Justin Thomas: Cupid’s caddie

Major champion. FedEx Cup champion. And now

Justin Thomas has another title. Matchmaker for Michelle Wie and Jonnie West. Wie, the golf prodigy from Hawaii and former U.S. Women’s Open champion, revealed on Instagram this week she was engaged to West, the Golden State Warriors’ director of basketball operations and the son of NBA great Jerry West.

And it all started with an exchange of text messages.

“They both asked me about each other,” Thomas said.

Thomas has been close friends with Wie in South Florida, where they both live. She made him a red, white and blue pair of shoes after Thomas won the 2017 PGA Championship that had “major” on the heel of one shoe and “champ” on the heel of the other.

“I don’t know Jonnie really, really well, but I know him well enough to know he’s a really good dude and a hard worker, and I know Michelle would appreciate that,” Thomas said.

Thomas is not sure how they first connected. “They both — literally within the hour — asked me about the other one,” Thomas said. “I said, ‘Yeah, she’s great, he’s great. You guys should meet up.’ She goes out west a lot. He’s obviously in San Francisco. She was like, ‘All right, I’m going to meet up with him.’

“I’m not going to lie,” Thomas said with a laugh. “I didn’t think it would turn into that. But I’m glad it did.”