Monday, August 31, 2015

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Jason Day wins again - by six - at The Barclays

Jason Day, shown at The 2015 Barclays
Jason Day, shown at The 2015 Barclays ( Getty Images )
FROM GOLFWEEK.COM
By Jim McCabe and Adam Schupak
On Wednesday, Jason Day withdrew from the pro-am at The Barclays after straining his fragile back while moving an item under his motor coach the previous night. If it’s not one thing, it seems to be another with Day, but rest assured, there’s no truth to the rumour that he tweaked it again carrying around all that money in his hip pocket after recording his third victory in his last four starts.
The 27-year-old Day of Australia fired 63-62 on the weekend at Plainfield Country Club in Edison, New Jersey en route to a six-stroke romp over Henrik Stenson.
It was just two weeks ago at the PGA Championship that Day put to rest any concerns that he couldn’t close, or win the big one. He set a major-championship scoring record of 20 under in defeating Jordan Spieth to win his first major. Prior to that, Day also rallied on Sunday to win the RBC Canadian Open in late July, and captured the Farmers Insurance Open in a playoff in February.
Day’s recent run of excellence is on the heels of one of his greatest failures. He departed St. Andrews with more heartache when his last gasp effort at 18 to join the Open playoff ran out of steam inches from the cup. Afterwards, he stood mute, tears coursing down his cheeks. “Pure frustration,” he said.
As a reminder, he kept using the St. Andrews cover from his yardage, but he also took away the confidence that he was capable of handling the pressure of major championship golf.
“Something really clicked for me at The Open Championship,” Day said. “Ever since, I just felt a lot more calm on the golf course. I felt like it was my time. Like mentally I felt like, ‘You paid your dues, now it's time to go out and win tournaments.’ ”
Though the final result at The Barclays made it look like Day’s victory was a walk in the park, Stenson managed to make birdies on the 13th and 14th holes to climb within two shots. But Day recovered from fanning his drive into the trees at the 13th and then seemingly holed a football-field worth of putts coming in, beginning with a 30-footer for birdie at the par-3, 14th and a 35-foot bomb at 15.
“I don't know what the footage was on what I holed today,” he said afterward.
“6,000,” a reporter guessed, tongue firmly set in cheek.
“It felt like it,” he said, with a smile.
With his fourth victory of the season, Day surged to the top of the FedEx Cup standings, and he relished the possibilities of earning the $10 million bonus prize like a man finding a wallet on the street.
“There's three more tournaments I would love to win,” he said, “and I'd love to win the FedExCup.”
Day, who has never shied away from discussing his dream to achieve World No. 1, closed the gap but remains ranked third behind Jordan Spieth, who lost the top spot after a two-week reign to Rory McIlroy. Next week’s Deutsche Bank Championship near Boston has the makings of another classic encounter of Day, Spieth and McIlroy, with the dream scenario of all three having a mathematical chance to get to No. 1 at TPC Boston.
“I think I have the opportunity to get to No. 1 if I play some good golf over the next three or four weeks,” Day said. “It's been a goal of mine. But it's going to be tough to catch.”
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FORECADDIE: For most his round Saturday, Jason Bohn waved to the crowd, even though they were mostly cheering for his playing competitor, Jason Dufner.
“The Duf” merely smiled, because he knows what most of his colleagues know and what The Man Out Front knows, that Bohn is one of the most fun-loving guys on tour.
At the PGA Championship, Bohn was paired with Phil Mickelson in Round 3 and the forecaddie was there to witness rousing cheers for the lefthander. Off every tee box and up to each green, the Whistling Straits crowd screamed for Mickelson.
 So, when during one brief pause off of one particular tee box, a woman yelled out, “Go, Jason,” Bohn didn’t miss a beat. He waved toward the woman and shouted, “Thanks, mom.”
Mickelson broke out laughing.
But in Sunday’s final round of The Barclays, the buzz around the 14th green was for real and it was focused around Bohn. That’s because that very special face in the crowd, the inimitable Donald Trump, had ventured out to see one of his favoUrite players.
“Hello, Jason,” Trump said. The crowd turned to watch Bohn look up, smile, and return the wave. “How are you, Donald?”
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NUMBERS: Brian Harman failed to make a birdie on any of the par-3s at Plainfield Country Club. He made 12 pars, 1 bogey, 1 double-bogey — and 2 holes-in-one, both in Sunday’s final round.
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THEY CALLED IN REGRETS: Only 119 of the 125 eligible players teed it up at The Barclays and of those six who withdrew, three are done for the season — Francesco Molinari, Retief Goosen, and Erik Compton. Sergio Garcia, who started the playoffs at No. 31, but fell to 43 after skipping The Barclays, will also bypass the Deutsche Bank Championship. He’ll remain in the top 70, however, and reportedly play in the BMW Championship.
Rory McIlroy and Louis Oosthuizen are expected to play in the DBC, after having skipped The Barclays.
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ELIMINATED: Of the 25 who failed to qualify for the Deutsche Bank Championship, the most notable was Adam Scott. He missed the cut at The Barclays, fell to 106 in the FEC standings, and will see his streak of five straight Tour Championship come to a puzzling end.
Scott, who was 94th at the start of the week, was one of eight players who arrived at The Barclays inside the top 100, but fell to elimination. The others were John Peterson, John Huh, Jason Kokrak, Padraig Harrington, Greg Owen, Adam Hadwin and Charl Schwartzel.
The eight players who moved inside the top were: Zac Blair, Johnson Wagner, Spencer Levin, Mark Wilson, Luke Donald, Carlos Ortiz, Camilo Villegas and Jason Dufner.

FINAL TOTALS
 par 280 (4x70)
1


68 68 63 62 261




2


68 66 67 66 267




3


65 68 67 69 269




T4


69 68 67 66 270




T4


69 65 67 69 270




T6




67 70 68 66 271



T6


69 67 65 70 271



T6


69 67 63 72 271



T9


71 64 72 65 272




T9


70 70 67 65 272



T11 -7 F -3 68 69 69 67 273 11 18 7
T11 -- -7 F -1 66 71 67 69 273 58 92 34
T13 33 -6 F -6 71 67 72 64 274 20 22 2
T13 13 -6 F -3 69 69 69 67 274 64 89 25
T13 1 -6 F -1 69 69 67 69 274 14 20 6
T16 17 -5 F -3 71 69 68 67 275 30 36 6
T16 2 -5 F E 65 69 71 70 275 32 39 7
T16 2 -5 F E 77 65 63 70 275 8 5 3
T16 9 -5 F 2 65 71 67 72 275 80 115 35
T20 6 -4 F -1 68 69 70 69 276 46 54 8
T20 6 -4 F 1 69 69 67 71 276 28 30 2
T20



66 71 67 72 276



T20 13 -4 F 3 67 71 65 73 276 13 17 4
T24 22 -3 F -3 72 68 70 67 277 68 91 23
T24 17 -3 F -2 72 68 69 68 277 85 114 29
T24 9 -3 F -1 71 70 67 69 277 60 72 12
T24 4 -3 F 1 70 70 66 71 277 47 53 6
T24 4 -3 F 1 73 68 65 71 277 87 119 32
T24 17 -3 F 4 73 68 62 74 277 83 112 29
T30 32 -2 F -4 71 68 73 66 278 37 40 3
T30 16 -2 F -2 71 68 71 68 278 62 69 7
T30 16 -2 F -2 71 69 70 68 278 79 98 19
T30 11 -2 F -1 71 70 68 69 278 59 68 9
T30 3 -2 F E 66 71 71 70 278 10 10 --
T30 3 -2 F E 74 68 66 70 278 41 42 1
T30 10 -2 F 2 66 71 69 72 278 51 57 6
T30 16 -2 F 3 65 70 70 73 278 99 123 24
T30 23 -2 F 5 66 68 69 75 278 82 103 21
T39 15 -1 F -2 66 76 69 68 279 21 19 2
T39 6 -1 F 1 70 68 70 71 279 72 82 10
T39 6 -1 F 1 71 67 70 71 279 36 37 1
T39 13 -1 F 2 67 73 67 72 279 102 116 14
T39 13 -1 F 2 71 70 66 72 279 27 26 1
T39 19 -1 F 3 68 68 70 73 279 9 6 3
T45 24 E F -3 69 70 74 67 280 81 88 7
T45 17 E F -2 70 69 73 68 280 50 49 1
T45 9 E F -1 67 71 73 69 280 92 101 9
T45 9 E F -1 70 72 69 69 280 78 85 7
T45 25 E F 4 68 68 70 74 280 66 67 1
T50 4 1 F 1 70 71 69 71 281 76 78 2
T50 17 1 F 3 68 71 69 73 281 52 51 1
T50 24 1 F 4 68 68 71 74 281 93 100 7
T53 1 2 F 1 67 72 72 71 282 57 55 2
T53 1 2 F 1 70 71 70 71 282 65 61 4
T53 1 2 F 1 71 71 69 71 282 48 43 5
T53 12 2 F 3 67 73 69 73 282 101 102 1
T53 20 2 F 4 71 70 67 74 282 25 23 2
T58 12 3 F -1 70 71 73 69 283 19 16 3
T58 12 3 F -1 68 73 73 69 283 109 110 1
T58 12 3 F 3 70 69 71 73 283 74 70 4
T58 17 3 F 4 69 72 68 74 283 42 35 7
T62 -- 4 F 2 68 69 75 72 284 12 8 4
T62 -- 4 F 2 69 71 72 72 284 17 14 3
T62 16 4 F 4 73 69 68 74 284 34 27 7
T62 21 4 F 5 71 70 68 75 284 117 117 --
T66 4 5 F 3 70 70 72 73 285 119 118 1
T66 20 5 F 5 68 74 68 75 285 122 124 2
68 14 6 F 5 69 70 72 75 286 29 24 5
T69 7 7 F 5 72 69 71 75 287 7 4 3
T69 7 7 F 5 69 72 71 75 287 125 125 --
71 17 9 F 8 71 71 69 78 289 67 58 9
72 -- 10 F 2 73 69 76 72 290 49 38 11

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