Day Gets His Return ‘Down Under’ Dietary Priorities Spot On

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Jason Day has not been home to Australia in seven years but he got dietary priorities correct with one of his first stops after his plane had landed was to visit his favourite Forest Lake bakery a for a meat pie.

The humble meat pie is staple food item for Australians the country over.

For those not familiar it is a a hand-sized pie containing diced or minced meat and gravy, sometimes with onion, mushrooms or cheese.

And it comes as no surprise Day should seek out a meat pie within a short time in arriving back home.

“I got off the plane, went through customs – they lost my clubs – and went straight to the bakery and got two meat pies,” said Day to reporters.

“And the pies were phenomenal!”

Day, who tees-up in this week’s BMW PGA Championship, says he’s also planning a weekend visit to the nearest KFC outlet.

“Aussie KFC – so good. It’s not like the KFC in America. The KFC over here, it’s unbelievable,” he said.

Day, 37 and now ranked World No. 31 is hoping his visit will land him a maiden pro victory in his homeland and a first win since capturing the 2023 AT&T Byron Nelson championship on the PGA Tour.

“I know that I’ve always wanted to win in Australia. I haven’t won as a professional here,” the 2015 US PGA champion said.

“I’ve seen Jordan Spieth come down here, Rory (McIlroy) come down here and (both) … win the Australian Open.

“They’ve accomplished that and it’d be nice for me to be able to (win the Australian PGA), especially here in Brisbane, where part of my life I grew up, and especially at a place like Royal Queensland.

“It’s very iconic. I grew up playing some tournaments here, but it’s always nice to be able to win a tournament regardless of where you go, but to be able to win one on home soil and to know that you can come back and win one, that would be special.”

Surprisingly, Day got his first look at this week’s host ‘RQ’, as it is affectionately known, on Monday morning for a practice round and it was the first visit since being a 16-year-old.

Day’s last visit back home also has an emotional touch and first since the passing of his mother while he also only intends to contest just this week’s event in Brisbane but not travel to Melbourne for next week’s Australian Open.  He will end his season in two weeks time at the Tiger Woods hosted Hero World Challenge.

“It’s going to be very short week,” he said.

“It’s going to be very quick and I’ve been trying to catch up with as many people as I possibly can.

“It’s a little bit emotional to see some of the faces. My sisters, I haven’t seen them since my mum passed away (in March 2022), so it’s been nice to be able to catch up with my sisters. “I’ve got a lot of friends that will be here this week (at Royal Queensland), so really I’m looking forward to … the four days.”

Day will feature in one of the star three-balls for the opening two days of the BMW Australian PGA teeing-up alongside three-time event winner and fellow Queenslander Cam Smith and defending champ Min Woo Lee.



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