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Numbers of Interest: Jason Day’s WGC-Dell Match Play Win
We’re debuting a new weekly feature here at GolfWRX called Numbers of Interest, with potentially overlooked items from the winning golfer’s performance, focusing on the final round. We conceive of this feature as being stats and detail heavy, which was made difficult this week by poverty of ShotLink data and the match play format. Nevertheless, here are some significant numbers and details of interest from Jason Day’s triumph.
Day’s 5&4 victory over Louis Oosthuizen in the WGC-Dell Match Play championship match is the largest margin since Tiger Woods defeated Stewart Cink 8&7 in 2008. (And that was a 36-hole match).
Perhaps the most impressive element from the win isn’t a number, detail, or the margin of victory, but the fact that Day suffered back spasms in his opening match against Graeme McDowell that were so bad he nearly had to withdraw. And it wasn’t like (no pun intended) the issues were behind him as the week progressed.
Here’s what Day said about the back following his win.
“A lot of people don’t realize that I’m — I get here two or three hours before my tee time, try and get therapy and I’m there like another hour after my rounds trying to get therapy and I’m in between rounds trying to get therapy.”
Day added that Bubba Watson’s therapist, Brian Smith, played a key role, as his is presently in South Africa.
“Our whole team, James Bradley, who is our doc on our team…and then Cornell Driessen, who is my trainer, they’ve all been in communication throughout the whole week, making sure we’re taking the right steps towards getting me back and playing.”
Regarding Day’s championship match win: From No. 4 to No. 14, where the match ended 5&4, Jason Day missed just one green in regulation.
Much attention will be given to combination of power and precision Day showcased at Austin Country Club’s 509-yard, par-4 14th hole to close out the match, and rightfully so. Day stepped up and ripped his drive 352 yards to the left side of the fairway, using his TaylorMade M1 460 (10.5 degrees, adjusted to 9.5 degrees) with a Mitsubishi Rayon KuroKage S TiNi 70X (tipped 1 inch).
Related: See all the clubs Day used to win
Day then nipped a 109-yard approach shot with one of his TaylorMade Tour Preferred EF wedges to 2 feet, 9 inches and tapped in his TaylorMade Tour Preferred X golf ball (No. 87) to wrap up his second WGC-Dell Match Play Championship in the past three years.
But beyond the pin-seeking approach at the 14th, Day was firing darts across much of the aforementioned 12-hole stretch.
Have a look.
- No. 4: Jason Day: Shot 1 187 yds to green, 11 ft 2 in. to hole
- No. 5: Jason Day: Shot 2 130 yds to green, 2 ft 6 in. to hole
- No. 9: Jason Day: Shot 2 100 yds to green, 6 ft 10 in. to hole
The effort at No. 9 was particularly ridiculous when compared to his playing partner.
The details, via the PGA Tour’s ShotLink:
- Louis Oosthuizen: Shot 1 271 yds to right fairway, 187 yds to hole
- Jason Day: Shot 1 353 yds to right fairway, 99 yds to hole
- Louis Oosthuizen: Shot 2 191 yds to right green side bunker, 81 ft 1 in. to hole
- Jason Day: Shot 2 100 yds to green, 6 ft 10 in. to hole
Tough to compete with that.
Also notable: At the 317-yard par-four 13th hole, Day went for the green with his tee shot, winding up just off the green and just over 70 feet from the flag, en route to a hole-winning birdie.
After winning all seven of his matches this week, Jason Day’s WGC-Dell Match Play record is 21-6 and his winning percentage is a superb 78 percent. The 21 victories put him sixth on the list of players with the most Match Play matches won behind Tiger Woods (33), David Toms (24), Ian Poulter (23), Stewart Cink (22), and Rory McIlroy (22)
His last 13 worldwide starts haven’t been too bad, per ESPN’s Jason Sobel.
Oh, and a final number: Day pocketed $1.62 million for his winning effort.
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Tour Photo Galleries
Photos from the 2024 RBC Heritage
GolfWRX is on site this week at Harbour Town Golf Links on Hilton Head Island for the RBC Heritage. Plenty of golfers who competed in the Masters last week will be making the quick turnaround in the Lowcountry of South Carolina as the Heritage is again one of the Tour’s Signature Events.
We have general albums for you to check out, as well as plenty of WITBs — including Justin Thomas and Justin Rose.
We’ll continue to update as more photos flow in from SC.
Check out links to all our photos, below.
General Albums
- 2024 RBC Heritage – Monday #1
- 2024 RBC Heritage – Monday #2
- 2024 RBC Heritage – Tuesday #1
- 2024 RBC Heritage – Tuesday #2
WITB Albums
- Justin Thomas – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Justin Rose – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Chandler Phillips – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Nick Dunlap – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Thomas Detry – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Austin Eckroat – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Xander Schauffele – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Jason Day – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Will Zalatoris – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Patrick Cantlay – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Ludvig Aberg – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Collin Morikawa – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Sam Burns – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Stephen Jaeger – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
Pullout Albums
- Wyndham Clark’s Odyssey putter – 2024 RBC Heritage
- JT’s new Cameron putter – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Justin Thomas testing new Titleist 2 wood – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Cameron putters – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Odyssey putter with triple track alignment aid – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Scotty Cameron The Blk Box putting alignment aid/training aid – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Cameron putter – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Odyssey Ai One Eleven T putters – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Christian Bezuidenhout – testing new Callaway Ti 340 mini driver – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Rory McIlroy testing the new TaylorMade BRNR Mini Driver Copper – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Xander Schauffele testing the Callaway Ti 340 mini driver & the DUW – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Byeong Hun An, two new L.A.B. Golf putter builds with “T” alignment – 2024 RBC Heritage
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Photos from the 2024 Valero Texas Open
GolfWRX is on site this week at the Valero Texas Open.
The event has been around since 1922, making it one of the oldest on the PGA Tour calendar. Over the years, it’s been held at a variety of courses across the Lone Star State, but it’s found its home at TPC San Antonio in recent years. Some of the biggest names in golf have taken home the title here, including Arnold Palmer, Ben Hogan, Lee Trevino, and Ben Crenshaw.
GolfWRX has its usual assortment of general galleries, WITBs and special pull-out albums. As always, we’ll continue to update the links below as more photos come in from TPC San Antonio.
General Albums
WITB Albums
- Ben Taylor – WITB – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Paul Barjon – WITB – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Joe Sullivan – WITB – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Wilson Furr – WITB – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Ben Willman – SoTex PGA Section Champ – WITB – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Jimmy Stanger – WITB – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Rickie Fowler – WITB – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Harrison Endycott – WITB – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Vince Whaley – WITB – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Kevin Chappell – WITB – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Christian Bezuidenhout – WITB (mini) – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Scott Gutschewski – WITB – 2024 Valero Texas Open
Pullout Albums
- Cameron putter – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Ben Taylor with new Titleist TRS 2 wood – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Swag cover – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Greyson Sigg’s custom Cameron putter – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Davis Riley’s custom Cameron putter – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Josh Teater’s custom Cameron putter – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Hzrdus T1100 is back – – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Mark Hubbard testing ported Titleist irons – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Tyson Alexander testing new Titleist TRS 2 wood – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Hideki Matsuyama’s custom Cameron putter – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Cobra putters – 2024 Valero Texas Open
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Photos from the 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
GolfWRX is on site in the Lone Star State this week for the Texas Children’s Houston Open.
General galleries from the putting green and range, WITBs — including Thorbjorn Olesen and Zac Blair — and several pull-out albums await.
As always, we’ll continue to update as more photos flow in. Check out links to all our photos from Houston below.
General Albums
- 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open – Monday #1
- 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open – Monday #2
- 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open – Tuesday #1
- 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open – Tuesday #2
- 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open – Tuesday #3
WITB Albums
- Thorbjorn Olesen – WITB – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Ben Silverman – WITB – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Jesse Droemer – SoTX PGA Section POY – WITB – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- David Lipsky – WITB – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Martin Trainer – WITB – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Zac Blair – WITB – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Jacob Bridgeman – WITB – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Trace Crowe – WITB – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Daniel Berger – WITB(very mini) – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Chesson Hadley – WITB – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Callum McNeill – WITB – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Rhein Gibson – WITB – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Patrick Fishburn – WITB – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Peter Malnati – WITB – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Raul Pereda – WITB – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Gary Woodland WITB (New driver, iron shafts) – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Padraig Harrington WITB – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
Pullout Albums
- Tom Hoge’s custom Cameron – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Cameron putter – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Piretti putters – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Ping putter – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Kevin Dougherty’s custom Cameron putter – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Bettinardi putter – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Cameron putter – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Erik Barnes testing an all-black Axis1 putter – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Tony Finau’s new driver shaft – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
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Mikky Tee
Apr 1, 2016 at 8:40 am
Agreed, leave out the anal equipment stuff and this is a decent start..
Derek
Mar 31, 2016 at 6:14 am
A great idea to review what happened on the last day and we will see Jason again soon in this article. Perhaps The Masters!
Gimme
Mar 30, 2016 at 3:32 am
I need Cortisone gimme gimme
Nor
Mar 29, 2016 at 6:20 am
I though I read somewhere that Oosthuizen could whack it out there as well. Was he that out-driven by J.Day?
Lef
Mar 29, 2016 at 5:37 pm
Louie’s ball hit a tree on 9. The author neglected to point that out.
Joshuaplaysgolf
Mar 28, 2016 at 1:35 pm
I like the premise of the article, but why are we listing out ‘with his Taylormade M1 Driver…Tour preferred wedges…tour preferred x golf ball’??? It just sounds sort of hacky. This website has pages that give complete details on whats in player’s bags, not sure how this is relevant here.