From there, the world No 1 never looked back and kept his foot on the accelerator, carding the best round of the day as he went around in nine-under-par 63, to finish 25-under par for the tournament to claim his eighth victory of 2024.
South Korea’s Tom Kim finished second overall on 19-under par, while Thomas bogeyed the last to finish third on 18-under par.
“It’s just disappointing,” said the two-time major winner. “I would have liked to put a little more heat obviously on Scottie going in the back nine.
You know, I felt like I got a couple bad breaks there on the par threes, the wind completely died or switched on five. But I mean, you know, obviously I can’t expect to have good things happen when I’m leading by one over Scottie and only shooting one under on Sunday.”
Akshay Bhatia finished fourth, on 14-under par, ahead of US Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley who finished fifth, a shot further back – while Ludvig Aberg went round in 67 to finish as the top-ranked European at the event, on 12-under par.