Justin Thomas Has Been Voicing the Same Grievance About Augusta National for Years

The 16-time PGA Tour winner, Justin Thomas, didn’t have the best major run this season, and to those wounds he even got some salt poured on, ouch! At the ongoing Procore Championship, Thomas was asked some uncomfortable questions during a press conference, which really put the golfer on the spot.

The golfer, who wished to forget his 2025 major performance, was asked some uncomfortable questions at the Procore Championship, bringing back memories of his struggles.

Thomas was asked, “Hardest walk on the tour?” Answering that, he said, “Augusta probably.” Even though he further added humor to his answer when asked, “That or plantation course, probably.” He said, “Yeah. We get a lot of car rides at that one, so that helps. Love it.” However, humor can’t hide the struggles of the past.

“A lot of long walks back to tees… add that along with some of the craziest undulation and terrain of any course we’ll play all year, it produces some pretty tired, sore legs at the end of the week.” said Thomas of his experience of playing in Augusta National. And well, he doesn’t seem to far away from the truth. The par-72 course is stretched 7,510 yards for the tournament, with a course rating of 78.1. The long distance, combined with a variety of hazards, makes it challenging to play and walk.

Well, not just Thomas, but Gary Player has also talked about the difficulty of the course when predicting if Tiger Woods played in 2025. For his participation prediction, Player said, “And his legs are not in good shape. And the Masters, what people don’t understand, look at that tournament. It’s uphill and it’s downhill and it’s sidehill. And that is tough, tough on the legs.” Well, Thomas has not had a glorious run at the Masters throughout the years, given the fact that he sees the Ryder Cup as bigger than winning at Augusta.

Justin Thomas’s Masters run has been mostly lukewarm with 2 missed cuts, 2 top 20’s, two top 25’s and two top 40’s. His best finish till date is a 4th in 2020 and a T8 in 2022. However, Justin Thomas’s Masters results point towards the bigger picture of his performance, particularly in major tournaments.

Justin Thomas on his major tournament struggles

The 32-year-old turned professional in 2013, but he had to wait for four years to clinch his first major. Even after that breakthrough, the golfer won the same PGA Championship in 2022. The long break and still having two wins at the PGA Championship have left him with a realization of what is wrong. Thomas said, “I have not even come close to performing well in my entire career in majors.” Well, the stats show that, as his best finishes apart from the two wins are fourth at the 2020 Masters, T8 at the 2020 US Open, and T11 at the 2019 Open Championship. But with his performance slump, he has realized what felt wrong.

Even for this season, after the Masters, he missed the cut in the PGA Championship and the US Open. Even for the final major of the season, i.e., the Open, he was T34. The performance of Justin Thomas at the majors has been the most significant question, as he is currently placed fifth on the OWGR.

Sharing that, Thomas said, “I feel like I’ve performed very, very poorly. I’ve learned, but I’ve just put too much pressure on myself in the past and maybe put the tournament on too much of a pedestal and tried to just overdo things.” He even added, “I should have faith in my game and the things that I can do with the golf ball. I clearly still haven’t found what my answer is, but obviously I’m getting very close.” The golfer, since his first significant win, has been adding regular tour event titles. Including the 2025 RBC Heritage, he has won 11 titles. But what lacked was consistency, as his only win in 2025 came after a drought of three years.

Maybe it is the pressure, or perhaps it is the struggle on the course. But with the golfer himself struggling to find an answer, can he change the last 12 years of struggle at three majors? Or will the question keep haunting him? Share your thoughts with us in the comments below.