Justin Thomas Finishes With Quadruple Bogey To Shoot In 80s For Second Major In A Row

Justin Thomas shot his second Major round in the 80s of the year on Thursday at Hoylake after his 81 at last month's US Open

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Justin Thomas endured a difficult first round at the 151st Open to all-but seal a third missed cut in the Majors this year.

The two-time Major champion, who went home early at both The Masters and US Open this year, finished with a quadruple bogey nine on Thursday evening at Royal Liverpool after hitting his drive out of bounds and then taking two greenside bunker shots.

His opening 82 (+11) featured two birdies, five bogeys, two doubles and a quadruple. Incredibly, it's his second Major round in the 80s this year after an 81 in round two of the US Open and leaves him T154th on the leaderboard in the 156-man field.

Thomas described his 81 at the US Open last month as the "lowest I've felt" as he missed the cut by 12 shots at Los Angeles Country Club.

Thomas went from bunker to bunker on the 18th:

The former World No.1 has seen his world ranking slide down to 20th and his spot on the US Ryder Cup team could be in jeopardy.

The double PGA Championship winner has missed four cuts since April and recorded a best finish of 4th on the PGA Tour this year at the WM Phoenix Open.

His last victory came at Southern Hills in the PGA Championship last May, where he edged out Will Zalatoris in a playoff to lift the Wanamaker Trophy for the second time.

Thomas is playing in his seventh Open this week, with his best finish of T11 coming in 2019 at Royal Portrush.

Elliott Heath
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Elliott Heath is our News Editor and has been with Golf Monthly since early 2016 after graduating with a degree in Sports Journalism. He covered the 2022 and 2025 Masters from Augusta National and was there by the 18th green to watch Rory McIlroy complete the career grand slam. He has also covered five Open Championships on-site including the 150th at St Andrews.