Defending champion Jason Day has revealed how he didn’t even have a good time profitable the CJ Cup Byron Nelson final 12 months, despite the fact that it ended a five-year victory drought for him.
The Australian star carded an excellent closing 62 at TPC Craig Ranch 12 months in the past to complete 23 below par, a shot forward of Austin Eckroat and Si Woo Kim.
It was the previous world No.1’s thirteenth profession PGA Tour title, however his first since profitable the Wells Fargo Championship in 2018.
Day’s first victory got here at what was then known as the HP Byron Nelson Championship in 2010.
“I did not have a good time,” Day admitted on Wednesday in a pre-tournament press convention forward of his title defence.
“I sometimes do not have a good time after a win, which is sort of bizarre. Form of get dwelling and I am already exhausted. Yeah, sometimes go dwelling and simply relaxation up and simply sort of mirror on every thing.
“5 years is a very long time between wins. Little too lengthy, in case you ask me. However I do not know, it was sort of unusual. I had a number of good finishes main as much as this occasion final 12 months to win.
“I simply knew one thing good was going to occur across the nook and clearly it did.
“I assume we reside sort of in a fish bowl as gamers as a result of we reside week to week after which an individual wins after which we’re speaking concerning the subsequent man that wins and it goes on from there.
“As soon as the week occurred, it was good to have the ability to get that win after 5 years, however my mindset was just about rapidly on to the subsequent event.”
The following event resulted in a missed reduce within the US PGA Championship, which Day received in 2015, and the 36-year-old additionally made early exits from the Memorial Match and US Open earlier than securing an undesirable “runner-up grand slam” by ending in a tie for second within the Open at Royal Liverpool.
Up to now this season Day has recorded three prime 10s in 10 occasions on the PGA Tour and feels the work he has put in with coach Chris Como is about to pay dividends.
“With regard to my play, I hadn’t been that pleased with it or that happy with it,” he added.
“My brief recreation has been nice. Placing has been nice. Off the tee has been nice. The iron play has been sort of letting me down.
“So simply engaged on a couple of issues with Chris to attempt to like alleviate a number of the stress and strain that the iron play is placing on the remainder of my recreation.
“I really feel like I’ve sort of turned a nook now, which has been nice.”