The evening earlier than he and his spouse Jill gave delivery to their first youngster, Justin Thomas acquired a gracious cellphone name from certainly one of his greatest mates.
Tiger Woods was on the opposite line, calling Thomas to congratulate him. He additionally supplied a wholesome dose of reassurance and help, one thing any new guardian wants earlier than their life adjustments without end.
“He’s been unbelievable,” Thomas mentioned of Woods.
“He’s all the time checking in eager to see how I’m doing, how [my wife] Jill’s doing, how [my daughter] Molly’s doing.”
The Woods and Thomas ‘bromance’ goes again fairly a methods. The 2 main champions hand around in South Florida collectively usually. They may also play observe rounds at majors collectively, too. However their kinship extends far past the golf course.
Look no additional than the decision Thomas acquired on the eve of fatherhood, which left him in disbelief.
“I hung up, and I simply checked out Jill, and he or she mentioned, ‘I wager you didn’t suppose that was going to occur whenever you had been rising up,’” Thomas mentioned.
“I’m like, ‘No, I didn’t.’”
This week’s Hero World Problem marks Thomas’ first begin as a father. It’s additionally the primary time he’s touring away from residence, a actuality that has been considerably difficult for the two-time main winner.
“For certain,” Thomas mentioned when requested if it was troublesome to go away residence this week.
“I advised Jill it was simply bizarre; I imply clearly, being with loads of my mates now which have children or FaceTimeing them once they’re at residence and seeing their children on FaceTime, it was a very laborious factor to clarify to Jill, however simply FaceTimeing with my very own daughter was like, it was wild. It was laborious to clarify, and it was like, I don’t know. It simply is de facto, actually bizarre. Yeah, you simply wish to name and see her and see how her and Jill are doing. It’s so completely different than calling your mates to say hey or calling and, , saying hey to Sammy and Sophie Spieth or calling Rickie and saying hello to Maya and Ellie.
“I don’t know, it’s simply very laborious to clarify. Fortuitously, we’re going to journey as a lot as we are able to collectively, and that’s simply, , that’s type of our lives and the way it’s, and we’re going to benefit from it and the most effective we are able to.”
Jack Milko is a golf employees author for SB Nation’s Taking part in By means of. You’ll want to take a look at @_PlayingThrough for extra golf protection. You may observe him on Twitter @jack_milko as effectively.