Norton — Justin Thomas enjoyed a number of lucky breaks to become the first five-time champion on the PGA Tour this season when he won the Dell Technologies Championship in Massachusetts on Monday. Thomas emerged from a three-way tussle to beat fellow American Jordan Spieth by three strokes at TPC Boston in Norton, with Australian Marc Leishman a shot back in third place. Thomas carded 66 to finish at 17-under-par 267, while Spieth bogeyed the par-five 18th to shoot 67. Leishman, who led by two shots with nine holes left, faded with a 70, going out in 30 and coming home in 40. Leishman bogeyed the last, which allowed Spieth to take the lead in the FedExCup standings, narrowly ahead of Thomas with two tournaments left in the four-event playoff series. Thomas said it was the first time he had won without having his "best stuff" and downplayed any notion his victory would reverberate around the tour. "I wasn’t trying to send a statement," Thomas told Golf Channel. "I was just trying to...
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