No Ordinary Day

Another win for a PGA Tour twenty something. 22 year old and former Australian junior standout Jason Day jumped into the winner's circle in Dallas at the famed Byron Nelson Tournament. But it wasn’t easy. Amid the late Spring Dallas humidity and the energy from 16-year-old Dallas area high schooler Jordan Spieth, when it came to the back nine on Sunday it was a two horse race between Day and 2009 Q-School graduate Blake Adams. Day stood next to Adams on the 18th tee with a one-stroke lead when all the wheels fell off…of both.

It started with Adams smashing a drive right of right into the mess of trees right of even the gallery. With Day recognizing the open door he decided to hit an iron to insure he would hit the fairway, as 18 had reeked havoc on him all week with three straight drives into the water. His chunky iron barely even got to the fairway and he sat a long iron away from he and victory. Unfortunately he chunk hooked his long iron into the water for the fourth straight day opening the door for Adams who stood watching in the trees trying to visualize an out of trouble shot of his own. It turned into an into more trouble shot.

His iron sailed just short and left of the green karaming off of the bank and into the water joining Day in the sloppy play festival. When it was all said and done Day had two putts to win and put Adams away with no problem cashing in his first career win on Tour and his 2nd career professional win (Nationwide event). He was able to walk off the green and greet Peggy Nelson wife of the late ‘Lord’ Byron Nelson as the new champion of tournament that was created in Nelson’s honor. In the end it was a two shot victory over Adams who backed up enough to tie Brian Gay and Jeff Overton for second place.

Congrats to Jason Day on his first career PGA Tour win and earning his first ever appearance at Augusta National for the 2011 Masters. When Jason tees it up next April he will definitely remember this fine Sunday in May and reflect back on it as no ordinary day. .

***A quick shout out to Jordan Spieth on an amazing effort this week. He definitely captured the hearts of golf fans everywhere. It was a magical week.