The Limerick Summary: 2018 WGC-Bridgestone

Winner: Justin Thomas

Around the wider world of golf: Georgia Hall got her first LPGA/LET win at the Ricoh British Women's Open; Kenny Perry won the 3M Championship on the Champions Tour; Sepp Straka won the KC Golf Classic on the Web.com Tour; Tyler McCumber won the Syncrude Oil Country Championship – which, incidentally, was played on a course designed by his father, former PGA Tour player Mark – on the Mackenzie Tour - PGA TOUR Canada; Kendall Dye won the Fuccillo Kia Classic of NY on the Symetra Tour; Gaganjeet Bhullar won the Fiji International on the Asian Tour; and Andrew Putnam won the Barracuda Championship, the alternate field event for the PGA Tour.

Justin Thomas finally got his first WGC win... And it wasn't even near.

It changed into quite extraordinary from the first WGCs this yr. Phil Mickelson took him to a playoff in Mexico, where he wished best one hole to take the event from JT. And on the Match Play in Texas, Bubba Watson took him out inside the semifinals on his manner to winning, leaving a disenchanted Justin to complete in fourth location.

Those losses, along with a missed cut at the Open, sent him and his team into a huddle. And their decision? Justin needed a little more patience. This week he had it... and he not only got his first WGC win, but he won in front of his grandparents for the first time. The emotion of it all nearly got to him at the end of the round but he finished it off in style, winning by four strokes.

Justin has been at the pinnacle of my Ruthless Golf World Rankings for quite a while, and this event demonstrates the reason why. While a number of the pinnacle players have received in streaks, JT seems to win extra continually than most of his peers. Starting with closing year's PGA Championship, examine how often he has received:

• August 2017: PGA Championship
• September 2017: Dell Technologies Championship
• October 2017: CJ Cup
• February 2018: Honda Classic
• August 2018: WGC-Bridgestone Championship

And in-between, despite getting in his own way, he had some close calls like the other two WGCs.

So besides winning in fashion this week and making a case to be the fave to guard subsequent week, he were given the REAL massive prize this week. Here, Justin, is your properly-deserved Limerick Summary. Enjoy!

Phil beat him first, south of the border;

Then a Bubba win came in short order.

And so JT decided

A win this lopsided

MUST work, lest his patience grow shorter! The photo came from this page at pgatour.com.