The retired Origin great and Cowboys premiership hero was one of the headline acts in Wednesday’s Australian PGA Championship pro-am at RACV Royal Pines Resort on the Gold Coast.
With four bulging discs in his back, Marc Leishman didn’t need any further injuries to make it uncomfortable to play golf. He got one anyway. The timing couldn’t have been worse.
Day heads a contingent of eight Australians playing the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am at the famed Monterey Peninsula that in June will also host the US Open.
The chance to spend four quality hours with a professional who’s all but mastered an impossibly-frustrating sport should be on every golfer’s bucket list.