The Nelson was Day’s first win on tour back in 2010 and he almost won again in 2017, losing a playoff to Billy Horschel. This time, it ended a five-year winless drought and gave him his 13th win on the PGA Tour.
Australian fans were treated to a double delight from their PGA Tour heroes during the first round of the AT&T Byron Nelson event, with Adam Scott firing his lowest Thursday score in nine years and Victorian David Micheluzzi lighting it up in his debut round on the US circuit.
Securing a three-peat, or winning the same tournament in three successive years, is such a rare occurrence on tour that only three golfers in the past 40 years have achieved the feat. Lee has the chance this week to become the fourth.
No golfer in PGA Tour history has shot 60 two times in one season. No golfer, that is, until Sebastian Munoz closed out the accomplishment Thursday during the first round of the AT&T Byron Nelson.
Lee can’t thank his mother enough for keeping the family business running primarily on her own while his father took on the role of driver, chaperon and confidante during his formative golf years.
Andrew Landry had a dream start to his 2017-’18 campaign on the US PGA Tour, collecting three finishes inside the top seven before February and breaking through for his first victory in April at the Valero Texas Open.
Spieth enters this week’s Fort Worth Invitational ranked 190th on the US PGA Tour in strokes gained/putting, losing an average of .471 strokes per round to the field on the green this season.