END OF DAY BUT PGA HOPE
UNFORTUNATELY, I BOGEYED THE LAST HOLE AND DIDN’T GET THE OTHER BIRDIES, BUT I’M PRETTY HAPPY WITH HOW I PLAYED
JASON DAY
JASON Day has turned his attention to next month’s US PGA Championship after finishing a disappointing British Open on a high.
Day posted the secondlowest score of the final round to drag himself under par and secure his first top20 result at the Open since falling a shot short of the 2015 playoff at St Andrews.
The former world No.1 started and finished with bogeys but bagged five birdies in between for a three-under-par 68 to finish at two under for the championship, six strokes behind winner Italian Francesco Molinari and equal top Australian with Adam Scott.
Day, 30, pressed hard to post a number that might have held up, Paul Lawriestyle, in 1999 on the famous Carnoustie Links.
“Once I got it to three under I was trying to birdie the last three holes,” Day said.
“That would have been nice to get in at six (under). You just never know from there. You’re only three shots back.
“Unfortunately, I bogeyed the last hole and didn’t get the other birdies, but I’m pretty happy with how I played.”
Ultimately, though, it’s the third-straight year the 2015 US PGA champion hasn’t been in the mix on championship Sunday. “It’s clearly a little bit disappointing to not give myself a shot at even getting into contention,” Day said.
“But there’s a lot of positives from today. It was good to get into the red and beat this course, which was nice.”