Justin Thomas believes he is close to winning tournaments again after ridding himself of the \u201cbad habits\u201d caused by unnecessary swing changes.<\/p>\n

Thomas won his second US PGA Championship at Southern Hills in 2022 but endured a first winless year of his career last season, failed to make the FedEx Cup play-offs and needed a wild card for the Ryder Cup.<\/p>\n

The former world number one has started 2024 on a much brighter note, finishing third in his first event at The American Express and will contest this week\u2019s AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am for just the second time.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think at this point it\u2019s just [about] starting to win tournaments again,\u201d Thomas told a pre-tournament press conference.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like I\u2019m very, very close to doing that and starting to do it often again. But I fully understand that just because you think that doesn\u2019t mean you deserve it or it\u2019s going to happen.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just need to keep putting myself in that position and getting in contention. I think that\u2019s what I did so often there for a handful of years. Last Sunday was the first final group I\u2019ve played in on Sunday in a while and it was fun.\u201d<\/p>\n

Asked what had made the difference to his game, Thomas added: \u201cI\u2019d say working on the correct things. I think, well I know, that I got into some bad habits swing-wise last year.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo be perfectly honest, I think it just took a little bit of time to get out of some of those, to kind of get that muscle memory out.<\/p>\n

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