Jason Day was lost. He was a talented teenage golfer but then he’d lost his father and lost his way, too. He got into drinking. He got into fighting. He faced an uncertain future.
So how is it that just a decade later he’d climbed to golf’s top perch — World No. 1? Why did he make it instead of his Aussie mates? And once he plummeted from No. 1 all the way outside the top 150, what gave him the strength to battle back again? Put simply: Why him?
Day takes our Dylan Dethier through his rough-and-tumble childhood, his challenging relationship with father, his enduring love for golf, how he learned to do the work, what motivates him and much more.
This is Episode 1 of BREAKTHROUGH, where we sit down with golf’s most interesting people and learn about the moments in their lives that have made the biggest difference.
0:00-1:47 Intro
1:48-7:54 Day’s Origin Story
7:55-17:09 Boarding School Tales
17:10-21:03 Work Ethic or Luck?
21:04-27:59 Climb to World Number 1
28:00-33:10 Breakthrough Swing Changes
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There could hardly be a PGATour player coming from a more modest background than JDay. It explains why family is so important to him.