Jason Day moved a step closer to his dearest wish to become Australia’s third world number one golfer after Greg Norman and Adam Scott by winning the Barclays at New Jersey by six shots over Swede Henrik Stenson.
That gave the 27-year-old Queenslander back-to-back wins after his stunning first major success at the PGA Championship with a record 20-under.
Today he finished at 19-under, giving him 39-under for the fortnight that included three eagles, 45 birdies,10 bogeys and a double.
That translates to 20 successive rounds under par – more accurately well under.
Sensational golf, and even though he’s not officially world number one, Day is without doubt the best golfer in the world right now.
“I just try to improve every week, but this week was phenomenal,” was Day’s reaction.
This season he’s won the Frank Templeton Shootout in December at 32-under.
The Farmer’s Insurance Open in February with 9-under.
The PGA Championship this month with 20-under.
And the Barclays with 19-under.
It’s a mouth-watering prospect once Jordan Spieth and Rory McIlroy are back in the mix.
Spieth lost his world number one ranking by failing to make the Barclays cut, as McIlroy regained top spot by taken more time off to recover from his ill-advised social game of soccer to badly injure his ankle.
With Tiger Woods failing to make the FedExCup play-offs for the first time, Day has picked up the slack to have huge crowds following his every move.
The thunderous and sustained applause as Day walked up the 72nd hole today was spine-tingling.
So he hasn’t disappointed anyone, especially his bank manager as Day took his season priz emoney to a tick over $7 million.
The final leaderboard at the Barclays:
19-under
Jason Day 68 68 63 62
13-under
Henrik Stenson 68 66 67 66
11-under
Bubba Watson 65 68 67 69
10-under
Zac Blair 69 68 67 66.
Zach Johnson 69 65 67 69
9-under
Daniel Summerhayes 67 70 68 66.
Ryan Palmer 69 67 65 70
Sangmoon Bae 69 67 63 72
The other Australians:
6-under – Steve Bowditch 71 67 72 64.
Even – John Senden 69 70 74 67.
2-over – Matt Jones 67 72 72 71.
Missed the cut:
Adam Scott by two.
Marc Leishman by six.
"It looked like it was gonna go for miles - and then it went nowhere!"
An “unshakeable” Scottie Scheffler has claimed his second Masters green jacket in three years, carding a four-under-par 68 to finish four shots clear of…
A day after setting a tournament record in the Masters, Tiger Woods has suffered an unwanted milestone at Augusta National. Woods insisted he could…
Tiger Woods is on the prowl for a sixth green jacket after penning another glorious chapter in his storied career with a record-breaking 24th…
Bryson DeChambeau has laid some demons to rest with a stunning back-nine birdie barrage to seize the first-round lead at the weather-hit Masters. The…
A year after being persona non grata at Augusta National, Australian golf legend Greg Norman is back at the Masters, declaring "the boss is…
