Background
Thomas was born in Louisville, Kentucky and graduated from Saint Xavier High School in 2011.
Thomas was born in Louisville, Kentucky and graduated from Saint Xavier High School in 2011.
He also played on the 2013 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Championship team As an amateur, Thomas played in the 2009 Wyndham Championship on the Professional Golf Association Tour where he became the third youngest golfer to make the cut in a Professional Golf Association Tour event, aged 16 years, 3 months and 24 days. Thomas turned professional in 2013 and earned his tour card on the Web.com Tour through qualifying school.
He has played several Professional Golf Association Tour events with his best finish a T-4 at the 2015 Quicken Loans National.
Thomas finished fifth in the 2014 Web.com Tour regular season, and third after the Web.com Tour Finals, to earn his Professional Golf Association Tour card for the 2014-2015 season. In 2015, Thomas collected seven top-10s and 15 top-25s, with fourth places finishes at the Quicken Loans National and Sanderson Farms Championship as best results.
He finished 32nd at the Professional Golf Association Tour"s Federal Express Cup, losing the Rookie of the Year award to Daniel Berger. On November 1, 2015, Thomas earned his first victory on the Professional Golf Association Tour by winning the CIMB Classic in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia by a single stroke over Adam Scott.
Thomas had earlier shot a course record 61 during the second round to contribute to a 26-under-par winning score.
2010 Terra Cotta Invitational Professional Golf Association Tour wins (1) Web.com Tour wins (1) DNP = Did not play CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" indicates a tie for a place Yellow background for top-10 Amateur Eisenhower Trophy: 2012 (winners) Palmer Cup: 2012, 2013 (winners) Walker Cup: 2013 (winners).