Between the first and second rounds of the WM Phoenix Open, PGA Tour star Justin Thomas made a putter switch.

Poor putting has been Thomas’ Achilles’ heel since his last win at the 2022 PGA Championship at Southern Hills, and it was more of the same to begin his week at TPC Scottsdale.

In the first round, Thomas lost 1.09 strokes putting, which was ranked 99th in the field. However, in the second round, JT bounced back with the new putter, gaining 2.02 strokes putting.

Thomas had begun the event with a new Scotty Cameron T-5 putter but reverted to his Scotty Cameron X5 flatstick.

After the round, Thomas spoke to the media about the switch.

“I hit like three 6-irons and one or two drivers. I hit more putts than anything, because like I said, that’s what I felt like held me back this morning. Actually, I used a different — a very similar style but a different putter the first round and then switched in between rounds.

“The putter I went back to the second round is my gamer, the one I’ve used for a long time and had a lot of success with. The one that I used this morning was just the new model of it.

“I had no intention of using it, but honestly my putter felt so bad the first couple days this week, after Pebble last week, that I just — I was putting with it, and it felt good. My speed was good with it. I was starting it on line. I wept with it. I felt like I had a lot better chance of making putts with that than the other one. I have full faith I would have putted the same with the other putter, but there’s something about using something you’re comfortable with.”

Thomas ended up finishing in a tie for 11th.

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