Alex Noren did Justin Thomas a tremendous service by bogeying the last three holes to finish in a tie for ninth. He gifted Thomas with an invite to next week’s Tour Championship at East Lake in Atlanta.
When Noren stepped onto the 16th tee, a par-3, he sat in a tie for fourth and was projected to finish within the top 30 of the FedEx Cup standings. Only the top 30 advance to East Lake, and with scoreboards everywhere, Noren knew the stakes. Whoever makes it to the Tour Championship is invited to Augusta National and the U.S. Open the following year.
But the Swede’s late-round slide dropped
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