The 89th Masters tournament begins in Augusta
The former PGA Tour golfer, Jerry Pate, who finished the Top 5 in the Masters twice, joins Fox & Friends first “to discuss their predictions for the annual tournament, since the players are ready to send in Augusta, Georgia.
This week, Justin Thomas officially turned on the search for his first prestigious green jacket.
But the two -time winner of the PGA championship arrived at the headlines for some comments during the first round in the Masters. Thomas’s shirt in the eighth hole, also known as yellow jasmine, evoked an NSFW word response from Golf Pro.
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Justin Thomas reacts after sinking a putt for a Birdie at number 16 during the first round of the Masters tournament on Thursday. (Peter Casey-Imagn images)
The microphones dispersed for the careful golf course of Augusta National picked Thomas saying: “F — stepped on it … damn it.”
Thomas’s frustration moment occurred only one day after he smiled at Augusta during the cheerful Masters contest Par 3. Thomas turned to social networks to react to an “incredible day” that he had with his daughter and the families of the companions of the golfistas Jordan Spieth and Max Homa.
Fred Couples, 65, drain from 191 yards for Eagle in the Masters
“The 3 @Themasters contest was a bit different today than the last years!
Justin Thomas plays his shot from T -shirt 18 during the first round of the Masters tournament on Thursday. (Grace Smith-Imagn images)
Thomas could not cut in the Masters in 2023 and 2024. His best end in the main tournament occurred in 2020 when the event ended in the fourth place.
Justin Thomas plays a shot in Hole 11 during a round of practice before the masters in the Augusta National Golf Club, on April 8, 2025, in Augusta, GA. (Richard Heathcote/Getty images)
Thomas also produced a final in the top 10 in the US Open in 2020. His victories in the PGA championship occurred in 2017 and 2022.
Thomas left the 18th hole in Augusta on Thursday a shot by the pair, placing it in a tie for 38th place.
