Jason Day claimed his seventh USPGA Tour victory on Sunday to take over the world number one ranking, becoming the third player in as many weeks to capture golf’s coveted top spot.
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“It’s been very, very hard for me to try and downplay getting to number one because I’ve really wanted to reach this goal for a very long time now”, Day said after his six-shot victory.
Born: November . 12, 1987 in Beaudesert, a small rural town in Australia’s eastern state of Queensland, to an Irish-Australian father and Filipino mother.
Earlier in the day, Buffalo Bills safety Aaron Williams went through a series of tests on his neck and head area and was released from a hospital. In a way, it has been surprising because Bubba is playing well at courses that don’t fit his game. He joins Adam Scott and the great Greg Norman as the only other Australian men to hold that title.
At his Masters debut the following year, he finished joint runner-up with compatriot Scott behind Charl Schwartzel. “But we can’t deny what Jordan has done in the in the major championship this year”.
“Knowing that right now there’s no one on this planet that’s better than me, that’s pretty cool”.
West High School graduate Tony Finau tied for 47th in the tournament and finished 43rd in the standings.
In November 2013, his maternal grandmother and another seven relatives were killed by Typhoon Haiyan (local name: Yolanda) in the Philippines.
Sitting back at world No.9 after missing a playoff at the British Open by a shot in mid July, Day has gone on an absolute tear – winning the Canadian Open, the PGA Championship (for his maiden major win), the opening FedEx Cup playoff event at the Barclays and now the third playoff event at the BMW Championship.
Lovemark and Marino were already assured of a return to the PGA Tour as a result of their exploits during the Web Tour regular season but both Reavie and Grillo are also on their way to the big stage next year.
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The former BYU golfer and current Fruit Heights resident ended up as the first player on the cut line for next week’s Tour Championships as he finished in 31st place in the FedEx standings after the BMW Championship near Chicago over the weekend. World number one Rory McIlroy birdied three of the last four holes for a four-under 67 and is in sole possession of fourth seven shots back of Day. Jordan Spieth is now in second with 4392 points.
