Picture this Australian Open field next year: Tiger Woods, Dustin Johnson, Jordan Spieth, Justin Thomas, Phil Mickelson, Brooks Koepka and Rickie Fowler, among a host of other international stars inside the world's Top-50 rankings.
Jason Day set himself up for the fall. In the end, his finish to the Emirates Australian Open was emblematic of his winless 2017 – his first since 2012 – a little faltering, and slightly error-prone.
In 13 months as a professional, Sydney's Cameron Davis had hardly set the world on fire. That all changed at The Australian Golf Club on Sunday afternoon when he fulfilled a boyhood dream and captured the Emirates Australian Open.
Jason Day’s motivation this week at the Australian Open is obvious. Nearly every prominent golfer in the country’s history has won this title, something Day has yet to accomplish in his burgeoning career.
