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Johnson Wagner catches up with Justin Thomas ahead of The Players Championship to break down the holes at TPC Sawgrass, playing in different conditions and reading the course. #GolfChannel #GolfCentral #JustinThomas
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IF YOU GET IT, JUST RUN OVER TO THE NEXT ONE. >> AND WELCOME IN OUR OWN JOHN S JOHNSON AGNEW. >> DAMON, HOW ARE YOU DOING? >> I’M DOING GREAT, I WISH I WAS WERE YOU ARE. >> YEAH, PRETTY EXCITED FOR THIS. >> HE’S OUT THERE, AND HOW DO

THE CONDITIONING LOOK? >> PRETTY GOOD. >> IT’S BEAUTIFUL OUT HERE, NOTAH. IT’S A LITTLE SOFT, DAVIS THOMPSON, ONE EXTRA ONE, A FLARE JOB OUT TO THE RIGHT BUNKER. >> ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. J.T., THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME. >> 2021 PLAYERS CHAMPION. YOU’VE GOT A NICE RECORD HERE,

YOU TOLD ME LAST NIGHT, THE 13th HOLE IS ONE OF YOUR FAVORITE HOLES ON THE COURSE. WHY? >> I JUST THINK IT’S A SNEAKY LITTLE PAR 3. I THINK ESPECIALLY GETTING BACK IN THIS CORNER HERE, OFTEN WITH THE WIND, YOU CAN’T QUITE FEEL IT.

AND JUST YOUR DISTANCE CONTROL IS SO IMPORTANT, YOU KNOW, YOU KIND OF HAVE — FEELS LIKE THREE, FOUR POCKETS TO THE SCREEN. YOU HAVE THAT ON THE FRONT RIGHT, BUT YOU NEED TO HAVE THE RIGHT DISTANCE AND BACK. TRYING TO GET THE DISTANCE IS

VERY IMPORTANT AND TOUGH TO DO. >> AND THE WIND IS SWIRLING OVER HERE. WITH THE POCKETS IN THE HOLE LOCATION, WHEN YOU’RE GOING TO A FRONT LEFT PIN, THAT A HOLE LOCATION YOU TAKE ON UNDER THOSE CONDITIONS, OR WHERE ARE YOU TRYING TO HIT?

>> I THINK IT KIND OF GOES BACK TO WHAT I SAID ABOUT LIKING THE HOLE. SOMETIMES, YOU NEED TO GET LUCKY WITH THE NUMBER, YOU KNOW. I THINK IT’S SITUATIONAL OF HAVING — YOU CAN BE AGGRESSIVE. HAVING TO GO AT IT. THERE ARE TIMES I FEEL LIKE I

NEED SOMETHING TO PUMP SOMETHING UP THAT RIGHT, YOU KNOW, BIG SLOPE AND JUST TRY TO GET IT 15, 20 FEET BEHIND US. >> WHICH IS NOT A FUN PUTT EITHER. ALL RIGHT. YOU PLAYED THIS GOLF COURSE IN MAY WHEN IT WAS NOT OVERSEEDED

AND NOW IN MARCH WHEN IT IS OVERSEEDED. >> UH-HUH. >> TELL ME ABOUT THE DIFFERENCES IN PLAYING THE DIFFERENT CONDITIONS. >> IT’S VERY DIFFERENT. YOU HAVE THIS MORE OFTEN, IT’S LUSH AND ABSOLUTELY PERFECT CONDITION THAT THEY CAN — IT’S VERY GREEN, BUT IT LOOKED

AWESOME, YOU HAVE THIS ONE WITH THE VAULTED LANDS AND IT’S SPUN BACK THREE OR FOUR YARDS. >> YES, I DO. SO, YEAH, WITH TIT BEING IN MARCH, YOU CAN CONTROL THE SPIN. JUST NASTY WEATHER. >> NASTY WEATHER HERE AS WELL. I WANT YOU TO DO YOUR THING HERE

AND GIVE US SOME SHOTS. >> YEAH, I USUALLY CAN TELL WHERE HE WANTS ME TO GO. >> THIS IS A PRETTY GOOD MISS ON THIS GREEN. ON PRATT RO ON THE PRACTICE ROUND, ARE YOU GOING TO HIT MULTIPLE SHOTS? >> YEAH, ONE OF THE BEAUTIES OF

THIS HOLE, DEFENDING IT IS NOT TERRIBLE. YOU CAN SEE, TWO OR THREE PACES IT GOES ALL THE WAY DOWN. I THINK I’VE PUTTED THIS BEFORE. >> YEAH. I THINK WE ALL HAVE AT SOME POINT, WITH HOW IT’S PITCHED, YOU GOT TO HAVE THE RIGHT TRA JE TRAJECTORY.

THIS IS OFTEN THE SPOT YOU END UP PUTTING IT SLOWER. IT’S A GOOD MISS. I THINK THAT’S THE THING ABOUT SAWGRASS IS — >> — KNOWING WHERE TO MISS IT? >> EXACTLY. YOU CAN BE AGGRESSIVE AND GO AT IT. >> WHERE ARE YOU GOING?

>> I’M GOING TO THE PIN. LIKE I SAID, IT’S PRETTY CLOSE TO IT. JUST KIND OF HIT SOME CHIPS TO COME DOWN HERE TO SEE. IT’S A STRAIGHTFORWARD KIND OF BASIC SHOT. >> I WANT TO WATCH YOU CHIP AND PITCH THE BALL. I’VE ALWAYS BEEN IMPRESSED WITH

HOW YOU CONTROL THE RHYTHM AND TEMPO. IT’S SUCH A NICE LOW SPEED, IF YOU NEED TO, OR CRANK IT UP. THAT SOMETHING YOU CAUTIOUSLY LOOK AT? >> I DON’T KNOW, I TRY TO BE CREATIVE AROUND THE GREENS AND KIND OF THE FEEL, KIND OF LIKE

ARTISTIC, IF YOU WILL, I DON’T WANT TO BE MECHANICAL WHEN I’M CHIPPING. I TALK ABOUT IT WITH MY DAD, SOMETIMES, THE EASIER SHOT, A CHIP LIKE THAT, I STRUGGLE. THERE’S SO MANY OPTIONS I ALMOST CAN’T PICK ONE. I HAD TO HIT IT HIGH, BIG CUTS

THERE AND LAND IT ON THE DOWNSLOPE. I SEEM TO FLIPPING IT. >> YEAH, YOU’RE OUT HERE, PRACTICE HOLES, IS THIS A POTENTIAL MISS, ARE YOU GOING TO HIT ONE EACH? >> YEAH, THIS IS PROBABLY MORE THAN LIKELY TO ONE OF THESE PINS.

YOU KNOW, THIS PIN WILL STILL MOVE THE TEE UP SOMETIMES, GENERAL, WILL TRY TO GET IT IN THE RIGHT LEVEL. IT WILL JUST BE A HOLE WHERE YOU GET IN BETWEEN CLUBS. AND YOU REALLY JUST HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, JUST MAKE SURE YOU’RE MISSING ON THE APPROPRIATE SIDE.

BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN GET SOME FUNKY PUTTS ON THE SCREEN. AND I JUST FEEL LIKE LIVE PUTTING OUT HERE, ESPECIALLY WITH SOME OF THE PAR 5s, BUT THE PAR 3s AS WELL IS VERY IMPORTANT. SO, ON A DAY LIKE THIS, I’M KIND OF GAUGING MY SPEED.

SEE IF IT WATCHES UP TO. >> I TALKED TO MARK HUBBARD. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THIS? >> THEY’RE REALLY NICE. YOU CAN SEE, THEY GO LIKE THE EXTRA COUPLE FEET WHEN THEY LOOK LIKE THEY’RE GOING TO STOP, YOU KNOW. SO, IT’S SOMETHING THAT YOU

DEFINITELY HAVE TO — YOU KNOW, IN MY OPINION, USE THE PRACTICES TO USE THAT. >> JUST HAS THAT LITTLE BIT OF RUNOUT. THEN I’LL HIT A COUPLE, UP AND OVERS ARE TOUGH. CAN I SEE A COUPLE OF THOSE, PLEASE? THANKS. GOOD PUTT I’M GOING TO BE

HONEST, THIS SUCKS. IT’S REALLY HARD. >> IT IS. IT’S BRUTAL, ONCE IT GETS UP THE HILL, IT’S DOWNGRAIN, BACK TO THE HOLE. >> AND YEAH, REALLY IS, IT’S SO CLOSE TO EDGE OF HILL. AND YOU CAN SEE THE CHANGE IN COLOR OF GRASS, TOO.

>> IT SEEMS LIKE I’M GOING BACK TO THE WYNDHAM, MAYBE YOU CAN TELL ME, YOU’VE REALLY BEEN ON A NICE TREND. HOW COMFORTABLE ARE YOU WITH YOUR GAME RIGHT NOW? >> I’M VERY COMFORTABLE. I MEAN, I JUST — I’M ENJOYING IT. I’M LIKING THE — I FEEL I’M

MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION WHICH IS ALWAYS NICE. AND IT’S JUST GETTING A BIT MORE AND MORE COMPFORTABLE, TO START WINNING TOURNAMENTS AGAIN. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A LONG WHILE I ACTUALLY FELT LIKE I COULD WIN TOURNAMENTS. THERE’S QUITE A WHILE, LAST

YEAR, I DIDN’T FEEL LIKE THERE WAS A WAY TO WIN WHICH IS A PRETTY BAD FEELING. SO HARD TO GET YOURSELF TO HIT THIS, BECAUSE THEN IT JUST COMES STRAIGHT DOWN. >> ONE MORE OVER HERE. ALL RIGHT. HIT THAT WATER BOTTLE. ACTUALLY HIT IT THERE.