Breakthrough PGA Championship Win Is Just the Beginning of Jason Day’s Triumphs

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Published: August 17, 2015

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If you hadn’t known better, it might have been difficult to tell them apart.

Though Sunday playing partner Jordan Spieth was the one with two big trophies and “he’s the next Tiger” hyperbole, it was Jason Day who looked every bit the final-round superstar.

And if the 22-year-old Spieth and 26-year-old Rory McIlroy are this generation’s Tiger 2.0s, perhaps Day, at 27, is now a new-age Lefty.

Though Phil Mickelson turned pro in 1992 with a tour win already in hand, it took a while longer—nearly 12 full years, in fact—for him to finally pick up one of the four most sought-after trophies in 2004.

He’s added four more to the collection since then, and the street cred those wins created make it difficult to recall when he was laden with the “best player to never win a major” tag.

So now that he’s done away with that burden and hoisted a Wanamaker of his own, the popular Aussie can go about making himself a phenomenon, too.



“It’s been a lot of years now,” CBS analyst Nick Faldo said, as Day strode up the 18th fairway with victory in hand, “but I think we’re approaching another Big Three in the game of golf.”

Not only did Day’s consistency for four rounds at Whistling Straits allow him to finally get “credentialed”—tour jargon for those who’ve broken through at the most significant events—it seemingly also set the stage for a player many believe will be the next to assemble a slew of major wins.

“He's served his apprenticeship getting into the right positions and dealing with the pressure,” said Faldo, himself a six-time major winner. “After all those chances, it looks like it’s his time to shine.”

It certainly was this week. And then some.

In fact, the 67 that Day shot over the...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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