Golf Channel · Aug 8, 2020
Healthy, refreshed Jason Day looking like the guy who won the 2015 Wanamaker
SAN FRANCISCO – Around the edges is where the boyish face tells the full story. Jason Day is only 32 years old but it’s been a high-mileage journey, and while he offers the same easy smile there’s now a distinct quiet behind the crow’s feet.
That’s what happens when you turn pro at 19 and you endure almost as many injuries as victories (12) on the PGA Tour. Day’s had thumb injuries, back ailments, ankle problems and, in one of the more bizarre major championship moments at the 2015 U.S. Open, what was diagnosed as a viral inner-ear infection after collapsing to the turf at Chambers Bay.