Jason Day
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Major Championship Wins
About Jason Day
Jason Day captured a major championship victory, joining the exclusive club of major winners. His first major came at the 2015 PGA at age 27.
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Career Highlights
- 2015 PGA Championship — Won at Whistling Straits with a record 20-under-par score, capturing his first major championship
- World No. 1 — Ascended to the top ranking in September 2015 after his PGA win, holding the position for 51 weeks
- 2015 Breakout Season — Won five PGA Tour events, including his major victory, establishing himself as one of golf's elite players
- 2016 Players Championship — Captured golf's "fifth major" at TPC Sawgrass, cementing his status as a world-class player
- 13 PGA Tour Wins — Accumulated 13 PGA Tour victories, including a comeback win at the 2023 AT&T Byron Nelson, the site of his first tour victory
Did You Know?
- Inspired by Tiger: After his father died of stomach cancer when Jason was just 12 years old, Day borrowed a Tiger Woods biography from his roommate at boarding school and used Woods' scores as benchmarks, practicing morning, noon, and night to improve
- Filipino-Australian Heritage: Day's mother Dening emigrated from the Philippines to Australia in the early 1980s, while his father Alvin was Irish Australian, making Jason one of the few players of Filipino descent to win a major championship