New PGA Champion Jason Day Hints Taking Wanamaker Trophy Back To Ipswich Golf Club.
New PGA Champion Jason Day has hinted he make consider taking the gleaming Rodman Wanamaker Trophy home with him and a possbile visit to the Ipswich Golf Club in Queensland.
The club holds a special place in the heart of Australia’s newest Major Champion following his stunning three shot triumph along the shores of Lake Michigan.
The 27-year old Day became Australia’s 11th Major winner and on the 20th anniversary of Steve Elkington being the last Australian-born winner when he defeated ...
Jason Day Becomes 11th Australian-Born Major Champion – Full List.
List of Australian-born winners of a major:
5 – Peter Thomson – 1954, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1965 The Open Championship
2 – Greg Norman – 1986, 1993 The Open Championship
2 – David Graham – 1979 PGA Championship, 1981 US Open Championship
1 – Geoff Ogilvy – 2006 US Open
1 – Steve Elkington – 1995 PGA Championship
1 – Ian Baker-Finch – 1991 The Open Championship
1 – Wayne Grady – 1990 PGA Championship
1 – Kel Nagle ...
Rory McIlroy Forced To Swallow Double Dose Of PGA Pain
Rory McIlroy was forced to swallow a double dose of pain in first not being PGA Championship competitive and then losing his World No. 1 crown to Jordan Spieth.
McIlroy left Whistling Straits in 17th place after a final round 69 for a nine under par total in sweltering conditions along the Lake Michigan shoreline in upstate Wisconsin.
McIlroy posted back-to-back birdies at six and seven before a birdie at 10 ahead of dropping his only shot at the 13th and picking off a 16th birdie of his week at ...
Jason Day – With His 97th PGA Championship Victory.
JASON DAY – WITH HIS 97TH US PGA CHAMPIONSHIP VICTORY
• His second European Tour International Schedule victory in his 39th European Tour event.
• Moves to third in the Official World Golf Ranking from fifth.
• His first European Tour victory since the 2014 WGC – Cadillac Match Play Championship.
• The first time he has won in consecutive European Tour seasons.
Jason DAY (AUS) becomes the forth Australian-born player to win the PGA Championship – Picture Eoin Clarke, ...
Jason Day Finally Shakes Major’s Monkey On His Back, Rory McIlroy Sings Praise.
Aussie Jason Day finally rid the Major’s monkey from his back and created golfing history with a three shot victory in the PGA Championship at Whistling Straits.
Day, 27 withstood the meltdown conditions and a determined Jordan Spieth barrage to also win for a second time in three weeks after capturing the Canadian Open, a week after the bitter disappointment of missing The Open championship play-off by a single stroke.
The Ohio-based Day, who grew-up in rural Queensland admiring double major winning ...
Jason Day Ready To Become A Major Champion On 20th Anniversary Of Last Aussie To Win PGA
For Australian Jason Day his day is near and now just one round away from finally becoming a Major Champion.
And it could not be more poignant for Day and on the 20th anniversary of the last Australian-born golfer to capture the PGA Championship, and that being Steve Elkington in 1995 at Riviera.
Day will take a two shot lead into the final round of the US PGA Championship but he will have to hold off a strong chasing pack to claim a first Major Championship.
The Queensland-born Day grabbed an eagle, ...
Rory McIlroy Singles Out ‘Lack Of Competitiveness’ In Nine Adrift PGA C’ship Lead.
World No. 1 Rory McIlroy singled out a ‘lack of competitiveness’ in a un-McIlroy like third round in the PGA Championship.
McIlroy will head into the last day of the last Major of 2015 trailing nine strokes behind Australia’s Jason Day who posted a six under par 66 to take a two shot lead into the final round.
The four-time Major winning McIlroy got the start he wanted to be four under par after just six holes and capped by holing a monster 64-foot eagle putt from the back of the ...
