“He really could be a solid player” – Justin Thomas lauds Ohio State football coach during Memorial Tournament Pro-Am debut

Justin Thomas lauded Ohio State football coach Ryan Day at the Memorial Tournament Pro-Am debut, which took place a day before the main signature event. Thomas shared his thoughts about Day after playing a round of golf with him.

Thomas joined the pre-tournament press conference at Muirfield Village and expressed his thoughts on how hyper-competitive Day was. The golfer said, via ASAP Sports:

“Yeah, he impressed me for what he said beforehand. He's like, 'I've never done one of these.' And he's like, 'I'm going to be nervous and everything.' And it's like, well, 'you know, this isn't what you do, so it's not something you should be really comfortable in.' But he hit a lot of really good shots.

“He definitely struck me as somebody if he gave it some time and some practice, that he really could be a solid player. But you know, he hit some bad ones, but he hit enough, like, solid ones and kind of hit the shots that were required that you don't just do by accident-type thing.”

Thomas will play the Memorial Tournament, which has a 72-player field, on Thursday.

Justin Thomas and others' tee times for the first round of the Memorial Tournament

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Justin Thomas will play with Patrick Cantlay at 1:20 pm on the first hole. Next to them, Scottie Scheffler and Sepp Straka will tee off at 1:30 pm on the same hole. Joe Highsmith and Brandt Snedeker are the first group to start at 7:50 am. Nick Taylor and Jacob Bridgeman will tee off at 2 pm.

Here's a list of tee times for the first round of the Memorial Tournament (all times in ET):

Tee No. 1

7:50 a.m. – Joe Highsmith, Brandt Snedeker

8:00 a.m. – Brian Campbell, Harris English

8:10 a.m. – Rickie Fowler, J.J. Spaun

8:20 a.m. – Justin Rose, Daniel Berger

8:30 a.m. – Akshay Bhatia, Tony Finau

8:40 a.m. – Austin Eckroat, Denny McCarthy

8:50 a.m. – Alex Noren, Eric Cole

9:00 a.m. – J.T. Poston, Adam Hadwin

9:15 a.m. – Cam Davis, Cameron Young

9:25 a.m. – Stephan Jaeger, Christiaan Bezuidenhout

9:35 a.m. – Wyndham Clark, Max Greyserman

9:45 a.m. – Ben Griffin, Shane Lowry

9:55 a.m. – Chris Kirk, Sahith Theegala

10:05 a.m. – Xander Schauffele, Jordan Spieth

10:15 a.m. – Viktor Hovland, Ludvig Åberg

10:30 a.m. – Hideki Matsuyama, Collin Morikawa

10:40 a.m. – Jhonattan Vegas, Matti Schmid

10:50 a.m. – Bud Cauley, Harry Higgs

11:00 a.m. – Andrew Novak, Lucas Glover

11:10 a.m. – Ryan Fox, Maverick McNealy

11:20 a.m. – Michael Kim, Ryan Gerard

11:30 a.m. – Min Woo Lee, Sam Stevens

11:45 a.m. – Davis Thompson, Sungjae Im

11:55 a.m. – Matthieu Pavon, Max Homa

12:05 p.m. – Taylor Pendrith, Corey Conners

12:15 p.m. – Matt Fitzpatrick, Tom Hoge

12:25 p.m. – Nick Dunlap, Sam Burns

12:35 p.m. – Aaron Rai, Tommy Fleetwood

12:45 p.m. – Brian Harman, Thomas Detry

1:00 p.m. – Robert MacIntyre, Byeong Hun An

1:10 p.m. – Si Woo Kim, Adam Scott

1:20 p.m. – Justin Thomas, Patrick Cantlay

1:30 p.m. – Scottie Scheffler, Sepp Straka

1:40 p.m. – Russell Henley, Keegan Bradley

1:50 p.m. – Mackenzie Hughes, Matt Kuchar

2:00 p.m. – Nick Taylor, Jacob Bridgeman

About the author

Suchita Chakraborty is a senior golf writer at Sportskeeda. She did her post-graduation at St. Xavier's University. For a year now, she has developed a riveting inclination toward golf, with Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy being her top-tier motivational figures to indulge in the sport. She even lives by the words of the Hall of Famer, "You can always become better", which impels her to excel every day. Her strong suit in golf is covering the LPGA Tour, especially the nooks and crannies of the international event, the Solheim Cup. As a pastime amusement, Suchita also engages herself in reading about golf controversies. Her favorite pick is ‘LIV and Let Die’ by Alan Shipnuck, which covers the PGA-LIV beef.

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