Justin Thomas withdrew from the Travelers Championship, which begins June 23. And in any other circumstances, tour fans would never have tried to figure out why. However, with many Tour players leaving the organization for LIV Golf, JT’s sudden withdrawal made fans go crazy!
The PGA Tour announced the news of Thomas a day after it was revealed Brooks Kopka He also withdrew from the tournament. Notably, the 4-time Main Champion is the next to leave the PGA Tour for the LIV Golf Series.
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Koepka hasn’t released an official statement yet, but he will be attending her second LIV Golf event in Portland. On the other hand, Thomas, an outspoken PGA Tour supporter, raised some eyebrows due to his early withdrawal from this week’s Travelers Championship.
Justin Thomas is the WD of the Travelers Championship and has been replaced on the field by Satoshi Kodaira.
– PGA TOUR Communications (PGATOURComms) June 22 2022
Similarly, the PGA Tour did not initially reveal the reason Thomas She decided to withdraw from the Travelers Championship in her Twitter post. This got fans curious about his stance on LIV Golf. However, the twice winner then explained his reasons!
Justin Thomas reveals the reason for not attending the Tournament of Travelers!
“Before the rumors start to circulate,” Thomas added as a comment while retweeting the PGA Tour Communictaions post. “I decided to treat WD and rest my back, which I adjusted earlier this week.”
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Furthermore, he added, “Just making sure it is taken care of and ready for the rest of the PGA season as planned. Hate to miss out on one of @TravelersChamp’s best/favorite events.” The golfer posted this as the golf world began speculating that he might be next in line to join the league.
Twitter’s reaction to JT’s decision to quit
many of them Bryson DeShampoo And the Dustin Johnson, who pledged allegiance to the Tour, changed their decision and signed contracts with LIV Golf. Hence, most of the fans commented that JT is not playing the tour event because he would do the same.
Going to LIV tomorrow
– LIV Golf fan (@R3alForLife) June 22 2022
Willing to commit LIV perhaps
– ProfTMed ⛳🐧 (@aam239) June 22 2022
Meanwhile, fans who actually found out why Thomas pulled out shared the news in the comments. Some even blamed the PGA Tour for not revealing the reason in the post.
The tight back tried to play this Pro- Am, but the comeback was giving him problems. With big events coming up there is no reason to push it
– Cory Lemons (@cory11ut) June 22 2022
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It was pulled from the tee just before 9:45 a.m. ET. Official announcement as of 11:10 am with no explanation. Basically a full hour and a half, in an instant world, with plenty of speculation and implications for partner GAMBLING/DFS. crazy. pic.twitter.com/CwXACGaPV2
– Josh Otter-Peters (@josh2otter) June 22 2022
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