Jason day

It’s hard to blame Day for that. It seemed every time things started to go well over the last five years, something came to knock him down a peg. Be it debilitating back pain, occasional bouts of vertigo or the health of his mother, if Day thought he had made a big stride toward reclaiming the game that put him at the top of the golf world, inevitably another roadblock popped up. So as he sat in the media center Sunday night just a hundred yards or so from where he sank that short putt on the 18th to claim a one-shot victory at the AT&T Byron Nelson, he still hadn’t quite processed that his long journey back had finally culminated in a win. That there was no “but” attached, no boogie man waiting around the corner to pull the rug out from under him again. It’s trivial to wonder whether Day thought he’d be back in the winner’s circle. For a while, the 35-year-old Australian wondered if he would ever play pro golf again. Those thoughts surfaced a few years ago at the height of Day’s back issues. He found himself just going through the motions, checking off an arbitrary number of events to meet his contract minimums. He would hardly practice before the tournament started, saving what little pain-free golf he had for when it mattered. The stress was piling up outside of golf, too, as his mother, Dening, was diagnosed with cancer. He never told his wife, Ellie, but he seriously considered retiring from the game. There wasn’t any one moment that convinced him to keep going – he w...

5 Things to Know Early life struggles Day formally took up golf at the age of 6 after father, Alvin, brought home a cut-down 3-wood from the junkyard. He learned to play golf at the Beaudesert Golf Club in Queensland. Day has revealed his father, who died of stomach cancer when Day was aged 12, was an abusive alcoholic and influenced Day to play golf out of fear of punishment. When Alvin died, the family experienced further poverty. Day recalls that, because the family home didn’t have a hot water tank, his mother, Dening, would boil water on the stove to use for showers. How Jason Day picked up golf As a teenager, several chance meetings would shape Day's career. In his early teens, an off-the-rails Day went through troubles with alcohol and fist fights. But he met Colin Swatton, who would become his coach, then caddie, and remains his coach. Later in his teens, Day would attend Hills International College, where he would room and befriend Luke Reardon, who gave Day a copy of Tiger Woods' instructional book, How I Play Golf. Reardon was Day's roommate and motivated Day to wake up daily at 5am to practice. At Hills, Day would also meet close friend Rika Batibasaga. Reardon and Batibasaga now share caddie duties for Day. Jason Day's wife Ellie Day met eventual wife Ellie in 2005 when she was working as a server at Mavis Winkle's Irish Pub in Twinsburg, Ohio. Day was 17 and Ellie was 19. Day visited the restaurant with coach Swatton, as Swatton was helping a friend establish...

RIDGELAND, S.C. — Jason Day is getting by with a little help from his friends. As the struggling former World No. 1 tries to regain his old form, he’s leaning on some of his best mates, like his high school pal from Australia, Luke Reardon, who is also his caddie. Reardon has been on the bag through the lean times, seeing Day go from a top 10 player in the World Ranking in 2018 to No. 146 entering this week’s CJ Cup. "There was one putting nugget he gave me in 2015," Day recalled after shooting a two-under-par 69 at Congaree Golf Club in the opening round of the CJ Cup. “Tiger said, ‘The blade of your putter is too open. Feel like it's a little more closed on the way back. You're missing all your left-to-right putts on the low side.' I took his advice and went on a tear." That "tear" Day was in late 2015 and early 2016, just after Day left a putt short that would have put him in a three-man play-off at the 2015 Open Championship at St. Andrews. After the putting tip, Day won seven times in 17 starts including the 2015 PGA Championship at Whistling Straits and the 2016 Players Championship. Nowadays, Woods' help is simply responding to Day's texts about how certain swing changes should feel on the back and arms. Woods, of course, knows something from clawing back from back issues. Day's rebuild with Como, who also used to work with Woods, aims to groove a swing that can prolong his career by getting rid of a lateral slide Day used to have in the backswing, which would prese...

DUBLIN, Ohio — As Jason Day closed in three weeks ago on his first PGA Tour victory in five years, he remained calm. But the final round of the AT&T Byron Nelson tournament in Texas fell on Mother’s Day, so it was mentally challenging for a reason beyond his victory drought: Day’s mom, Dening, died last March after a five-year battle with cancer. She had lived with Day’s family in Westerville in her final two years. “It was pretty emotional,” Day said Wednesday after playing in the pro-am for the Memorial Tournament at Muirfield Village Golf Club. “I wasn’t trying to think about it at all.” That strategy worked, mostly, until after he’d won. “As soon as people started to bring up my mom after the tournament, that’s when I started losing it,” Day said with a laugh. “I’m like, ‘Please don’t bring it up because I’m going to start crying,’ and I started crying. When one guy brought it up in an interview, (I lost it). As soon as that happens for me, I’m done.” The Australian was once the top-ranked golfer in the world before bulging discs in his back sent his career spiraling. More: More: Jason Day poses with the winner’s trophy during the final round of the AT&T Byron Nelson golf tournament. Mandatory Credit: Raymond Carlin III-USA TODAY Sports “It was like solving a math problem, a complex math problem,” he said. “You’re just trying to figure one piece out, and then you go to the next problem and figure that out. You start unraveling everything. It’s amazing when you unravel ...

​( m.2009) ​ Children 4 Career Turned professional 2006 Current tour(s) Former tour(s) Professional wins 18 Highest (51 weeks) Number of wins by tour PGA Tour 13 European Tour 3 Korn Ferry Tour 1 Other 4 Best results in major championships (wins: 1) T2: Won: 2nd/T2: T4: Achievements and awards 2016 Jason Day (born 12 November 1987) is an Australian Early life [ ] Day was born in Day's mother sent him to Amateur career [ ] As an amateur, Day was twice awarded the Australian Junior Order of Merit. He finished seventh and was the leading amateur at the Queensland Open. Day won the In 2005, Day lost in a playoff at the Professional career [ ] 2006–10: Early career [ ] Day turned professional in July 2006 after winning the Green Jacket at the NEC Day won his first Nationwide Tour event in July 2007 at the In May 2010, he became the youngest Australian to win a PGA Tour event, winning the 2011–14: Contending in majors [ ] At the In June 2011, Day participated at As a result of his major performances, Day moved into the Day finished as a runner-up for the third time in a major championship at the In February 2014, Day won his first 2015: Major champion and World #1 [ ] In February 2015, Day won his third PGA Tour event and his seventh title as a pro, winning the During the second round of the The following week at the Day's hot streak continued with wins in 2016 [ ] After a missed cut in the defence of his Just a week later, Day was in the winner's circle again at the He followed...

Day earned his Here's four things you need to know about Day. Jason Day is currently the No. 20-ranked golfer in the world According to the Official World Golf Ranking, In the latest rankings released Sunday, Day jumped 15 spots to No. 20 after finishing 2022 as the No. 112 golfer in the world. Day was the No. 1 golfer in the world in 2015, holding the top position for 51 weeks. Day won the PGA Championship in 2015 after finishing tied for second in the Masters Tournament in 2011 and in second at the U.S. Open in 2011 and 2013. Through 16 events and 54 rounds in 2023, Day has finished in the top-10 seven times and in the top-25 12 times. Per PGA Tour, Day has made $5,652,533 so far this year: his most since 2016. Jason Day was born in Australia Day was born in Beaudesert, Queensland in Australia in 1987. According to the latest Official World Golf Ranking, Day is one of six Australian golfers in the top 100 along with Cameron Smith (No. 8), Adam Scott (No. 38), Lucas Herbert (No. 46), Min Woo Lee (No. 62) and Cameron Davis (No. 68). Jason Day struggles with vertigo Finishing tied for 39th at the 2023 Masters with Scott, Abraham Ancer and Taylor Moore, Day revealed that he experienced another bout of vertigo during the final round of the tournament. “We had to finish our third round Sunday morning and then I was sitting in the caddie hut and that’s when I got vertigo," Day said a Day collapsed due to vertigo during the second round of the 2015 U.S. Open at Chambers Bay. Ver...

Read more Day fired a brilliant bogey-free final-round nine-under-par 62 to secure a steely one-shot win over Si Woo Kim (63) and American Austin Ekroat (65). CT Pan (62) was fourth at 21 under, with Scheffler (65) ultimately finishing fifth three shots back after being unable to stay with Day down the stretch. Kim birdied the last to briefly join Day atop the leaderboard but the Queenslander held his nerve to respond and deliver his wife Ellie – greenside and heavily pregnant with the couple’s fifth child – her own priceless Mother’s Day gift. In a poignant tribute, Day’s caddy sported a bib with his mother’s birth name “Adenil” and the inspired former world No 1 honoured her memory in style with his first tournament win since the 2018 Farmers Insurance Open. “This was the first one [Mother’s Day] kind of without her so to have her on my caddy bib was special,” Day said. “I was in tears for a little bit there, and to think about what my mum went through from 2017 on to her passing last year and then to know that. It was very emotional to go through and to experience what she was going through, then I had injuries on top of all of that going on in my life. “And then obviously Ellie, the amount of sacrifices she’s made for me and my career, I just can’t thank her enough. She never gave up on me trying to get back to the winner’s circle again. She just always was pushing me to try and get better. “To be honest, I was very close to calling it quits. I never told my wife that,...