Jason Day and Tiger Woods have been friends and competitors for many years. They both suffered injuries and have pushed eachother to make comebacks. Day, who was ranked world no. 1 for a year after winning the 2015 PGA Championship. Day, who won the 2015 PGA Championship and spent a year at world No. On Sunday, 175 years after winning the AT&T Byron Nelson race in Dallas in October, they ended a five year victory drought.
Who are the ones who text him? Tiger.
Day told reporters at his pre-tournament conference on Wednesday, ahead of the 105 th PGA Championship in Oak Hill.
Day, 35 years old, laughed a lot, but as he answered each question, he became more and more reflective about what it meant to him to hoist his 13 th PGA Tour championship.
It’s about the journey, the work you put in behind the scenes to improve your body. He said, “I live for those moments and the wins get in the way.”
Day’s career has been derailed by injuries, most notably his back. He was forced to alter his swing.
He said: “It’s almost like you are handcuffed when an injury occurs, and you play against the world’s best players trying to compete and succeed.” “That can be frustrating and disappointing. It can even be a feeling depression at times, just because of all the work you are putting in.”
Day was considering quitting football as his back continued to deteriorate and his performance declined. He said, “I never told her that, but I’m OK with it. It was a stressful time in my life.” “Ellie never gave up trying to help me get back into the winners’ circle.” She was always pushing me to improve.
Jason Day poses in front of the trophy he won during the final round at the AT&T Byron Nelson Golf Tournament. Raymond Carlin III – USA TODAY Sports
Day’s winning streak lasted 1,835 consecutive days. He went from “the best of the world” to being unable to break an egg with a simple hammer.
He said that delayed gratification was the best feeling in the world. “Instant satisfaction is good, but delayed satisfaction is best.”
He is now aiming for bigger goals. He would like to win another Major and return to the world No. 1. Day said on the eve before the PGA Championship that his Sunday win had impacted his preparations for this week’s big event. He plans to play Oak Hill where he placed T-8 in 2013 when a major played here. He made this decision to conserve his energy.
He said, “It’s a bummer that I can’t prepare as well as I would like to. But being mentally tired out there won’t help me.”
It is an unusual way to prepare for his 14 th PGA start and one of biggest weeks of the season.
It would have scared me. “I would have felt guilt that I had not prepared as well as I should have,” said CBS’s Trevor Immelman. A former Masters champion who played in 2003, Immelman was a former Masters winner. Jason knows that his game is in an excellent spot, so I will trust him to make the call.
Day is now ranked No. His confidence is soaring after his win. Can he collect trophies again in large numbers like he used to during his prime years? Day is trying his best to keep expectations low and to focus on the road back to No. Day is trying to temper expectations and focus on the journey back to No.
He said that he learned more about himself through his lows than from his highs. “I learned I could handle the pressure and still focus and I still have the game to beat.”
