Jason Day Finally Seizes the Day

2015 PGA Championship Commentary

A Day of Reckoning – Jason Day Wins His First Major at the PGA Championship

I swear I’m almost as relieved Jason Day captured a major championship as Jason Day must be. I even cried too, along with the wife, and she doesn’t know golf. Jason has been so close and had so many heartbreaking finishes. Day’s is a truly great story of resilience, persistence, tenacity, and heart. Hats off to Jason Day for a truly amazing and inspiring week of golf, and the years of his journey to get to this point.

Day’s historic day was capped off with a finish at -20, never before achieved in a major… ever.

“The way that I felt confidence wise with my game, I just felt like no one was going to stop me today even though this was one of the hardest rounds I have ever had to play. Playing with Jordan was very difficult, just being able to watch what he was doing. But on top of it, grinding it out as hard as I possibly could. It is a fantastic feeling, I can call myself a major champion now and it feels really, really good.” ~Jason Day

Jordan Spieth

Jordan Spieth is amazing, in a totally different way than Tiger Woods was in his prime. I can’t pinpoint what makes Spieth so good. He’s not super long. He’s not the best ball striker on tour. He’s not the best putter on tour (he’s really good, don’t misunderstand). His short game isn’t the best on tour… But what he seems to have is the ability to PLAY GOLF. He’s as strong mentally as anyone and the pressure simply does not get to him. In fact, it seems to make him play better. A look at his stats on the year prove that. His scoring in majors is better than in non-majors!

Spieth locks up 2nd place in class, giving thumbs-up to Jason Day when he knew the tournament was Day’s. Spieth’s second place finish at the PGA moves him to #1 in the world golf rankings. Everyone knew he was playing the best golf on the planet, even Rory McIlory. McIlory shows nothing but class in this tweet:

2 inevitable things happened today, @JDayGolf winning a major and @JordanSpieth getting to 1 in the world! Congrats guys!! Inspiring stuff!

— Rory Mcilroy (@McIlroyRory) August 16, 2015

Tiger Woods

What can you say about Tiger Woods, who missed his 3rd consecutive cut in a major with scores of 75 and 73. The numbers don’t lie. Tiger has dropped to 285th in the world rankings.

Branden Grace

Branden Grace has come out of nowhere (at least in my small cranium) and is suddenly a regular contender in majors. 3rd place finish.

Justin Rose

Justin Rose is a total stud. Rose was in the mix with a 4th place finish. More importantly though his eyewear apparel script was some kind of Elton John, The Fly, Elvis hybrid. Nicely done.

Whistling Straits

I didn’t hear or read one complaint about the golf course this week, unlike Chambers Bay and the 2015 U.S. Open. The course was fantastic and the PGA wasn’t afraid to set it up for low scoring. Majors don’t have to be even-par events. The excitement this week was fantastic and the setup truly produced the player who was the best in the field.

Sad Day

With the PGA Championship’s conclusion comes my yearly moaning that the golf season is for the most part over. The FedEx Cup does not tickle my interest whatsoever, and the Presidents Cup is not far behind that. I will likely tune in to professional golf next when the 2016 Masters Tournament is on.

Psychology 101: After Failing to Win Open Championship Day and Willett Win in Following Week

Written by: Tony Korologos | Monday, July 27th, 2015
Categories: (British) Open Championship • European Tour • PGA Tour • Pro Golf
Tags: Danny WIllett • Jason Day

Jason Day

I’ve been thinking a lot about Jason Day and how close he has come to winning majors over the last few years. The psychology of winning majors is tough. You know he has the physical tools to win one, but has yet to overcome the psychological part.

Think about the two winners this week on the PGA Tour and the European Tour, Jason Day and Danny Willett. Both of those players were on the top of the leader board in the Open Championship 1.5 weeks ago. All due respect to the RBC Canadian Open and the Omega European Masters, but I think Day and Willett won partly because there was much less pressure than in a major.

Not sure about Willett, but I do believe Day will win a major at some point. But I think the pressure and psychology of coming so close time after time make winning a major tougher and tougher.

2015 Masters Tournament Round Three Pin Sheet

Written by: Tony Korologos | Saturday, April 11th, 2015
Categories: PGA Tour • Pro Golf • Rory McIlory • The Masters • Tiger Woods
Tags: Adam Scott • Bubba Watson • Jason Day • Jordan Spieth • Masters Tournament • Phil Mickelson • Rory McIlory • Tiger Woods

For you to follow along at home, the 2015 round three pin sheet. Some of the usual pins on holes like 13 and 16, but 12 is a little different than last year.

Spiethgasm – Masters Thursday Commentary

Written by: Tony Korologos | Friday, April 10th, 2015
Categories: Pro Golf • Rory McIlory • The Masters • Tiger Woods
Tags: Ernie Els • Jason Day • Jordan Spieth • Masters Tournament • Rory McIlory • Tiger Woods • Tom Watson

Arnold Palmer Now Driving

Yesterday’s first round of the Masters was, as usual, fantastic. As I’ve said a million times, the Masters Tournament never disappoints. Thursday’s round had so many great stories to it. There was the return of Tiger Woods, the resurgence of Ernie Els, and amazing play of Jordan Spieth and a few surprises like the super round of 67 by Charlie Hoffman.

Spiethgasm

Jordan Spieth was -8 going into the easiest hole on the course yesterday, the par-5 15th. That hole is practically a guaranteed birdie and he could easily reach it in two. He was between clubs though, and knocked his approach over the green and nearly in the water on 16. He failed to get the chip on the green and ended up making a bogey. He got that stroke back on the 18th with a birdie.

The low round of 63 in a major championship was in jeopardy for a while there and the golf media and social networks were blowing up into a “Spiethgasm.”

It will be interesting to see if he can keep it together for four days.

Woods

My prediction for Tiger Woods’s first two rounds has been 74-70. Yesterday he shot a 73. Not bad. Not good. Nine shots off the lead. It’s not close to over for Tiger and I expect him to make the cut. The problem I see is massive dipping in his head during his downswing. If that gets bad, his shot dispersion goes to hell. You can’t spray it around August and get away with it.

What the weekend holds for Tiger should be interesting.

McIlory

Rory McIlory finished Thursday at -1. That’s an okay start and he’s not out of it by any means. I theorize that Rory wants to win this one so bad, it may cause him some mental issues.

Others

Others on my radar include my pick to win it all, Jason Day. Jason’s first round was super solid, including five birdies in a row. He’s right in the mix at -5 after day one.

So many other great stories which could be entire topics of discussion. Ernie Els, at 45, is right up there. And speaking of older players, how about Tom Watson shooting 71? He’s the oldest player to break par at the Masters after yesterday.

Cant’ wait for the rest of the weekend.

2014 PGA Championship Final Leader Board

Written by: Tony Korologos | Monday, August 11th, 2014
Categories: PGA Championship • PGA Tour • Pro Golf • Rory McIlory • Tiger Woods
Tags: Bubba Watson • Jason Day • Phil Mickelsn • Rickie Fowler

POS	PLAYER	TO PAR	R1	R2	R3	R4	TOTAL
1	Rory McIlroy	-16	66	67	67	68	268
2	Phil Mickelson	-15	69	67	67	66	269
T3	Henrik Stenson	-14	66	71	67	66	270
T3	Rickie Fowler	-14	69	66	67	68	270
T5	Jim Furyk	-12	66	68	72	66	272
T5	Ryan Palmer	-12	65	70	69	68	272
T7	Jimmy Walker	-11	69	71	68	65	273
T7	Ernie Els	-11	70	70	68	65	273
T7	Victor Dubuisson	-11	69	68	70	66	273
T7	Hunter Mahan	-11	70	71	65	67	273
T7	Steve Stricker	-11	69	68	68	68	273
T7	Mikko Ilonen	-11	67	68	69	69	273
T13	Brandt Snedeker	-10	73	68	66	67	274
T13	Kevin Chappell	-10	65	74	67	68	274
T15	Charl Schwartzel	-9	72	68	69	66	275
T15	Marc Warren	-9	71	71	66	67	275
T15	Brooks Koepka	-9	71	71	66	67	275
T15	Lee Westwood	-9	65	72	69	69	275
T15	Adam Scott	-9	71	69	66	69	275
T15	Graham DeLaet	-9	69	68	68	70	275
T15	Jason Day	-9	69	65	69	72	275
T15	Louis Oosthuizen	-9	70	67	67	71	275
T15	Bernd Wiesberger	-9	68	68	65	74	275
T24	Justin Rose	-8	70	72	67	67	276
T24	Jamie Donaldson	-8	69	70	66	71	276
26	Joost Luiten	-7	68	69	69	71	277
T27	Jerry Kelly	-6	67	74	70	67	278
T27	Kenny Perry	-6	72	69	69	68	278
T27	Bill Haas	-6	71	68	68	71	278
T30	Thorbjorn Olesen	-5	71	71	70	67	279
T30	Alexander Levy	-5	69	71	68	71	279
T30	Danny Willett	-5	68	73	66	72	279
T33	Cameron Tringale	-4	69	71	71	69	280
T33	Daniel Summerhays	-4	70	72	68	70	280
T33	Nick Watney	-4	69	69	70	72	280
T36	Vijay Singh	-3	71	68	73	69	281
T36	Hideki Matsuyama	-3	71	72	70	68	281
T36	Richard Sterne	-3	70	69	72	70	281
T36	Jonas Blixt	-3	71	70	68	72	281
T36	Sergio Garcia	-3	70	72	66	73	281
T41	Koumei Oda	-2	74	68	71	69	282
T41	Jason Bohn	-2	71	71	71	69	282
T41	Brendon de Jonge	-2	70	70	72	70	282
T41	Luke Donald	-2	70	72	68	72	282
T41	Brian Harman	-2	71	69	69	73	282
T41	Ryan Moore	-2	73	68	67	74	282
T47	Shane Lowry	-1	68	74	74	67	283
T47	Robert Karlsson	-1	71	69	74	69	283
T47	Graeme McDowell	-1	73	70	71	69	283
T47	Marc Leishman	-1	71	71	72	69	283
T47	Pat Perez	-1	71	71	71	70	283
T47	Fabrizio Zanotti	-1	71	70	71	71	283
T47	Matt Jones	-1	68	71	72	72	283
T47	Scott Brown	-1	71	70	70	72	283
T47	Geoff Ogilvy	-1	69	71	71	72	283
T47	Edoardo Molinari	-1	66	73	71	73	283
T47	Branden Grace	-1	73	70	68	72	283
T47	Chris Wood	-1	66	73	70	74	283
T59	Brendan Steele	E	71	70	73	70	284
T59	Gonzalo Fdez-Castano	E	71	70	72	71	284
T59	Francesco Molinari	E	71	71	71	71	284
T59	Ian Poulter	E	68	73	71	72	284
T59	Patrick Reed	E	70	71	70	73	284
T59	Billy Horschel	E	71	68	69	76	284
T65	Bubba Watson	+3	70	72	73	72	287
T65	Chris Stroud	+3	70	73	73	71	287
T65	Kevin Stadler	+3	71	70	72	74	287
T65	J.B. Holmes	+3	68	72	69	78	287
69	Shawn Stefani	+4	68	75	72	73	288
T70	Freddie Jacobson	+5	72	69	73	75	289
T70	Colin Montgomerie	+5	70	72	72	75	289
T70	Zach Johnson	+5	70	72	70	77	289
73	Brendon Todd	+9	70	73	75	75	293
74	Rafael Cabrera-Bello	+10	69	71	74	80	294
CUT	Charley Hoffman	–	70	74	–	–	144
CUT	Erik Compton	–	71	73	–	–	144
CUT	Gary Woodland	–	72	72	–	–	144
CUT	Scott Piercy	–	73	71	–	–	144
CUT	Martin Kaymer	–	70	74	–	–	144
CUT	Tommy Fleetwood	–	73	71	–	–	144
CUT	Tim Clark	–	70	74	–	–	144
CUT	Padraig Harrington	–	73	71	–	–	144
CUT	Ryan Helminen (CP)	–	73	71	–	–	144
CUT	Russell Henley	–	69	75	–	–	144
CUT	Anirban Lahiri	–	72	73	–	–	145
CUT	Tom Watson	–	72	73	–	–	145
CUT	Davis Love III	–	72	73	–	–	145
CUT	Seung-Yul Noh	–	68	77	–	–	145
CUT	Johan Kok (CP)	–	78	67	–	–	145
CUT	Ben Martin	–	74	71	–	–	145
CUT	Russell Knox	–	75	70	–	–	145
CUT	Brian Stuard	–	71	74	–	–	145
CUT	Matt Every	–	73	72	–	–	145
CUT	Kevin Streelman	–	69	76	–	–	145
CUT	Ryo Ishikawa	–	72	74	–	–	146
CUT	Rory Sabbatini	–	75	71	–	–	146
CUT	Stuart Deane (CP)	–	75	71	–	–	146
CUT	David Hearn	–	74	72	–	–	146
CUT	Y.E. Yang	–	75	71	–	–	146
CUT	Keegan Bradley	–	74	72	–	–	146
CUT	Chris Kirk	–	74	72	–	–	146
CUT	Hideto Tanihara	–	74	72	–	–	146
CUT	Paul Casey	–	74	72	–	–	146
CUT	Kevin Na	–	74	72	–	–	146
CUT	Steven Bowditch	–	74	72	–	–	146
CUT	Roberto Castro	–	73	73	–	–	146
CUT	Jamie Broce (CP)	–	74	72	–	–	146
CUT	Ross Fisher	–	73	73	–	–	146
CUT	Harris English	–	74	72	–	–	146
CUT	Eric Williamson (CP)	–	74	73	–	–	147
CUT	Webb Simpson	–	73	74	–	–	147
CUT	Chesson Hadley	–	74	73	–	–	147
CUT	Charles Howell III	–	73	74	–	–	147
CUT	George Coetzee	–	73	74	–	–	147
CUT	Stewart Cink	–	72	75	–	–	147
CUT	Stephen Gallacher	–	70	77	–	–	147
CUT	Darren Clarke	–	79	69	–	–	148
CUT	Pablo Larrazabal	–	79	69	–	–	148
CUT	Jordan Spieth	–	71	77	–	–	148
CUT	John Daly	–	76	72	–	–	148
CUT	Tiger Woods	–	74	74	–	–	148
CUT	Hyung-Sung Kim	–	73	75	–	–	148
CUT	George McNeill	–	73	75	–	–	148
CUT	Scott Stallings	–	71	78	–	–	149
CUT	John Senden	–	75	74	–	–	149
CUT	Rod Perry (CP)	–	74	75	–	–	149
CUT	Miguel Angel Jimenez	–	72	77	–	–	149
CUT	Bob Sowards (CP)	–	75	75	–	–	150
CUT	Will MacKenzie	–	76	74	–	–	150
CUT	Steve Schneiter (CP)	–	72	78	–	–	150
CUT	Thongchai Jaidee	–	71	79	–	–	150
CUT	Thomas Bjorn	–	75	75	–	–	150
CUT	Shaun Micheel	–	72	79	–	–	151
CUT	Michael Block (CP)	–	77	74	–	–	151
CUT	K.J. Choi	–	72	79	–	–	151
CUT	John Huh	–	78	73	–	–	151
CUT	Jason Kokrak	–	78	73	–	–	151
CUT	Brian Norman (CP)	–	78	74	–	–	152
CUT	Rich Beem	–	74	79	–	–	153
CUT	Rob Corcoran (CP)	–	76	77	–	–	153
CUT	Matteo Manassero	–	80	77	–	–	157
CUT	Jim McGovern (CP)	–	83	74	–	–	157
CUT	Mark Brooks	–	78	79	–	–	157
CUT	David McNabb (CP)	–	77	80	–	–	157
CUT	Dave Tentis (CP)	–	79	79	–	–	158
CUT	David Hronek (CP)	–	81	77	–	–	158
CUT	Jerry Smith (CP)	–	80	78	–	–	158
CUT	Frank Esposito (CP)	–	83	78	–	–	161
CUT	Aaron Krueger (CP)	–	84	77	–	–	161
CUT	Dustin Volk (CP)	–	81	82	–	–	163
CUT	Matt Pesta (CP)	–	79	89	–	–	168
WD	Ben Crane	–	–	–	–	–	–
WD	Kiradech Aphibarnrat	–	–	–	–	–	–
WD	Boo Weekley	–	–	–	–	–	–
WD	Angel Cabrera	–	–	–	–	–	–
WD	Jason Dufner	–	–	–	–	–	–

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