Quest to save the day ... and season

AUSTRALIAN golfer Jason Day admits he will class his two-win US PGA Tour season as “disappointing” unless he walks away from the Tour Championship as a $12 million FedEx Cup champion.

In a harsh critique of his own performance, the former world No. 1 says he expected more from the 2018 season despite two US Tour victories and a runner-up among five top-10 results and 14 top-25s.

Despite earnings of almost $5 million from 19 starts, Day feels he had poor results at the majors — failing to finish inside the top 15 at all four of golf’s biggest events. The 30year-old also fizzled in the first three legs of the $67 million FedEx Cup playoffs, with his best result a tie for 20th.

“This year, even though I’ve had two wins, has been disappointing,” Day said.

Day concedes he continually measures himself against his breakout 2015 campaign, when he captured the US PGA Championship among five US Tour wins that catapulted him to a debut world No. 1 stint.

“I’ve got high expectations of myself,” Day said. “Even a five-win year, I still looked for ways to improve.”

However, the 12-time US Tour winner says that capturing this week’s Tour Championship in Atlanta and having a series of results fall in his favour to claim the FedEx Cup would allow his season to end on a high.

Victory at the 30-man finale would net the Queenslander almost $US1.6 million.

And he would also pocket a $10 million bonus and become the first Australian to win the FedEx title.