Jason Day was born on 12 November 1987 and is an Australian professional golfer, PGA Tour member and winner of the 2015 PGA Championship.
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56 Facts About Jason Day
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Jason Day is a former World Number 1 in the World Golf Ranking, having first achieved the ranking in September 2015.
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In February 2014, Jason Day won his first WGC title, the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship and would win it for a second time in 2016.
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Jason Day went on to win his first major tournament at the 2015 PGA Championship, scoring a record 20 strokes under par and rising to number three in the world rankings.
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Jason Day's father took him to Beaudesert Golf Club and enrolled him as a junior member just after his sixth birthday.
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Jason Day's mother sent him to Kooralbyn International School, which had a golf course attached.
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Jason Day borrowed a book about Tiger Woods from his roommate, and it inspired him to improve his golf by practicing in the early morning, at lunch-time and in the evening.
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Jason Day used the book's reports of Woods' scores as his benchmark for improvement and as a reachable standard.
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Jason Day finished seventh and was the leading amateur at the Queensland Open.
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In 2005, Jason Day lost in a playoff at the Greater Building Society QLD PGA Championship; a professional event on the Von Nida Tour.
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Jason Day was beaten by Scott Gardiner on the fourth extra hole.
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Jason Day made the cut in five of his first six PGA Tour events as a pro with a best finish of eleventh at the Reno-Tahoe Open and with official winnings of over $160,000.
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Jason Day won his first Nationwide Tour event in July 2007 at the Legend Financial Group Classic, becoming the youngest man to win on any of the PGA Tour's three tours.
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Jason Day ended up finishing 5th on the money list to earn his PGA Tour card for 2008.
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Jason Day had a mediocre season, but had conditional status for 2009.
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Jason Day gained entry into his first ever major championship at the 2010 Open Championship after Greg Norman withdrew.
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Jason Day went on to make the cut and finish in a tie for 60th place.
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At the 2011 Masters Tournament, Jason Day birdied the last two holes, but came up two strokes short of eventual winner Charl Schwartzel.
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Jason Day tied for second with Adam Scott and at -12 set the Masters record for the lowest score by a first-time participant.
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In June 2011, Jason Day participated at Congressional for the 2011 US Open, his maiden appearance in a US Open.
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Jason Day shot the equal lowest round of the week on Saturday, a 65, to jump up the leaderboard into a tie for third after round three.
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Jason Day contended in a major at the 2013 Masters Tournament when he shot rounds of 70 and 68 to take a one-shot lead over Fred Couples going to the weekend.
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Jason Day shot a 70 and finished two shots back in third place behind Adam Scott, and Cabrera.
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Jason Day finished as a runner-up for the third time in a major championship at the 2013 US Open at Merion Golf Club.
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Jason Day finished in a tie for second alongside Phil Mickelson, two strokes behind Justin Rose.
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Jason Day tied the lead with a birdie at the 10th, but bogeys at 11,14, and 18 would prevent him from winning his first major championship.
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Jason Day tied for the lowest cumulative score in all four majors in 2013, with fellow Australian Adam Scott at +2.
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In February 2014, Jason Day won his first World Golf Championship event, the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship, after a final in which Victor Dubuisson won the last two holes to tie, then twice scrambled halves after missing greens at the extra holes before Jason Day finally secured victory.
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In February 2015, Day won his third PGA Tour event and his seventh title as a pro, winning the Farmers Insurance Open with a score of 279 after prevailing in a four-way playoff over Harris English, J B Holmes and Scott Stallings.
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Jason Day won at the second hole with a par while Holmes made bogey, after English and Stallings were eliminated at the first hole.
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Jason Day was very slow to get back up and was shaking and wobbly.
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At the 2015 Open Championship at St Andrews, Jason Day entered the final round as one of the 54-hole co-leaders and shot a bogey-free 70 to finish at 14-under-par and one stroke outside of the 3-way playoff.
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Jason Day had a putt for birdie on the 72nd hole to join the playoff but left it inches short.
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Jason Day made birdies on the last three holes in the final round to take a one-stroke victory.
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Jason Day produced an exceptional performance shooting rounds of 68,67,66 and 67 to best his nearest competitor, Jordan Spieth, by three strokes.
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Jason Day set a new record that week becoming the first player in history to finish at 20-under-par in a major.
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Jason Day entered the Tour Championship as the FedEx Cup leader, but he finished tied for tenth.
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Jason Day's victory was wire-to-wire having shot all four rounds under par to finish with a -17 total.
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Jason Day birdied the 17th hole during the final round and had to get up and down from the bunker on the 72nd hole to hold on for the win.
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Jason Day rose one place in the world rankings to number two, overtaking Rory McIlroy.
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Just a week later, Jason Day was in the winner's circle again at the WGC-Dell Match Play.
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Jason Day followed these victories up with a 4-stroke, wire-to-wire win at the 2016 Players Championship for his 10th career PGA Tour victory.
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In late June, Jason Day announced that he would not be playing in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, citing concerns over the Zika virus.
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On 1 January 2017, Nike announced that Jason Day was joining Nike Golf ahead of the SBS Tournament of Champions at Kapalua the following week.
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Jason Day was known to have the RBC logo on the collar of his shirts, but because Nike does not allow other sponsorships to be seen on their apparel, his sponsorship contract with RBC was not renewed.
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Jason Day continues to wear the Lexus logo on the left sleeve of his shirts, as he previously did before using Nike apparel.
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Jason Day confirmed, though, that Swatton would remain as his swing coach.
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Jason Day defeated Alex Noren and Ryan Palmer in a sudden-death playoff, that lasted six extra holes.
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Jason Day finally claimed the victory with a birdie on the sixth extra hole, after Noren had found water with his second shot to the green.
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On 21 October 2019, Jason Day won The Challenge: Japan Skins over Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy and Hideki Matsuyama.
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Jason Day was originally a captain's pick for the International team of the Presidents Cup but withdrew with a back injury.
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Jason Day exited the arena in a stretcher with her head immobilized and was admitted to a nearby hospital.
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Jason Day had previously lived in Orlando, Florida, and Fort Worth, Texas.
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