Justin Thomas 2017 vs. Jordan Spieth 2015

[jandrewsgolf]

Which will be a better performance, Jordan Spieth's 2015 season or Justin Thomas' 2017 season?

Am I the only one who would pay good money to see Spieth and Thomas go head to head for a major this year?

[jamo]

Spieth. Thomas has won two events in Malaysia and two in Hawaii. Until he breaks through against a top-flight field, I'm not going to predict that he'll win two majors and finish T4 and 2nd in the other two.

[loverofgolf]

I honestly think they'll be going head to head a lot this year. I know his experiences doesn't compare with Spieth's, but he's hot right now. Hopefully he can keep that going into Augusta. 

[saevel25]

3 hours ago, jamo said:

Spieth. Thomas has won two events in Malaysia and two in Hawaii. Until he breaks through against a top-flight field, I'm not going to predict that he'll win two majors and finish T4 and 2nd in the other two.

I agree. Didn't Spieth finish in the top 5 in ever major that season, winning two of them that year? 

There are a lot of golfers who get on a fast start, but then fade away. Patrick Reed and Jimmy Walker come to mind who have had fast starts to the season, but then dropped away. 

[Wally Fairway]

7 hours ago, jamo said:

Spieth. Thomas has won two events in Malaysia and two in Hawaii. Until he breaks through against a top-flight field, I'm not going to predict that he'll win two majors and finish T4 and 2nd in the other two.

 

3 hours ago, saevel25 said:

I agree. Didn't Spieth finish in the top 5 in ever major that season, winning two of them that year? 

There are a lot of golfers who get on a fast start, but then fade away. Patrick Reed and Jimmy Walker come to mind who have had fast starts to the season, but then dropped away. 

Spieth won the Master & US Open, finished T4 1 shot out of the playoff in The "British" Open Championship and 2nd in the PGA 3 shots back.
And Spieth has a active streak in the Masters of 2, 1, 2.

I expect big things from JT, but he needs to break through in a major to start his rise to the next level.

[iacas]

I think Thomas will tail off relatively quickly.

[rehmwa]

I'll check into this thread after the first major completes.  Until then, nothing to talk about.

[David in FL]

I can't imagine anyone actually expecting that Thomas will win 2 majors this year. 

[CarlSpackler]

I have no clue... Maybe Tiger will rule them all in 2017. Perhaps Phil. Ricky...

[Rainmaker]

I didn't even take notice of Spieth, really, until after the first major so I'm definitely not going all in for JT at this point.  I'm still not certain Spieth will really ever come back from last years Masters.  Don't get me wrong .. I know he'll be around and win plenty and grab another major or 2 . .but I'm not sure he'll have another run like he did in 2015.  I hope so because that was fun to watch.  

[billchao]

On 1/25/2017 at 2:24 PM, David in FL said:

I can't imagine anyone actually expecting that Thomas will win 2 majors this year. 

Since the end of the Tiger Era, I don't go into a year expecting any multiple major winner.

[Quadhole]

19 minutes ago, billchao said:

Since the end of the Tiger Era, I don't go into a year expecting any multiple major winner.

I think Thomas wins one major and two more tournaments this year... I think it was hard for him to watch Speith excel so fast and get left behind... He wants all those same accolades and attention Speith received... He looked happy in his interview after his 59... Finally (me time)...

Speith is a great guy and will always wish him well, as did Thomas, but being the second guy is tough... If Thomas has a gigantic Season it will lift Speith and make him hungry again.