Justin Thomas (Justin Thomas) about the origin and response of the explosion letter

California’s cobblestone beach-until around 3 pm on Thursday, almost everyone on the beaches on the beaches of the pebble beaches commented on the explosiveness of Justin Thomas, and letter to the PGA TOUR agency on January 21.

Well, everyone except the author.

After Thomas put a two -page bomb into the golf world last Tuesday, he endured the nine -day public silence on the Montere Peninsula.

In some ways, the silence is very good: the public messenger Thomas’s idea of ​​this issue is meaningless, and the general theme of this letter (open innovation, television cooperation and entertainment) has been laughed at by this sport. A month. But in other respects, Thomas’s silence was curious. Just like his information, it is clear that we still don’t know this letter. Why did he decide to write it? Who, if anyone, his companion gave it? Why do this Now?

Since Thursday afternoon, Thomas has surfaced on the SPYGLASS HILL stadium in Pebble Beach for the first time. I am thinking. After three days of the continuous comment on Golf Entertainment from the tour players, the continuous comment of the Golf Entertainment of the PGA Tour and the other owners, now it is time to let JT speak.

When he talked about the letter, he said: “We think this means that the significance of players or players is much more, not for employees, but the staff did not offend.” “This trip only needs more things.”

Thomas said that he wrote this letter with Max Homa. Max Homa is a group committee of the PGA tour, the fan and sponsors’ group committee. The group committee has been looking for a way to improve the relationship between tour concerts and money -making entities, and soon, the organization realized that a more attractive TV broadcast is a simple income way.

Thomas said that after making the first shape of the letter, he shared his text with the executive team of PGA Tour, the latter helped improve some of his wider views and “give it a spelling inspection.” Otherwise, the material of this letter came directly from his mouth.

“No, [I’m not worried about the PGA Tour]”He said.” I just hope it will be better. We have already had tigers for so long, and he is obviously eternal Mrs. Golf, and may always be. Like anything, I just want it to be better. “

Regarding the drooping PGA TOUR TOUT ratings and the entertainment attraction of golf, people have always spent the second “signature event” on the cobblestone beach, which is the second “signature event” in the 2025 season. After the early press conference, the press conference centered on the golf struggle of these departments, and in recent months to help offset or emphasize the wider efforts of these struggles.

Of course, there are enough differences in the shape of the TV broadcast of “fascinating”. Some players, such as Rory Mcilroy, recommend that the best way to shoot broadcast on the arm is to release consistent interesting competitive products. But others, such as Thomas, suggest that in the ideal world, more competitive competitions will be better-and Easier -Player participation.

“This is just communication. I know what I haven’t done in the past may be just because I know the inconvenience it brought to it,” Thomas said. “This small thing is like, okay, if the Golf Channel, whether we want us to do something in the process of warm -up within the scope, we can do something in a more convenient place. Prepare. They are just those small small small small small. The increase in five to 10 minutes, they added up, they reached the point where we don’t want to do so, because it is not because it is not effective. “

Thomas (Thomas) is one of the several professional golfers. They have occupied a larger share of the tour in the past few years. This change is in line with the invasion of this sport. The two main champions were one of the first players who won the tour of the tour last year. This is part of the $ 1.5 billion investment in the strategic Sports Group, making him the “player owner” in his family tour.

In many aspects, Thomas’s letter is why many PGA Tour business partners (including CBS Sports Chairman David Berson) welcomes the reasons for the incentive transition from “PGA Tour member” to “PGA Tour Ellans”. He told Golf.com that he “love love “He” loves “. Thomas’s letter). Thomas has won reputation with a good attitude and a good attitude of his peers, but now the fruit of his language is the bottom line.

“I mean, look, this is not that we want 20 times [our TV viewership] About a year, “he said.” It seems difficult to make a big picture, because we can’t do it, which will soon have a significant impact. We must be a bit selfless and think about the future. “

TV will encounter huge challenges in the tour of the next few years, because it will challenge the rest of the TV business, and the TV business will face the rigidity of the rope to stifle the number of audiences. Nevertheless, the success of TGL and YouTube shows that golf on TV should refresh some kinds. This week, the tour of the tour entered the competition and announced a series of experiments to enhance the rhythm of TV broadcasting and speed up the speed, with the results of the “fan striker” survey of 50,000 people. As a part of the experiment, the tour shows that it is considering changing the form of the tournament to match the competition, trying the rangefinder in the competition, and focusing on the various editors of its broadcast in the collective test to attract fans.

Thomas rejected such a suggestion that these changes were the reason for his recent exchanges and refuted the idea of ​​any change in the decline in television audiences in 2024. He said the driving force of the letter was his desire to practice this desire that seemed missing this trip.

He said, “If I don’t do anything about this, I can’t do anything about it.” “This makes me crazy. [Players will say,] “What do you say to him?” [And other players will say,] “Okay, no.” How do you expect it to be better? “

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