Justin Thomas is the 2017 PGA Tour Player of the Year. In a year full of surprises, this bucks the trend. Unless you've been living under a rock for the last twelve months, you'll know that Justin Thomas has dominated the PGA Tour. The 24-year-old from Louisville claimed five PGA Tour victories, including his maiden major at the PGA Championship, and picked up the FedEx Cup trophy to cap it all off. What next? How do you build on a season like that? Well, you start by asking the people who have been in that position before; Jordan Spieth, Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus. Thomas joined Spieth, Woods and Nicklaus as the only players since 1960 to win five tournaments, including a major, in a single season for the age of 25, and he has already expressed his intention to seek advice from the three men.

Spieth, a close friend of Thomas, managed the feat just two years ago and is still in the prime of his career. He's doing something right, and I'm sure JT wouldn't mind knowing what that something is. Woods, who famously celebrated with Thomas after his PGA Championship victory, certainly knows what to do on the golf course and what not to do off the golf course. Both would be invaluable to a rising star like JT. Finally, there's Jack Nicklaus. Do I really need to tell you about the benefits of his advice to a man looking to re-write the history books? Let's just say, he couldn't ask for a better platform from which to build an immense career in golf.

The sensational season of Justin Thomas began in October 2016, when he edged out Hideki Matsuyama to win the CIMB Classic. JT then recorded consecutive victories in January of 2017 at the SBS Tournament of Champions and then the Sony Open in Hawaii. His climb to World No. 4 was well under way now, as the latter of these victories took him inside the top ten for the first time in his career. A somewhat barren spell saw a winless streak between February and July (despite a T5 in the WGC Mexico Championship and T9 at the U.S. Open) before returning to the top in emphatic style, claiming his first major at the PGA Championship. Having slipped outside the top ten since his last win, this Major Championship win propelled JT from fourteenth to sixth in the Official World Golf Rankings (OWGR). A T6 in his next tournament, The Northern Trust, preceded his final win of 2017 at the Dell Technologies Championship. This FedEx Cup playoff event carried him to World No. 4 and paved the way for a FedEx Cup title worth $10 million. Not bad, Mr Thomas. Not bad.

But what did the PGA Tour's top performer carry in his bag this season?

Justin Thomas - What's in the Bag?

Driver: Titleist 917 D2

Fairway Wood: Titleist 917 F2

Irons: Titleist 716 CB

Wedge: Titleist Vokey SM6

Putter: Scotty Cameron X5 Prototype

Golf Ball: Titleist Pro V1x

Written by Joe Carabini

joe.carabini@foremostgolf.com