An eagle on his final hole, the short par-four ninth, would have given finish with a brilliant 59 and placed him a very exclusive club.
He never got the chance to finish his round on Thursday though and, after hitting his tee-shot, weather forced play to be suspended for the rest of the evening.
Day returned early this morning where he faced this 44-yard wedge for his place in the history books:
PGA Tour
PGA Tour
If that was a little bit undercooked, he was desperately unlucky not to see his 10-footer for birdie hit the bottom of the cup:
PGA Tour
PGA Tour
Still, the 61 was the best round of Day’s PGA Tour career. He leads by four shots with Jordan Spieth and Bubba Watson among the chasing pack on six-under.
Jason Day had the whole night to think about this chip for a 59
SOMETIMES, YOU REALLY don’t want to sleep on things for a night.
Jason Day played some of the best golf of his life on Thursday, shooting 10-under for his first 17 holes in the opening round of the BMW Championship.
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An eagle on his final hole, the short par-four ninth, would have given finish with a brilliant 59 and placed him a very exclusive club.
He never got the chance to finish his round on Thursday though and, after hitting his tee-shot, weather forced play to be suspended for the rest of the evening.
Day returned early this morning where he faced this 44-yard wedge for his place in the history books:
If that was a little bit undercooked, he was desperately unlucky not to see his 10-footer for birdie hit the bottom of the cup:
Still, the 61 was the best round of Day’s PGA Tour career. He leads by four shots with Jordan Spieth and Bubba Watson among the chasing pack on six-under.
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