Justin Thomas on Tiger Woods question: "No offense, that's your job to ask that"

Justin Thomas has offered his thoughts on Joe LaCava linking up with Patrick Cantlay.

03 May 2023

Justin Thomas says he has no plans to ask Tiger Woods anytime soon when the golfer will be making his return to professional golf.

Woods, 47, went under the knife for what seemed like the umpteenth time in his career after another gruelling expedition at The Masters.

GolfMagic has already written all you need to know about his latest injury.

Woods grinded hard to make the cut but ultimately was forced to withdraw at Augusta National with the prospect of playing 27 holes on a cold, wet and windy day in Georgia.

An update from Woods later confirmed he had undergone a subtalar fusion to "address the post-traumatic arthritis from his previous talus fracture".

No time frame was given for his return.

Now, though, it seems as though his season is already finished after Patrick Cantlay and the 47-year-old's caddie Joe LaCava decided to work together on a permanent basis.

LaCava has insisted he had the blessing of the 15-time major champion. That was after Tiger's agent confirmed the golfer had absolutely no plans to retire,

As for Thomas, he said of the situation before the Wells Fargo Championship:

"Yeah, I mean, the thing about Joe is he's -- I mean, he's as loyal as loyal gets. The amount of time that he spent, yeah, at home when guys would -- I mean, there's so many guys out here that would have him caddie in an instant.

"When he was loyal to Tiger and Tiger's probably telling him go caddie, go do whatever, and Joe, that's just not the kind of guy Joe is.

"But at the same time, very similar to Bones, he's competitive and he's a caddie. I mean, they love to caddie and they love to win golf tournaments and they love being in that moment. I'm sure that weighed into his decision as well.

"Obviously I don't know the details and don't know how long it is or what's going on, but I know that that's something that would never ever, ever be done if Tiger would not OK that.

"That's not the kind of guy Joe is, kind of guy Tiger is and same with Patrick. There definitely was some kind of conversation that went on there. Yeah, I know Joe and I know he's competitive."

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Thomas said:

"I haven't really felt that out. I mean, my -- I don't want to say my role or my job, it's just me wanting to be a friend is just checking in on him and see how he's doing. I don't want to be a week after surgery and say, hey, man, when do you think you're going to tee it up again?

"No offense, but that's y'all's job to ask that question, not me. I just want to be there as a friend and make sure he's doing all right. If I can do anything for him or the family, that's just what I want to do. Whenever that time's right to go more into it, we can, but I'm not too worried about that now."

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