Golf Channel · Nov 16, 2019
Day (70) stumbles late after promising start in Mexico
Putter switch gives Baker confidence; Day needs more fairways in Mexico
0:001:00Jason Day got off to a promising start Friday at the Mayakoba Golf Classic, only to stumble late and end the day eight shots off the lead.
Day was bogey-free and 4 under through 15 holes when he tugged his tee shot at El Camaleon Golf Club's par-4 16th hole. Trying to avoid the water left, Day tried to cut a drive into the narrow fairway, but his tee ball started left and stayed there, ending up in the mangroves.
Day's double bogey and ensuing bogey at the penultimate hole dropped him to 1 under, where he finished the day after a first-round 70, eight back of leader Danny Lee.