Justin Thomas tries casting a spell on golf ball in desperate attempt to nail birdie putt at The Open
The American, 32, was in a blockbuster group with Rory McIlroy and Tommy Fleetwood for the first two days of The 153rd Open at Royal Portrush.
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Justin Thomas nearly rolled in a 29ft birdie putt on the third hole
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The ball stopped right over the edge of the cup
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Thomas tried to cast a spell on the ball to make it drop in
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The three players could barely believe it stayed out
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And he had a brilliant moment early in his round on Friday.
Thomas had a look at a birdie putt on the par 3 third hole to get in the red for his tournament.
And he made a superb effort at the 29ft right-to-left putt.
The ball curved around beautifully and looked destined to disappear into the bottom of the hole.
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However, it agonisingly came to a rest right on the edge of the cup.
But despite literally overhanging the hole, the ball stopped and refused to go in for the birdie.
So Thomas waited patiently to see if the ball would eventually find one more rotation and just nudge itself in.
The commentator joked he should blow on it to secure the birdie.
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But as Thomas got desperate, he jokingly turned to supernatural powers to force the issue and hilariously forcefully pointed at the ball and demanded it to "GO" in.
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It was not to be, though.
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So after waiting long enough to wander over to the ball, Thomas did not want to risk a stroke penalty for taking too long over his shot.
And in the end he had to concede it was not going in.
So the two-time PGA Championship winner relented and knocked in the very easiest par putt of his career from less than an inch away.
Golf fans took to social media loving his antics on the green.
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The Open account wrote: "Justin Thomas trying to summon the wind on 3."
A third added: "Justin Thomas should've thrown his arm at the ball with more gusto on hole 3 it might've fallen in."
And a final user cheekily commented when it didn't work: "So basically he's Ron in the Chamber of Secrets?"
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Thomas was paired with Rory McIlroy plus Tommy Fleetwood for the first two rounds
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