Jason Day is trying to find his way out of a wilderness by following some familiar bread crumbs, ones that scores of players have followed, ones that he already has seen before.
Day, who has long battled a debilitating back injury that kept him out of the recent Presidents Cup and Australian Open, seems to finally be feeling the benefits of balloon therapy.
The 60-year-old ventured back to Australia last week as one of Tiger Woods’ three captain’s assistants at the Presidents Cup, during which he shared his thoughts on the biennial competition, reminisced about his past visits to Australia and hinted at making one more.
Day said in a statement that he had been practising in recent days in Palm Springs in preparation for the Presidents Cup and the Australian Open when he hurt himself.
Australia’s Jason Day is the inaugural MGM Resorts The Challenge: Japan Skins champion after a thrilling climax at the Accordia Golf Narashino Country Club in Chiba, Japan.
Ernie Els is still a few weeks away from revealing the final four members of his International Presidents Cup team that will compete at Royal Melbourne in December, but the South African offered some insight on Tuesday as to which way he might be leaning with his captain’s picks.
Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy, Jason Day and Hideki Matsuyama are set to square off in a globally-televised skins game, the first in a series of annual competitions staged by GOLFTV.