Day outshines bogey man Spieth in Sydney
SYDNEY: Jason Day made a spectacular return to the Australian Open on that fell into the cup.
“I take a lot of pride in bounceback stats—after a bad hole, coming back and making a birdie. I did that, but then I was on the other
“I bogeyed just about every hole (after) I made a birdie. Fortunately,
dropped a shot at the par-three 15th hole when he drove into the trees, then double- bogeyed the eighth hole, his second last.
But he was otherwise pleased with his performance as he chases rare outing in his homeland.
‘Good start to the week’
“I made a couple of mistakes Jason Day of Australia tees off during the first round of the Australian Open at the Australian Golf Club course in Sydney on Thursday. out there with some swings, but made, I think, eight birdies,
“I think it would have been a little bit disappointing if I came out this morning and shot an even there to shoot a deep one.
“That’s kind of the thing, you almost need to come out and capitalize when there’s no wind, because it’s very warm in the morning, the ball’s starting to go a lot further in the mornings and
Davis, also playing in the morn holes before the wind gusts put a halt to his phenomenal start and he eventually signed for a 63, enough to grab a two-stroke lead over Macdonald, ranked 1,809th in the world.
Davis, who turned professional after winning the 2015 Australian Amateur title, and then helping Australia win the Eisenhower Trophy in 2016, could hardly contain his excitement after chipping in for birdie at the seventh to get to six-under.
The 22-year-old made his only bogey of the day at the ninth but regained his composure and covered the back nine in three-under
“To be able to play the back nine without any bogeys, just keep on making a couple of birdies, I felt like that kind of shows that I was able to not get too far ahead of myself, which
“That’s one of the things
New Zealand’s Brad Shilton made the best start of any player on the day, making a hole-in-one on his second hole to win himself a Au$16,000 wrist watch. But his luck quickly ran out as he made four bogeys and three double bogeys in a round of 78. I feel