Jason Day

A battered three-wood rescued from the local rubbish tip by his father was Jason Day’s first golf club. Wielding the old club, Jason had his first hit of golf as a six-year-old, on the local course where he grew up in the Queensland town of Beaudesert.

In 2000, Jason had his first big win at the Australian Masters junior event hosted on the Gold Coast.

Jason turned pro in 2006 at the age of 19 after winning The Australian Masters of the Amateurs, hosted at the Yarra Yarra Golf Club. His win at the Melbourne venue closed the chapter on his successful junior and amateur golfing career which included:

2 x Australian Junior Order of Merit Awards
2004 Australian Boys Amateur title
2004 Boys World Junior Championship (15-17 division)
2005 Porter Cup Runner-Up
Member of the Golf Australian National Squad

It wasn’t long before Jason showed his metal in the professional golfing arena, winning his first pro event a year later during the Nationwide Tour, securing victory at the Stonewater Golf Course in Ohio.

Jason’s first PGA Tour win came in 2010 at the Byron Nelson Championship event, which he won for a second time in 2023. His 2010 win and tour form at the time would see Jason crack the PGA top 10 world rankings for the first time in 2011.

In 2013 Jason won the World Cup hosted at Royal Melbourne alongside Adam Scott. 2014 saw Jason add the World Golf Championship, at the Dove Mountain Golf Club in Arizona, to his growing list of wins, a feat he would replicate in 2016.

In 2015 Jason won his first Major, taking home the PGA Championship hosted in Wisconsin, scoring 20 under par, which was at the time the lowest score ever in a PGA Major. The 2015 season would culminate in Jason’s most successful year as a professional golfer to date with accolades and wins including:

#1 PGA World Ranking (achieved in September)
2x Cup Playoff wins
5x PGA Tour total wins
Inaugural Greg Norman medal winner
#2 PGA Season Money List

In 2016 season he won three PGA Tour events including the Players Championship and his second World Golf Championship. Jason also maintained his no.1 PGA world ranking status throughout the first half of the year and backed up his Greg Norman medal success, winning it for the second year in a row.

As the world's no.1 ranked player, Jason was selected to compete in the Rio 2016 Olympic Games for the sport's triumphant return to the Olympics. However, Jason didn’t participate after concerns regarding the Zika virus and its potential negative health effects on his then-pregnant wife.

PGA success would not come again for Jason until 2018 when he won the California Open for the second time and victory at the Quail Hollow Club Open in North Carolina.

Due to a slump in form and injury concerns, Jason did not qualify for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

Jason bounced back with a PGA Tour win at the 2023 Byron Nelson Championship event hosted in McKinney, Texas, breaking a five-year-dry spell. He won by one stroke, shooting 23 under par.

In 2024 Jason added an Olympic debut to impressive PGA career figures of 13 PGA Tour wins, 30 top-three finishes and 91 top 10s (prior to Paris 2024).

Sitting at 13-under on the Olympic Le Golf National course with four holes to play, Jason remained in the mix for a medal but dropped shots at 15 and 17 – either side of a birdie at 16 – that saw him end the tournament at 12-under and tied for ninth.