It hasn’t even been a month since Justin Thomas announced his medical hiatus , and the golf world is already buzzing with his potential return. The Ryder Cupper was set to make a comeback with the relaunch of the Skins Games, but a hip pain, which turned out to be a microdiscectomy, has ruled him out.

While it’s likely that Thomas will miss several of the early-season events, a confirmed return is unknown. But there’s a possible timeline as per several insiders. Discussing Thomas’s unexpected injury, the Golf Channel insiders are sure that a return in late February is what looks optimistic as of now.

“If you think about the typical 3-month recovery period, that would put him sort of late February,” said Ryan Lavner.

The next season will start in Hawaii with the Sony Open, which is

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