Justin Thomas is one of the biggest names on the PGA Tour.
So it goes without saying that PGA Tour CEO Brian Rolapp would be well-served to listen to any opinions that Thomas shares.
The 33-year-old American has actually only won once since May 2022, but he is still a blockbuster name in the professional game.
Justin Thomas has won 16 times on the PGA Tour and he has two major championships to his name.
Thomas burst into life at the PGA Championship last month, with a sparkling final-round 65.
It surely won’t be too long before he’s back inside the winners’ circle.
However, he has more experience recently of fighting to make cuts, rather than actually winning tournaments.
Justin Thomas sends message to Brian Rolapp for the PGA Tour’s future
Thomas took to his official X account on Friday in response to a post about the pressure associated with making halfway cuts.
The man from Kentucky made it very clear that grinding to make the cut can feel like an even more highly-pressurized situation than actually contending to win golf tournaments at times.
“I’ll always argue the pressure of making a cut can feel like more pressure than trying to win a tournament,“ Thomas said.
“It’s a completely different feeling, but it’s real!!!“
Thomas certainly has a point, especially when it comes down to players in the lower reaches of the professional game grinding to make cuts.
And Brian Rolapp must ensure that all Signature Events moving forward have halfway cuts with bigger fields.
In fairness to him, that is what he is proposing to do for the 2028 season.
Professional golf is an incredibly hard way to make a living
Sometimes players on mini tours, and even the Korn Ferry or Challenge Tours, will genuinely have to make a putt on their final hole to pay their mortgage.
Only the very best golfers in the world can play without worrying about money.
Many golfers who haven’t reached the very highest levels of the game are not sponsored, so they have to pay for everything out of their own pockets.
Travel costs and accommodation are extremely expensive, and if players aren’t finishing inside the top 10 of smaller events, they are often losing money.
Professional golf is a seriously tough field to be in, unless you are inside the top 100 in the world rankings.
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