Rory McIlroy can teach Justin Thomas a thing or two about launching clubs

While Dustin Johnson on Sunday coolly earned his second straight PGA Tour win, Justin Thomas was doing some Henrik Stenson-type landscaping on the Chapultepec Golf Club course and nearly clocking some innocent bystanders with a driver he let fly after a tee shot that irked him.

The 4-time PGA Tour winner was less than pleased after he pulled a drive on the par-5 11th hole during Sunday’s final round of the WGC-Mexico Championship and showed his displeasure by heaving the offending stick toward the spectators. That gesture, plus a few more piques of temper did not sit well with some folks, including Golf Channel analyst Brandel Chamblee.

Chamblee suggested, following the finale, that Thomas and others ought to comport themselves more like DJ, who weathered some bad breaks with his usual laid-back approach.

On Saturday, for example, Johnson hit his second shot on the par-4 16th into a tree. After searching for the ball in vain, he deemed it lost and dispassionately returned to the original spot to hit another and accrue a one-stroke penalty. To compound his bad luck, the first ball fell out of the tree but after DJ had already put another one in play, so tough luck.

There were no histrionics, no club smashing, or otherwise carrying on by the world’s No. 1 player; instead, he proceeded to make a bogey on that hole and go on to take the tournament by one shot over Tommy Fleetwood.

But back to Thomas, who took to Twitter to apologize to anyone put off by his behavior.

While Chamblee and others took Thomas to task for letting his emotions get the better of him, some of Justin’s pals found his antics amusing.

McIlroy, who’s been known to manhandle uncooperative golf clubs, gave Thomas high grades for his form.

Luke Donald believed JT could have done better.

Thomas, though, gave credit where credit was due.