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| Australia's Jason Day celebrates with his son Dash. |
The Australian Filipno achieved his dream of the becoming the No. 1 golfer in the world by convincingly beating the competition at the BMW Championship at Lake Forest, Ill.
“I just always had a vision of me standing on top of the earth when I was a kid and knowing that right now, there’s no one on this planet that’s better than me,” Day told reporters. “That out of all of the golfers that are in the world playing right now, that I’m the best.”
His 2-under, final-round 69 and 22-under total was good for a six-shot victory over rookie Daniel Berger. Scott Piercy finished third, seven strokes back.
Day has been on an incredible run since narrowly missing at the British Open. The win was Day’s fifth on tour this season and his second in the FedEx Cup playoffs. In addition to leap-frogging Jordan Spieth and Rory McIlroy to claim the top spot in the world ranking, it made him the front-runner in the 30-man field heading to East Lake in Atlanta next weekend for the series finale.
“I just always had a vision of me standing on top of the earth when I was a kid and knowing that right now, there’s no one on this planet that’s better than me,” Day told reporters. “That out of all of the golfers that are in the world playing right now, that I’m the best.”
His 2-under, final-round 69 and 22-under total was good for a six-shot victory over rookie Daniel Berger. Scott Piercy finished third, seven strokes back.
Day has been on an incredible run since narrowly missing at the British Open. The win was Day’s fifth on tour this season and his second in the FedEx Cup playoffs. In addition to leap-frogging Jordan Spieth and Rory McIlroy to claim the top spot in the world ranking, it made him the front-runner in the 30-man field heading to East Lake in Atlanta next weekend for the series finale.
Day has been on an incredible run since narrowly missing at the British Open. In his six starts since, he has won four times — the Canadian Open, the PGA Championship for his first major and the two FedEx Cup events — and played at a sizzling 101-under par clip.
This summer, the No. 1 ranking has been bouncing around between the Big Three, Dy, Spieth and McIlroy.
Despite his incredible summer, a lot of golf writers aren't willing to dub him as Golfer of the Year. They point out that he one only one major while Spieth has won two.
Despite his incredible summer, a lot of golf writers aren't willing to dub him as Golfer of the Year. They point out that he one only one major while Spieth has won two.
"Day's run is something I'd never thought I'd see: he's playing like Tiger did for spells in his prime. Except that Tiger did it about a half-dozen times over the course of a decade<" says Michael Bamberger, senior writer, Sports Illustrated. "It's impressive, and he's shown more golf skill than I ever knew he had.
"If you are a Tour player, you might very well vote for him as player of the year. If you're a fan – and most of us are fans – it has to be Spieth. Majors are majors for a reason."
We'll see.
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