Jason Day ties for 4th at Travelers Championship
Jason Day – file photo Australian Golf Media
Jason Day has indicated he is returning to his best with a share of 3rd place at the Travelers Championship, one of the now Signature events on the PGA Tour.
Day finished two shots behind the winner, Keegan Bradley, who produced a two-shot swing over Tommy Fleetwood at the final hole to win by one over the luckless Fleetwood, who was denied his first PGA Tour victory with bogeys at his 16th and 18th holes.
Day’s chance of victory was finally brought undone when he missed the fairway at the par 4 17th and was forced to lay up, the resultant bogey dropping him two behind, and although he parred the last he could only finish with a round of 68 and a share of 4th place with Harris English.
,
Day did, though, finish one shot ahead of Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler, who both recorded final rounds of 65 to finish in a share of 6th place and earns US$880,000.
The finish equals Day’s best finish of the season, and he moves back inside the top 30 into 28th place in the World ranking after being outside the top 30 for all of the season to date.
Ryan Fox continued his great run with a share of 17th place, his final round of 66 not quite enough to break clear of an 8 way tie for his final placing.
Fox will, however, pick up another US$252,000 to add to his significant earnings over the past six weeks or so and he remains in 30th position in the world ranking and in 26th place in the FedEx Cup standings.
Bradley’s win came after he stood three behind Fleetwood standing on the 15th green. Birdies at the drivable 15th and his brilliant wedge to the last to set up one final birdie were enough to edge past the Englishman who was long with his tee shot at the 16th and bogeyed then bogeyed the last from just off the front of the green.
