{"id":5294,"date":"2023-05-15T18:10:54","date_gmt":"2023-05-15T13:10:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/?p=5294"},"modified":"2023-05-15T18:10:56","modified_gmt":"2023-05-15T13:10:56","slug":"australias-day-gets-first-pga-tour-win-in-five-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en_gb\/world\/australias-day-gets-first-pga-tour-win-in-five-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia’s Day gets first PGA Tour win in five years"},"content":{"rendered":"

Washington, May 15: Australian Jason Day clinched his first PGA Tour victory in over five years on Sunday, winning the Byron Nelson tournament with a nine-under-part 62 at TPC Craig Ranch in McKinney, Texas.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 35-year-old had not won since the Wells Fargo Championship in May of 2018 but his birdie on the par-5final hole earned him a one stroke win over South Korea’s Kim Si-woo and American Austin Eckroat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Day’s first ever win on the PGA Tour had come in the same tournament 13 years ago, albeit at a different venue in suburban Dallas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“It’s been a struggling few years, five years since our last win. The way I played today was really special. I’m very pleased and happy with how things have progressed over the last couple of years — 1,835 days to be exact,” he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Day finished 23-under for the week as he ended a run of 105 starts without a win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Day said battling against a back injury had hampered his form but that his determination had helped him get back to his best.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Just non-stop grinding and non-stop wanting to improve and to try and get better. A lot of injuries with my back… just trying to get through those three years, just trying to get through a tournament was difficult,” he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“So, to be on the other side of it, to be healthy…really winning again. It’s so good to be on the other side,” he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Day found his momentum with three straight bridies from the third hole onwards and the highlight of his round was chipping in from 37 feet for a birdie on the par-4 12th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With Kim having taken a share of the lead, one hole in front of him, with a birdie on the 18th, Day knew that a par would only be enough for a playoff with the Korean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Australian rose to the challenge with a superb 80-yard approach shot on the final hole landing two feet from the hole for a simple birdie and the win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eckroat, in the final group, was left needing an eagle to force a playoff with Day, but his approach went over the back of the green and he had to settle for birdie and a round of 65.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Washington, May 15: Australian Jason Day clinched his first PGA Tour victory in over five years on Sunday, winning the Byron Nelson tournament with a nine-under-part 62 at TPC Craig Ranch in McKinney, Texas. The 35-year-old had not won since the Wells Fargo Championship in May of 2018 but his birdie on the par-5final hole […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":5295,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5294"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5294"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5294\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}