Day feeling the pressure
Jason Day has admitted to feeling the pressure of playing at the US Open Championship 2016 with the world number one tag to his name.
The winner of the 2015 PGA Championship, Day, had been suffering from a bad cold ahead of the US Open, which would have disrupted his preparations.
The Australian is intent on surviving this week and acquitting himself as best as possible, saying: "US Opens are always stressful,
"You just get out there and it's like okay, I've just got to somehow survive this week and hopefully it works out."
He carded a six-over 76 in the opening round at Oakmont Country Club, which him ten shots adrift of opening day leader Andrew Landry.
Day managed a solitary birdie in his opening round on the par-four 14th, but the Australian struggled in a bogey-plagued round,dropping shots at the 1st, 8th, 11th, 16th and 17th and carded a double-bogey at the seventh to finish six-over for the day.
After a nightmare start, Day was afforded an immediate chance to rectify his opening round mistakes, teeing off his second round right away and landing a birdie on the 10th before dropping a shot at the 18th.
Day is one-under par in his second round after 15 holes, with the Australian set to resume on the 16th on Saturday, nine shots off the joint leaders.
Latest
-
European TourCollin Morikawa wins Race to Dubai as Rory McIlroy’s frustrations boil over
The Northern Irishman appeared to rip his shirt open in the recording area behind the 18th green.
-
NewsTiger Woods shares footage of him hitting balls as rehab continues
Woods was injured in a car accident in February.
-
-
European TourRory McIlroy takes one-shot lead into final round in Dubai after shooting a 67
England’s Sam Horsfield is just a shot off the lead, one ahead of Scot Robert MacIntyre.
-
European TourDouble bogey on final hole sees Rory McIlroy slip shot off the pace in Dubai
The round one leader is a shot behind Ryder Cup team-mate Shane Lowry, England’s Sam Horsfield and American John Catlin.
-
European TourI’m on the right path – Rory McIlroy excited about road to next majors challenge
McIlroy is now a combined 148 under par in the £6.6million season-ending DP World Tour Championship.
-
European TourOpen champion Collin Morikawa determined to take chances in Race to Dubai bid
Morikawa had the chance to top the Order of Merit by winning last year’s DP World Tour Championship.
-
European TourRory McIlroy unlikely to change schedule despite new-look European Tour
The European Tour will be known as the DP World Tour from the 2022 season but Florida-based McIlroy will continue to focus on the PGA Tour.
-
European TourPunter’s pointers at the DP World Tour Championship: Course and desert specialists to the fore
It’s the final week of the 2021 European Tour season and the best 50 players of the season are convening at Jumeirah’s Earth Course.
-
European TourJB Hansen wins AVIV Dubai Championship to claim second European Tour title
The Dane finished a shot clear of Italy’s Francesco Laporta and Austria’s Bernd Wiesberger.