Former world primary Jason Day mentioned he had thought-about giving up on golf a few years in the past after he ended his five-year title drought with a one-stroke victory on the Byron Nelson on Sunday.
It was the Australian’s first win on the PGA Tour for the reason that 2018 Wells Fargo Championship and his thirteenth in all since he gained his maiden title, additionally on the Byron Nelson, in 2010.
Since his final title win, Day has endured sickness and damage in addition to the ache of watching his mom’s five-year battle with most cancers, which ended when she died final 12 months.
“It was very emotional to go through and to experience what she was going through, then I had injuries on top of all of that going on in my life,” he added.
“To be honest, I was very close to calling it quits. I never told my wife that, but I was okay with it, just because it was a very stressful part of my life.”
The 35-year-old was briefly decreased to tears after sealing victory on what was Mother’s Day within the United States and celebrating along with his spouse Ellie, who’s anticipating the couple’s fifth little one.
“Ellie, she never gave up on me trying to get back to the winner’s circle again. She just always was pushing me to try and get better,” Day mentioned.
“It feels strange to be sitting here. I don’t know how else to explain it. To go through what I went through and then to be able to be a winner again and be in the winner’s circle is very pleasing.”
Day hit the highest of the leaderboard when he chipped in for a birdie on the twelfth gap of the TPC Craig Ranch course and sealed the win when he picked up a ninth shot with a tap-in on the ultimate gap.
“I came into the week after missing last week’s cut, and I was kind of fed up with having to go over like a lot of technical thoughts with my swing,” he instructed reporters.
“So I just decided I’m just going to go out and just try and play some golf … For some reason, I just thought that I was going to win the tournament.”
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The timing of the win couldn’t be higher with the PGA Championship at Oak Hill Country Club in New York arising later this week.
Day gained his solely main title on the PGA Championship at Whistling Straits in 2015.
“After this week, I know that I can win,” he mentioned. “There’s a few subtle things that I have to change technically to feel like I can actually come out and dominate and play very consistent golf.”