About this episode
Jason Day is an Australian PGA TOUR Golf Professional. The winner of 12 PGA TOUR and 3 DP World Tour events, his current global win tally includes: 2 World Golf Championships, the 2016 PLAYERS Championship and the 2015 PGA Championship at Whistling Straits. Day is a former Official World Golf Ranking #1 and he joins Mark Immelman to share his story of going from a youngster growing up in Beaudesert, Australia to the top of the Global Professional game. Jason shares his journey from a beginner golfer, through his amateur golf days to the Mini Tours, and eventually the PGA TOUR. He shares candid assessments and lessons learned along the way, all the while talking about his game and how he brought out his personal best. Jason talks about professional victories, including the 2015 PGA Championship and he shares some disappointments and challenges that professional golfer face. He talks about managing stress, injury, burnout, and how he re-evaluated himself and ignited a passion to once again become the best golfer in the world. He also takes a deep dive into recent golf-swing changes he has made to improve his game. He shares insights, challenges, doubts and the theory of how he is approaching ball-flight and trajectory adjustments. He also talks about the value of the Short Game and how he loves to work on putting. He shares his keys to great putting and also talks about his routine, green-reading and visualization for success. This podcast is also available on YouTube so you can see Jason demonstrate his technique.