Justin Thomas shot a final-round even-par 72 but birdied the second playoff hole to beat Marc Leishman and capture the inaugural CJ Cup at Nine Bridges.
The 24-year old superstar finished at 9-under 279 for the tournament.
The win is the sixth in the past 12 months for the reigning PGA Champion, and seventh of his short career. With the victory in South Korea, Thomas moved to No. 3 in the Official World Rankings, behind only No. 1 Dustin Johnson and No. 2 Jordan Spieth.
Along with The CJ Cup trophy, Thomas earned $1,665,000 and 500 FedEx Cup points.
Leishman, who continues to play the best golf of his career, took home a check for $999,000 along with 300 important points for his runner-up position.
FINAL MONEY, POINTS – CJ CUP AT NINE BRIDGES
The Club at Nine Bridges | Jeju Island, South Korea | October 22, 2017
| POS | PLAYER | PAR | MONEY | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Justin Thomas | -9 | $1,665,000 | 500 |
| 2 | Marc Leishman | -9 | $999,000 | 300 |
| 3 | Cameron Smith | -8 | $629,000 | 190 |
| 4 | Whee Kim | -6 | $444,000 | 135 |
| T5 | Pat Perez | -5 | $302,938 | 90 |
| T5 | Luke List | -5 | $302,938 | 90 |
| T5 | Scott Brown | -5 | $302,938 | 90 |
| T5 | Jamie Lovemark | -5 | $302,938 | 90 |
| T5 | Anirban Lahiri | -5 | $302,938 | 90 |
| T5 | Brian Harman | -5 | $302,938 | 90 |
| T11 | Jason Day | -4 | $203,500 | 63 |
| T11 | Rafael Cabrera Bello | -4 | $203,500 | 63 |
| T11 | Patrick Reed | -4 | $203,500 | 63 |
| T11 | Byeong Hun An | -4 | $203,500 | 63 |
| T15 | Chez Reavie | -3 | $152,625 | 52 |
| T15 | Ian Poulter | -3 | $152,625 | 52 |
| T15 | Branden Grace | -3 | $152,625 | 52 |
| T15 | Lucas Glover | -3 | $152,625 | 52 |
| T19 | Paul Casey | -2 | $116,088 | 44 |
| T19 | Kyle Stanley | -2 | $116,088 | 44 |
| T19 | Charles Howell III | -2 | $116,088 | 44 |
| T19 | Ollie Schniederjans | -2 | $116,088 | 44 |
| T23 | Nick Taylor | -1 | $92,500 | 38 |
| T23 | Morgan Hoffmann | -1 | $92,500 | 38 |
| 25 | Adam Scott | E | $81,400 | 36 |
| T26 | Harold Varner, III | 1 | $72,613 | 33 |
| T26 | Tony Finau | 1 | $72,613 | 33 |
| T28 | Kevin Tway | 2 | $62,900 | 28 |
| T28 | Hudson Swafford | 2 | $62,900 | 28 |
| T28 | Thomas Pieters | 2 | $62,900 | 28 |
| T28 | Kyung-tae Kim | 2 | $62,900 | 0 |
| T28 | Charl Schwartzel | 2 | $62,900 | 28 |
| T33 | Patrick Rodgers | 3 | $52,263 | 22 |
| T33 | Stewart Cink | 3 | $52,263 | 22 |
| T33 | Russell Henley | 3 | $52,263 | 22 |
| T36 | Wesley Bryan | 4 | $44,516 | 19 |
| T36 | Jinho Choi | 4 | $44,516 | 0 |
| T36 | Seung-yul Noh | 4 | $44,516 | 19 |
| T36 | Camilo Villegas | 4 | $44,516 | 19 |
| T40 | Robert Streb | 5 | $37,000 | 15 |
| T40 | Emiliano Grillo | 5 | $37,000 | 15 |
| T40 | James Hahn | 5 | $37,000 | 15 |
| T40 | Gary Woodland | 5 | $37,000 | 15 |
| T44 | Kelly Kraft | 6 | $30,525 | 11 |
| T44 | Si Woo Kim | 6 | $30,525 | 11 |
| T44 | Jung-gon Hwang | 6 | $30,525 | 0 |
| T47 | Kyoung-Hoon Lee | 7 | $23,759 | 0 |
| T47 | C.T. Pan | 7 | $23,759 | 9 |
| T47 | Bud Cauley | 7 | $23,759 | 9 |
| T47 | Keegan Bradley | 7 | $23,759 | 9 |
| T47 | Adam Hadwin | 7 | $23,759 | 9 |
| T47 | Chris Stroud | 7 | $23,759 | 9 |
| T47 | Kevin Na | 7 | $23,759 | 9 |
| T54 | Jhonattan Vegas | 8 | $21,183 | 6 |
| T54 | Sung-hoon Kang | 8 | $21,183 | 6 |
| T54 | Daniel Berger | 8 | $21,183 | 6 |
| T54 | Chris Kirk | 8 | $21,183 | 6 |
| T58 | Seunghyuk Kim | 9 | $20,628 | 0 |
| T58 | Young-han Song | 9 | $20,628 | 0 |
| 60 | Hyungjoon Lee | 10 | $20,350 | 0 |
| T61 | Sang-Moon Bae | 11 | $19,980 | 5 |
| T61 | Rod Pampling | 11 | $19,980 | 5 |
| T61 | Chad Campbell | 11 | $19,980 | 5 |
| T64 | Graeme McDowell | 12 | $19,518 | 4 |
| T64 | Jonas Blixt | 12 | $19,518 | 4 |
| 66 | Cody Gribble | 13 | $19,240 | 4 |
| T67 | Gavin Kyle Green | 14 | $18,778 | 0 |
| T67 | Ryan Ruffels | 14 | $18,778 | 0 |
| T67 | K.J. Choi | 14 | $18,778 | 3 |
| T67 | J.B. Holmes | 14 | $18,778 | 3 |
| 71 | Danny Lee | 15 | $18,315 | 3 |
| T72 | Junghwan Lee | 17 | $18,038 | 0 |
| T72 | Xander Schauffele | 17 | $18,038 | 3 |
| 74 | Jim Herman | 20 | $17,760 | 3 |
| 75 | Jeunghun Wang | 21 | $17,575 | 0 |
| 76 | Grayson Murray | 25 | $17,390 | 2 |
| 77 | Gyu Min Lee | 37 | $0 | 0 |
| 78 | Graham DeLaet | WD | $0 | 0 |
