WGC Dell Match Play final results http://www.worldgolfchampionships.com/dell-match-play/livescoring.html
The boy from Beaudesert Australia, son of Alvin and Dening Day, brother of Yanna and Kim, prodigy of his mentor and caddie Col Swatton is where he has dreamt of being since Alvin enrolled him at the local golf course as a six year old, "on top of the world"..
Jason Day holed a clutch par putt on the 18th to edge Rory McIlroy 1up in a very even semi final match, on a cool windy Texas morning, then got up early on sweet swinging Louis Oosthuizen and beat him soundly 5 and 4 to win for the second consecutive week and put an exclamation mark beside his world #1 ranking.
"It’s been a memorable week, not only to win the Dell Match Play but to get back to No. 1 in the world,” Day said afterwards to the assembled media.
It was a great week for Oosthuizen as well, who knocked out Jordan Spieth and Dustin Johnson on Saturday and Rafa Cabrera Bello on Sunday morning but after winning the first hole against Day his putter let him down. "I couldn’t buy a birdie, I played OK, but nothing spectacular. Up against a guy like Jason, you need to play 3 or 4 under to have a chance"
Rafa as he is known to his peers, beat Rory 3 and 2 in the consolation match and remember he has moved into the top 50 in the world ranking to earn a trip to the Masters.
Rory had nothing to be ashamed of, he defended his title well, and had the lead several times in his match with Day, so he is in good form heading to Augusta.
Speaking of the Masters, Day is now the bookies favourite, you may remember he and fellow Aussie Adam Scott who also won in back to back weeks earlier this month, T2 to Charl Schwartzel in 2011, then he had a one-shot lead with three holes to play in 2013, ending up 3rd behind Scott and Cabrera.
In Canada we all remember the run he went on last year starting with his win at the RBC Canadian Open followed by his first major, the PGA Championship.
Supported by his mentor and caddie Col Swatton, American wife Ellie and his children Dash and Lucy, he has a wonderful home in Westerville Ohio and all the money he can ever spend....Like I said he's "on top of the world"
Bryan Angus
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