Jordan Spieth finds out what Justin Thomas really thinks of him as relationship made clear

Jordan Spieth and Justin Thomas have been firm friends for more than 20 years, but that doesn’t stop the duo from being fiercely competitive.

Golf stars Jordan Spieth and Justin Thomas have been friends since they were teenagers playing in junior tournaments. Now, the pair are ready to go head-to-head at this week’s US Open. Both will be seeking to shrug off a recent drought in the majors when they face the challenging greens at Oakmont Country Club in Pennsylvania.

Speaking in Netflix’s latest golf documentary, Full Swing, Thomas displayed his fierce side by admitting that he is happy to put his 20-year long friendship with Spieth on the back-burner in order to achieve his objectives.“He’s one of my best friends, we’re always going to pull for each other,” Thomas said on the first episode of the show. “But at the same time, I hope that I beat him in every single tournament that we play in for the rest of our life.”

Spieth is a three-time major winner, having won all of the game’s top-tier events bar the PGA Championship, where he finished runner-up in 2015. However, he has failed to clinch a major in almost eight years, with his last victory coming at The Open in 2017.

Thomas, on the other hand, has two majors to his name, winning the PGA Championship in 2017 and 2022. While they will be going head-to-head at Oakmont, it appears Thomas has always enjoyed a competitive streak with his closest friend.

In a candid 2017 interview, he reflected on their lifelong rivalry. “I mean, we’re always competing,” he said. “Whether it was we want to be at the top of the Rolex Rankings in junior golf; we want to be the low junior golfer in the US.

“Amateur; we want to make the cut as an amateur in a Tour event; we want to win college player of the year and we want to lead our team’s scoring average. It’s just now we’re at the top level you can get.”

The duo, who became close after playing all over the globe as teenagers, have been spotted on holiday in the Bahamas together, while Spieth was also Thomas’ best man when he married Jillian Wisniewski. Despite their highly competitive nature, there is a more tender side to their friendship.