Time to call it a Day – for this year

JASON Day is looking forward to stowing his clubs away and not even thinking about golf after an Australian Open final-round fade ensured his first winless year since 2012.

Fans flocked anticipating Day getting his hands on the Stonehaven Cup for the first time in just his fourth appearance, when he took a oneshot lead into yesterday’s windy final round.

But his closing two-overpar 73 was the equal-worst score among the top 18 finishers as he ended in fifth spot, three shots adrift of shock winner Cameron Davis.

But right now Day just wants to take a break.

“I am looking forward to getting some time off and trying to decompress a little bit and not even think about golf,” the Queenslander said.

“This whole year I’ve been kind of stressing about how I can get better and better and better.

“Unfortunately, when you worry about playing good, sometimes you can actually worry about it too much and, force of habit a little bit, actually not end up playing good at all.

“So, I’ve just got to relax a little bit and try to take some time off and get into next year and see how it goes.”