{"id":425259,"date":"2026-01-23T15:51:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T15:51:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/425259\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T15:51:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T15:51:13","slug":"justin-thomas-targets-return-to-pga-tour-during-florida-swing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/425259\/","title":{"rendered":"Justin Thomas targets return to PGA Tour during Florida swing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Justin Thomas is targeting a return from injury by the end of March.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas, who underwent a microdiscectomy on Nov. 13, provided an update on his recovery on Thursday evening via social media, sharing video of his progression to hitting short-irons and his plan to return at some point during the Florida swing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRecovery has gone well,\u201d Thomas said. \u201cI\u2019m slowly building back my strength and conditioning in the gym and also hitting wedges\/short irons. Little victories and patience have been the biggest part of the process.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">10 weeks post surgery today\u2026 feeling good! Recovery has gone well. I\u2019m slowly building back my strength and conditioning in the gym, and also hitting wedges\/short irons. Little victories and patience have been the biggest part of the process. Taking it slow and listening to how\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vVmPvGUpsk\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/vVmPvGUpsk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Justin Thomas (@JustinThomas34) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JustinThomas34\/status\/2014476520559894901?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">January 22, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thomas hasn\u2019t competed since the Ryder Cup last September. His back surgery required him to withdraw from several events, including the Skins Game, Hero World Challenge, PNC Championship and multiple TGL matches.<\/p>\n<p>The PGA Tour\u2019s first stop in Florida comes Feb. 26-March 1 at the Cognizant Classic in Palm Beach Gardens, near Thomas\u2019 home in Jupiter. The Arnold Palmer Invitational follows, and Thomas is eligible to play via his top-50 FedExCup finish last year, an achievement that earned him exemptions into every signature event this year. The Players and Valspar Championship round out the Florida swing, with the Valspar ending March 22, three weeks before the Masters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know how important it is to get this injury behind me so that I\u2019m only looking forward over the course of the season,\u201d Thomas added.<\/p>\n<p>                                <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Justin Thomas is targeting a return from injury by the end of March. Thomas, who underwent a microdiscectomy&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":425260,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[427,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-425259","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-golf","9":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=425259"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425259\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/425260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=425259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=425259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=425259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}