Day hopes he is a blend of the best attributes of Spieth, McIlroy
Call the new world No. 1 Frankenday.
Since coming up a putt short of the British Open playoff in July, Jason Day has won four of his last six starts, including his first major at the PGA Championship and two of the first three FedEx Cup playoff events. He has surged past Jordan Spieth and Rory McIlroy to the top of the Official World Golf Ranking, and he’s done it with aggressive putting and fearless length — strengths of the two players he leaped over to get to the top of the world.
So, when he was asked Wednesday at the Tour Championship to describe his run, he invoked their names and talents.
“It’s like Jordan Spieth and Rory McIlory had a baby – and I was it,” Day said to laughter. “Cause I’ve got Rory’s length and I hope I’ve got Jordan’s touch.”
It’s hard to argue with the assessment, especially in the wake of how he manhandled Whistling Straits, Plainfield Country Club and Conway Farms, making clutch putt after clutch putt in his last three wins.
There’s some debate this week that Day should be PGA Tour Player of the Year if he manages to win the Tour Championship and, as a result, the FedEx Cup. That would give him six wins with a major compared to Jordan Spieth’s four wins with two majors. While Day said he would vote for himself for the peer-voted award, he acknowledged that Spieth was more deserving of the award.
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