Simply days after shutting down speak he’d be becoming a member of Jon Rahm in a transfer to LIV golf, Jason Day has continued his resurgence by taking out a second title for 2023 on the PGA Tour’s season-ending occasion in Florida.
Day teamed up with New Zealand famous person Lydia Ko, who he solely met this week, to win the inaugural Grant Thornton Invitational combined groups occasion by a single shot to shut out his comeback 12 months in fashion and take dwelling a $1 million (USD) prize.
Amid the keenness of Rahm’s defection to LIV, Day’s identify was amongst a bunch of gamers rumoured to be following the Spaniard. However Australia’s highest-ranked participant as soon as once more, Day shut that down declaring he nonetheless struggled to look at the Saudi-backed tour and it was “nonetheless not for me”.
“I do know there’s rumours about me going. They’re completely false. I don’t know the place these rumours begin,” he stated.
Day even declared Rahm’s transfer might make it simpler for him to win in 2024 having surged again in to an influence place on the PGA Tour together with his first win since 2018, and his 14th in his profession, coming within the Byron Nelson in Could.
He stays within the field seat to symbolize Australia on the Paris Olympics in 2024, however has but to make a dedication to the Video games.
Ending his 2023 on a excessive, Day stated he had even been “selecting the brains” of two-time main champion Ko with a watch on enchancment for 2024.
“It’s been completely a deal with to have the ability to play along with her, decide her mind, see how she is beneath stress as a result of I can study as a golfer, I can study from many alternative locations, and this can be a excellent situation the place I can study from Lydia who’s been an incredible golfer for a very long time,” he stated.
“I really feel like I’ve improved popping out of this week personally, and I’m going to take what I requested her about her wedges shifting ahead, and I do know that’s going to assist me quite a bit in my sport, too. Fingers crossed I’ve wedge sport subsequent 12 months.
“It’s been an incredible week to play with Lydia, and lifelong associates now for positive.”
Ko stated the event was about bridging the hole between the 2 excursions.
“Generally there’s a separation between the PGA Tour, the LPGA Tour and different excursions,” she stated.
“I believe that is only a nice instance that we’re all simply golfers on the finish of the day and attempting to play the very best golf we will and carry out at our highest. I believe that is simply the beginning of that.”
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