Day Vows To Handle Better The Pressure Of Being World No.1.

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Tiger Woods had to endure the glare of being World No. 1 and all that went with the game’s best player for a record-setting 683 weeks.

Jason Day underwent a similar scenario for one week short of a year.

The Queenslander had first climbed to the summit of the Rankings in capturing the 2015 BMW Championship only to lose it in his next event at the Tour Championship.

Day, however, regained the No. 1 crown in winning the 2016 Dell Match-Play and reigned supreme until finishing T5th earlier this year in the AT & T Pebble Beach Pro-Am.

Day had been No. 1 in the world for a total of 51 weeks and now ahead of this coming week’s Australian Open the recently-turned 30-year old has spoken of a burning desire to return to World No. 1 and when he does, the Ohio-based Aussie and current World No. 12 insists he will do a better job in handling the task of the game’s best.

Jason Day goes to World No. 1 winning 2016 BMW Championship. (Photo – PGA Tour)

“I know in my heart I will climb that mountain and get back to number one,” he said in an interview with ABC radio.

“It’s going to be a difficult one, but I’ve had a taste of it, and for me it was very stressful being number one, all the demands that came with that.

“But I’m definitely going to handle it differently when I get back there.

“I feel very motivated, I think my 30s are going to be better than my 20s, and I’m very motivated to get back there to No. 1.

“I’d much rather be No. 1 than No. 12 .”

Day was only third Australian behind Greg Norman and Adam Scott to become World No. 1 and was also asked by ABC Radio what would he do differently if he did return to the game’s best male golfer.

“Normally, after a round I might sit down for 10 minutes and sign autographs,” he said.

“As No. 1, I could be in there signing for 45 minutes after the round. Then there’s the media, they may take 30 minutes… you’re sitting there, you’re tired, you may want to go and work on something on the range.

“It’s really hard, because everyone’s trying to pull you in different directions, and all you want to do is get back and have a few minutes alone… but unfortunately you can’t do that because people want your time.

“There’s a little bit of give and take between being too selfish and not being selfish enough, with making sure your game is in form.

“First and foremost you have to take care of yourself.”

 

 



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