What Jason Day Must Do to Live Up to His Vast Potential

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Published: June 26, 2013

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I can vividly remember the conversation, although it’s been many years now.

Sitting down to lunch with Bud Martin, a high-powered, Pittsburgh-based player agent whose stable includes John Daly, Rickie Fowler and Jason Day, the conversation to the then very young Day.

“Watch out for this kid, he’s the real deal,” Martin said.

That description was certainly right on the mark, and now that Day has proven to be the real deal, he certainly appears poised to take a step up and become a really big deal.

He has a single win on the PGA Tour, the 2010 HP Byron Nelson Championship, but he has finished second five times and third three times.

He’s been in the hunt at two Masters (2011 and 2013) but couldn’t close the deal. 

He was the runner-up to Rory McIlroy in his runaway at the 2011 U.S. Open at Congressional and finished in a tie for second in this year’s U.S. Open, giving him four top-three finishes in a major.

That’s one of the big areas he’ll need to improve if he’s going to fulfill the vast potential he possesses.

Maybe it will come with more experience, but the talented Australian needs to find that inner strength to get tough when the pressure starts to reach seemingly unbearable levels.

Bogeys at 16 and 17 derailed what looked like an Australian and Argentinian (Angel Cabrera) battle to the finish at Augusta National this year.

At the U.S. Open a couple weeks ago, Day racked up bogeys on the 11th, 14th and 18th holes Sunday to take himself out of the picture.



“Obviously, I think the pressure got to me a little bit,” Day said on that Masters Sunday, via Brent Maycock of the Augusta Chronicle (h/t the Washington Times). “I haven’t had the lead too many times in majors. If you can have a shot in most majors, sooner or later you’re going to...
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