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Justin Thomas has a lot to celebrate. Not only did he win the 2022 PGA Championship in May, but the professional golfer is also planning a wedding.
Thomas and his girlfriend of five years, Jillian Wisniewski, got engaged in November 2021 and, as the golfer told PEOPLE in March 2022, he’s more than happy to let Wisniewski take the lead.
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“As I’ve learned from many of my good friends, I’m doing a great job of getting out of the way, letting Jill do her thing,” he explained.
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Wisniewski graduated from the University of Kentucky in 2015 and is said to divide his time between Chicago, where he works at an advertising firm, and South Florida, where Thomas lives.
From celebrating Thomas’s first PGA Tour victory in 2017 to standing by him during tough times (the golfer previously told PEOPLE he was in a “pretty bad space mentally” for a period in 2021), Wisniewski has been there for everything.
So who is Justin Thomas’ future girlfriend? Here’s everything you need to know about Jillian Wisniewski and her relationship with the professional golfer.
Wisniewski has been dating Thomas for five years.
Wisniewski and Thomas dated for five years before Thomas announced they were engaged in November 2021.
“We have a place in Nashville that we’re going to go to for Thanksgiving. Me and my new fiancée, Jill, her family is going,” he said during an appearance on the show. not lie down podcast, sharing the news of their engagement for the first time.
The engagement came as no surprise to professional golf fans, especially since Thomas shares photos of himself with Wisniewski on Instagram often, and she has been spotted on the sidelines of golf tournaments over the years.
He graduated from the University of Kentucky and works in advertising.
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Wisniewski attended the University of Kentucky and received her bachelor’s degree in journalism in May 2015. According to her LinkedIn, she currently works at the McGarryBowen advertising agency in Chicago, though she spends a lot of time in South Florida, where Thomas lives.
Thomas’s first big win was almost lost
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Thomas won his first PGA Championship in 2017, a huge milestone for the professional golfer.
However, his number one fan almost missed his big moment. Thomas later said at a news conference that his then-girlfriend, Wisniewski, barely made it in time to see his victory.
“My girlfriend was supposed to fly around 7, and I said, ‘You have to change your flight for later because I don’t want you to miss this and I feel like I’m going to make it,'” Tomás explained.
He added: “She’s the first person to tell you I don’t want to talk about golf in that situation. I don’t know, I was just very confident.”
Wisniewski is a big part of Thomas’s support system.
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Thomas has been open about the importance of Wisniewski to his continued success in the sport of golf. In March 2022, he told PEOPLE that his fiancée is part of a “great support system” that has helped the pro golfer get through the rough patches of his career.
“I spent a little [tough times] a little bit last year, where I got into a pretty bad space mentally, and it’s hard,” he explained. It’s not like something where you can just flip a switch and suddenly feel better. And I think people are starting to realize that sometimes you need to work at it as much as your profession.”
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Thomas also credited Wisniewski with changing him for the better. He explained to PEOPLE that getting married is the best step they can take together, saying, “We feel like we already [are married] for how long we’ve been together and she’s a huge influence on me. I mean, she really makes me a better person and every time I’m around her she brings out a better side of me.”
She is mainly in charge of planning her wedding.
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Thomas told PEOPLE that when it comes to his upcoming wedding, he feels comfortable letting his fiancée plan the day.
However, there is one thing about nuptials that the PGA champion insists on: he wants to ban phones. Thomas said, “I want people to be in the moment and I just want, in this day and age, it seems like everything that everybody does, you have to have it on video or in photos. And I just want everyone to enjoy it.” time his and be in the moment, instead of seeing it on his screen. That was a very important thing for me.”
The golfer also noted that the celebration will also include a “solid DJ.”
they have a dog together
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Wisniewski and Thomas have a lovable dog named Franklin. The pair’s fluffy black and white friend pops up from time to time on Thomas’s Instagram account.
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In August 2021, Thomas told the PGA Tour that he appreciates that Franklin loves him no matter what. As he puts it in a video posted on Facebook, “That dog really has no idea what I shot at him. They’re just happy to see you. So that brought us a little more joy.”
She makes sacrifices for Thomas’s career.
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In an exclusive interview with PEOPLE in March 2022, Thomas said that Wisniewski makes sacrifices in his own life because of the golfer’s career. As the two-time PGA champion explained, “…I’m so lucky that she’s so patient and holding her life back because of the lifestyle I live. We have a lot of great memories to look forward to in the future.” road.”