free time to play the game. Thomas loved watching Jordan play golf.
“Michael Jordan used to at all times come to the Kentucky Derby,” Thomas stated, as quoted by Athlon Sports activities.
“I grew up in Louisville, Kentucky. He wished to play golf whereas he was on the town. He had a buddy… who performed with my dad.
So, he performed my dad’s course. I’d be fortunate sufficient to be on the market and see him play.”
Michael Jordan and Justin Thomas
It was typically speculated within the media that Michael Jordan was betting whereas on the course. Whereas this was an intriguing query, Thomas revealed the small print, saying that he was a caddie for the group.
Nevertheless, as he grew older, the NBA star invited him to play a number of holes with them.
“I’d be the caddie for the group. The primary couple of years, I would assist him out.
“The final yr they got here out, he [Jordan] at all times known as me little man, he stated ‘hey, little man, go get your golf equipment. You’ll play the final seven holes with us.'”
Curiously, this occurred in 2008, when Thomas was already displaying how promising a golfer he’s. Plainly throughout that interval, Jordan was not conscious of the standard of the boy who promised to grow to be a golf star.
Years later, it turned out that Thomas is a golfer who belongs to the very prime of the golf scene, and it might be actually fascinating to listen to the NBA’s star aspect of the story, and whether or not he remembers these moments.
