DAY’S NEW SWING PUTS AUSSIE ATOP WELLS FARGO FIELD
Three years and 364 days since his last victory, Jason Day describes himself as “obsessed” with honing his new swing and improving his results, even if he never gets back to No. 1 in the world.
There wasn’t much room for improvement Thursday as Day shot a 7-under 63 to take the first-round lead at the Wells Fargo Championship
at Potomac, Md. Joel Dahmen was a shot back on what could be the best day for scoring at TPC Potomac at Avenel Farm, with rain, wind and cool temperatures in the forecast.
The 34-year-old Day has been working with instructor Chris Como on a swing that will protect his chronically balky back, and he says it feels solid with every club except the driver.
“I think about the golf swing in the morning, I think about the golf swing during the day and I think about the golf swing at night,” Day said.
Matthew Wolff, local favorite Denny McCarthy and PGA Tour rookies Aaron Rai, Callum Tarren and Paul Barjon were two shots back.
Bio: Phil gambled $40M
Federal auditors investigating Phil Mickelson’s role in an insider trading scheme found his gambling losses totaled more than $40 million from 2010 to 2014, according to an excerpt from Alan Shipnuck’s forthcoming biography.
Et tu, Sergio?
Sergio Garcia, frustrated with the amount of time a PGA Tour rules official gave him to search for a ball in a penalty area on the par-5 10th at the Wells Fargo Championship, seemingly confirmed his interest in joining the upstart Saudifunded golf league.
“I can’t wait to leave this tour,” Garcia said in comments picked up by ESPN+ in its streaming coverage, later adding: “A couple more weeks, I don’t have to deal with you anymore.”
The first event of the
Saudi series is June 9-11 in London.
Elsewhere
Thorbjorn Olesen shot a 6-under 66 to share the lead after the opening round of the British Masters in his bid to end a four-year title drought and get his career back on track after a damaging court case in which he was acquitted for sexual assault and intoxication.