Alabama’s Justin Thomas named ‘2020 PGA of America Player of the Year’

Former Alabama star golfer Justin Thomas was named the PGA of America Player of the year, for the second time in his career.

The PGA of America awards determines the Player of the Year through a season-long points system.

Thomas finished the season with 66 points, 10 more than the runner up to the award, Jon Rahm.

Thomas also won this same award in 2017.

As of right now, Thomas is officially the No. 3 golfer in the World according to the Official World Golf Ranking. He’s also ranked 3 in the PGA Tour with three victories this season.

I want to offer a sincere congrats to @JustinThomas34 for his fine, consistent play all season. After winning three times on the @PGATOUR and finishing T2 in the @playofffinale, Justin earned the @PGA's Player of Year award! pic.twitter.com/f2mTQh34vs

— Jack Nicklaus (@jacknicklaus) September 9, 2020

Thomas is also just the third youngest player in PGA history to reach 13 wins.

At Alabama, Thomas was the National Player of the Year in 2012, and was also a part of the Crimson Tide’s national championship squad in 2013.

Here’s what Alabama says about Thomas:

“Justin Thomas arrived at the Capstone as one of the consensus top-five recruits in the nation and played even better for Alabama as a true freshman … won the Haskins Award and the Nicklaus Award, presented to the National Player of the Year … also honored with the Phil Mickelson Award, as the National Freshman of the Year … first Alabama player to capture those honors … won his first collegiate event and never looked back, garnering a school-record four medalists honors and nine top-10 finishes … won the SEC Championship and the NCAA Athens Regional … a semifinalist for the Ben Hogan Award (nation’s top amateur) … selected as the SEC Player of the Year, Freshman of the Year, also garnering PING and Golfweek first-team All-America honors as well as All-SEC accolades … played 12 events and 36 rounds for a school-record 70.44 stroke average … was a fixture in the Crimson Tide lineup from week one … won the Jones Cup Invitational … earned an exemption into the PGA Greenbrier Classic by winning the Haskins Award where he made the cut … advanced to the semifinals of the 2012 U.S. Amateur … named to the 2012 World Amateur team … No. 1 in 2012-13 Golfweek’s preseason top-10 indviduals and No. 2 by Golf World.”