Jason Day in the mix at PGA Tour Champs
Sep 22, 2017 - 10:37 PM Jason Day believes his long-shot status for the $US10 million FedEx Cup will allow him to fly under the radar he gears up for the closing rounds of the Tour Championship.Australian world No.6 Day needs a perfect storm from the top five seeds to have a chance at bagging golf's richest prize.
He's relishing the fact all the stress is on the big guns at the US PGA Tour's play-offs finale in Atlanta.
Day is well in the mix after two rounds of the 30-man event, firing a three-under-par 67 to sit climb to four-under and three shots back of co-leaders Justin Thomas (66), Webb Simpson (67) and England's Paul Casey (67).
The trio sit at seven-under to lead by one at the halfway mark over Patrick Reed (65), Justin Rose (66), Gary Woodland (67) and Jon Rahm (67).
FedEx leader Jordan Spieth carded an even-par 70 to lurk ominously at three-under and he shares 15th alongside fellow top five seed Dustin Johnson.
The top five are guaranteed the FedEx series with a Tour Championship win, but Day says added pressure is a downside of that position.
"There's definitely a lot less stress because, if they play well, those guys have a great shot of winning the FedEx," said Day, who shares 11th place.
But Day, in his seventh Tour Championship appearance, is confident the battle isn't over yet.
"Everything starts to tighten up. It's the Tour Championship and anything can happen, especially over the last 36 holes," said Day.
Day just needs to tighten up the mistakes.
He bagged four birdies in his first 10 holes on Friday to come within a shot of the lead, but a series of errant tee shots led to three bogeys on the trot starting at the 12th.
"I've got to stop making these silly errors. It's really frustrating because I get really good momentum through the first part of my round. The competition that we have, you just can't give out easy ones," said Day, who righted the ship with two late birdies.
Fellow Australian Marc Leishman shot 71 to sit two-over the card and will need a massive weekend in order to utilise the top-five seeding he earned by cruising to victory at last week's BMW Championship.
Source: AAP
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