Justin Thomas fired a final-round 68 on Sunday to reach 17-under par and then edged Andrew Novak in a sudden-death playoff to claim victory at the 2025 RBC Heritage.
The 31-year-old Kentucky native entered Sunday’s finale at vaunted Harbour Town one off the pace of overnight leader Si Woo Kim. Thomas secured the lead after turning on 2 under as Kim faltered. He reached 17 under with a birdie on 15. But Novak tied the lead with his own birdie on 16.
In overtime, after Novak came up short on his 30-foot birdie putt, Thomas sank his 21-foot bomb to claim victory.
It was Thomas’ first title since the 2022 PGA, and the 16th of his historic PGA Tour career.
For the victory, Thomas earned $3,600,000 and 700 FedExCup points. He will move to No. 2 in the FedExCup standings and the money list. He also picked up 65 Official World Golf Ranking points and will move to No. 6, from 8th — his best standing since 2022.
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Pro-File
Name: Justin Louis Thomas
Nationality: American
Height: 5′ 10″
Weight: 165 lb
Birthdate: April 29, 1993 (age 31)
Native: Louisville, Kentucky
Resides: Goshen, Kentucky
College: Alabama
Turned Pro: 2013
PGA Tour Rookie: 2015
Best World Ranking: No. 1 (2018)
Equipment: Titleist
RBC Heritage: Leaderboard
Top-10 Finishers
Pos-Player-To Par (Rd 4 Score)
1. Justin Thomas -17 (-3)
2. Andrew Novak -17 (-3)
3. Daniel Berger -14 (-6)
3. Mackenize Hughes -14 (-4)
3. Brian Harman -14 (-2)
7. Tommy Fleetwood -13 (-1)
8. Scottie Scheffler -12 (-1)
8. Russell Henley -12 (-1)
8. Si Woo Kim -12 (+3)
Top Check Cashers: Top 5
Pos-Player-(Money)
1. Justin Thomas ($3.6m)
2. Andrew Novak ($2.16m)
3. Daniel Berger ($960k)
3. Mackenize Hughes ($960k)
3. Brian Harman ($960k)
Justin Thomas’ Winning Stats
Top-line Stats
Driving: 307.8 (17th)
Fairways: 33/56, 58.9% (T54)
Greens: 51/72, 70.83% (T5)
Putts/Per GIR: 1.59 (6th)
Feet of Putts Made: 94’8″ (2nd)
Birdies: 23 (1st)
Strokes Gained
Off the Tee: -1.038 (49th)
Approach the Green: 3.847 (5th)
Around the Green: 2.151 (T15)
Putting: 5.512 (3rd)
Total: 10.472 (1st)
Thomas’ 2025 Season
Starts: 10
Cuts Made: 10
Wins: 1 (RBC Heritage)
Additional Top 10s: 4
Earnings: $6,920,663 (2nd)
FedExCup Pts: 1669 (2nd)
World Rank Before/After: 8/6
Thomas’ Career Victories
PGA Tour: 16
2025 RBC Heritage
2022 PGA Championship
2021 The PLAYERS Championship
2020 WGC-FedEx St Jude Invitational
2020 Sentry Tournament of Champions
2019 CJ Cup
2019 BMW Championship
2018 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational2018 Honda Classic
2017 CJ Cup
2017 Dell Technologies Championship
2017 PGA Championship
2017 Sony Open in Hawaii
2017 SBS Tournament of Champions
2016 CIMB Classic
2015 CIMB Classic
WITB: Justin Thomas
Driver: Titleist GT2 (10°)
3 Wood: Titleist TS3 (15°)
5 Wood: Titleist 915 FD (18°)
Iron: Titleist T200 (4)
Iron: Titleist T100 (5)
Irons: Titleist 621 JT Proto (6-9)
Pitch Wedge: Vokey SM10 (46°)
Gap Wedge: Vokey SM10 (52˚)
Sand Wedge: Vokey SM10 (56˚)
Lob Wedge: Vokey SM10 (60˚)
Putter: Scotty Cameron Phantom 5 Tour Prototype
Ball: Titleist Pro V1x
Hat: Titleist
Shoes: Footjoy
Quotable
Q: Take us through the putt, the first hole, first playoff hole, and also to win with Jillian and Molly there which I know is super special.?
JUSTIN THOMAS: For sure, for sure. Unfortunately we had the disappointing walk together as a family in Tampa after I had a couple-shot lead there with a couple holes to go and didn’t have a good finish, and Viktor winning there.
I feel like I used a lot of that as kind of momentum or just a — it build on and motivation, if you will. So it was great to have them there behind the green and be able to enjoy that win and celebrate with them. The joy and excitement it brought to me to be able to see them after the putt went in and even walking up to the green was something I definitely didn’t think I would feel in the past.
But the putt in the playoff was a putt I feel like I’d seen in the past. It’s kind of a funky little pin. If you try to play too much break, it seems like it kind of stays out. But more than anything, like I did all weekend, I just felt like I had my read a little bit outside the left of it being straight and falling right, and I just committed to that and really tried to put a good stroke with good speed on it, and it looked good the whole way.
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