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Justin Thomas Named PGA of America Player of the Year


BY PGA OF AMERICA


PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. – Reigning PGA Champion Justin Tomas capped a five- victory season by earning his first PGA of America Player of the Year Award.


Open Champion Jordan Spieth, who finished


runner-up to Tomas, won his second Vardon Trophy in three years. Te PGA Player of the Year and Vardon Trophy are the season-ending awards presented by the PGA of America for excellence by a PGA Tour professional.


Tomas, who earned the Fedex Cup in just


his third season on the PGA Tour, finished No. 1 in season money earnings with a


runner-up performance in Sunday’s


Tour Championship. He closed the PGA Player of the Year race with 106 total points. Spieth, who tied for seventh in the Tour Championship, earned 88 total points. Dustin Johnson was third with 66, followed by Hideki Matsuyama with 56 and Marc Leishman with 44.


Johnson won four times this season,


while Matsuyama and Spieth each had three victories.


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Justin Tomas, PGA of America Player of the Year


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