Struggling Jason Day Coming To Grips With Change
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By DERON SNYDER
Standing on the seventh green Friday while waiting his turn to putt, Jason Day shook his shoulder-length hair and poured water into his cap. The temperature was rising and Day’s score was threatening to do likewise.
After scoring 69 in the opening round of the AT&T National, good for a fifth-place tie, he was 2 over for the day with just three holes remaining. Meanwhile, playing partner Robert Garrigus was as hot as the weather, charging up the leader board with six birdies to three bogeys. Day went par-birdie-par to finish his round and minimize the damage, leaving him tied for 15th-place at 1 under.
“I haven’t played great, but I haven’t played that bad,” said the 24-year-old Australian, summing up his year and his week. “It’s good to be back here and last year was great. I’ve still got two more days to go, and I feel like I’m in pretty good position.”
He’s actually in better shape this year after two rounds at Congressional. Last year, when he wound up second behind runaway winner Rory McIlroy in the U.S. Open, Day sat at 1 over entering Saturday.
