Jack still nimble with sage advice

Justin Thomas could sense his expectations getting higher and his game going nowhere.

He was coming off a strong rookie year in 2015, contending a half-dozen times before breaking through for his first PGA Tour victory in Malaysia in October.

But then he started the new year in a rut, and Thomas knew just what to do - no matter how awkward it might have seemed: he asked Jack Nicklaus if he could come over to his house to talk.