| GOLF J.T. is obsessed with being great

The excellence and obsession of Justin Thomas paint the picture of a generational great - CBSSports.com



In a golf world with a Tiger Woods-shaped void at the present moment, it is fitting that in the first massive tournament since Woods rolled his SUV in Los Angeles, his protege, Justin Thomas, held The Players Championship trophy at the end of the week.

J.T. is obsessed with being great, and -- outside of the club twirls and world-class iron play -- that is his greatest commonality with Woods. A preternatural internal drive that all the money in the sport cannot satiate is one of the very few innately-acquired necessary skills required to maintain the level of golf which Thomas desires.
 
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