Short putts

Turnaround for thomas: Justin Thomas is averaging right at 300 yards a drive in his rookie year on the PGA Tour.

But he was not always this long a hitter. Far from it.

"He would call from an AJGA tournament and I'd say, 'What's the number?' And he'd say it was six," said his father, Mike Thomas, a former PGA of America director and the longtime pro at Harmony Landing, outside Louisville, Kentucky.