World No. 8 Justin Thomas announced on social media Friday that he had undergone “successful” microdiscectomy surgery on his again.
“After a bit of discomfort and a bit of some symptoms the last couple of months, I had an MRI and it showed I had a bit of a disc and a nerve issue,” Thomas mentioned in a video message. “Yesterday [Thursday] morning, I had a successful microdiscectomy performed. As you can see, I’m already out of the hospital, which is great news.”
Thomas hadn’t performed since September’s Ryder Cup and he completed the season with a tie for seventh on the Tour Championship. He gained the RBC Heritage in April for his first Tour title because the 2022 PGA Championship.
“Now the period and process of resting will begin. The next handful of weeks I’ll be using this time to rest, prepare and rehab. I have a great, great team behind me that I trust and I’m looking forward to doing so,” he mentioned on social media. “As for 2026 and what that looks like, I’m not necessarily circling any particular event or have a specific event in mind of when I’m coming back. I’ll definitely miss some events to start the year but I want to completely listen to my body and let this disc fully heal so this is not an issue going forward.”
The 32-year-old completed inside the highest 3 alongside his father, Mike, at December’s PNC Championship three of the final 5 years (profitable in 2020) and he additionally has top-5 finishes on the Hero World Challenge the final three years.
The PGA Tour’s first signature occasion of the brand new season would be the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, Feb. 12-15, adopted by one other signature occasion, the Genesis Invitational, Feb. 19-22.