Tiger Woods and Jason Day practice together and text regularly. (Getty Images) Tiger Woods’ comeback has stalled, with the 14-time major winner bowing out of the PGA Tour’s season-opening Safeway Open on the Monday of tournament week. He’s backed out of a planned start at the European Tour’s Turkish Airlines Open in November. The next […]
Jason Day, Justin Rose taking time off to nurse back injuries
Jason Day, left, and Justin Rose struggled with injuries in 2016. (AP) Jason Day and Justin Rose are planning to take the next few months off as they each try to rest back injuries that affected them throughout the season. Rose announced he will be taking two months off from competitive golf, as he gets […]
Jason Day feels 'cautiously optimistic' about health for Tour Championship
Jason Day is hoping to overcome a nagging back problem in Atlanta. (Getty Images) Jason Day withdrew after nine holes of the final round of the BMW Championship, citing a back injury that had flared up en route to victory at the WGC-Dell Match Play in March. With a full week to rest, the Aussie […]
Jason Day withdraws from BMW Championship with back injury
Jason Day is dealing with a back problem. (Getty Images) Jason Day has withdrawn from the final round of the BMW Championship on Sunday, citing a back injury. Day entered the final round at Crooked Stick Golf Club in Carmel, Ind., at 5 under par, 13 shots back of 54-hole leader Dustin Johnson. He played […]
Jason Day: Winning won't be easy for a returning Tiger Woods
Jason Day offered a bit of a reality check for the fervor surrounding Tiger Woods’ announced plans to come back to competitive golf in October at the Safeway Open. Namely, that, as Woods did in 2015, he’s going to have a hard time navigating his way to the winner’s circle — and that it doesn’t […]
Jason Day will ‘re-evaluate’ golf career when he turns 40
SPRINGFIELD, N.J. — Jason Day doesn’t sound like a guy who is long for a long career in golf. The world No. 1 said Wednesday at PGA Championship media day at Baltusrol Golf Club that he’ll stop at the age of 40 to decide if he’ll press on, or if he’ll walk away from the […]
Jason Day, Shane Lowry bow out of Olympic consideration over Zika
Add two more, including the world No. 1, to the list of players bowing out of consideration for the 2016 men’s Olympic golf tournament. Jason Day and defending WGC-Bridgestone Invitational champion Shane Lowry announced on Tuesday that they will not represent their countries in the Olympics over fears of Zika virus. pic.twitter.com/UNmThs64re — Jason Day […]
Jason Day concerned over Zika, may back out of Olympics
Jason Day isn’t sure now if he’s going to represent Australia in the Olympic golf tournament in August. He’s concerned about the spread of Zika virus, and that may cause him to back out of the event. “It’s difficult to say right now,” Day said at the Memorial Tournament. “We’re just really trying to monitor […]
Jason Day wins The Players by 4 and is clearly the best in the world
Jason Day won The Players Championship by four shots on Sunday, and, really it makes sense. The best player in the world won one of the best tournaments in the world. Actually, Day really won three tournaments rolled into one. Day set the pace on Thursday in soft, receptive conditions by tying the competitive course […]
Jason Day goes backwards with stunning 79 at Harbour Town
Golf is hard, and Jason Day is the latest top player to prove that even the world No. 1 is not immune from a rough afternoon inside the ropes. In the final pairing on Saturday at the RBC Heritage, Day moved way back in difficult scoring conditions – the toughest, by average, of the week […]