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Day captures Wells Fargo Championship
ason Day fought through some wayward tee shots and his own self-doubt to shoot a 2-under 69 and win the Wells Fargo Championship by two strokes over Aaron Wise and Nick Watney , his second victory of the season . After squandering a three-shot lead on the back nine , Day ’ s tee shot on the difficult 230-yard par-3 17th hole crashed into the pin and settled less than three feet away . He made the putt to take a two-shot lead , becoming the only player to birdie the hole in the final round . Day finished at 12-under 272 . “ One of the best wins I have ever had ,” said Day , who never felt on top of his game . He missed more than half the fairways — including an ugly hook into the water on the par-4 14th — hit just eight greens in regulation and made four bogeys on the day . But he toughed it out on the final three holes at Quail Hollow nicknamed the “ Green Mile ,” playing them in 2 under . “ You play sit there and play mental games with yourself , subconsciously saying , ‘ You can ’ t do this . You ’ re going to fail , you ’ re going to fail ,’” Day said . “ I just kept on saying to myself , ‘ Forget about it and keep pushing .’” Day fell back into a tie with Wise after back-to-back bogeys on 13 and 14 , but regained the lead by draining a 10-foot birdie putt on the par-4 16th . That set up the shot of the tournament on the 17th , a hole with water short , left and long of the green that gave players fits all day because the putting surface was so firm that it was tough to stop the ball . He caught his break when the ball bounced four times and
Tiger Woods
Jason Day with the trophy
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“ You play sit there and play mental games with yourself , subconsciously saying , ‘ You can ’ t do this . You ’ re going to fail , you ’ re going to fail ,’” Day said . “ I just kept on saying to myself , ‘ Forget about it and keep pushing .’’
“ I didn ’ t putt well again ,” Woods said . “ The chances I did have , I missed them all . Just a bad week .”
hit the flagstick , drawing a huge roar from the crowd . He , who has had troubles with the closing hole in the past , then hit an iron off the 18th tee , knowing he had a two-shot lead . He got up-and-down from the rough right of the green to finish with a par . It was the Day ’ s 12th career win on the PGA TOUR . The former world No . 1 also won the Farmers Insurance Open earlier this year after a winless 2017 . The 21-year-old Wise had the best finish of his career . He was alone in second before Watney drained a 59-foot putt on the 18th . Day pumped his fist and cheered on his playing partner before he rolled in the winning putt . If Day was expecting a challenge from some of the other high-profile players in the field , it never came . Tiger Woods was a non-factor , shooting 74 to finish 14 shots back . He failed to make a birdie in the final round of a tournament for the first time since 2014 . “ I didn ’ t putt well again ,” Woods said . “ The chances I did have , I missed them all . Just a bad week .” Woods , Mickelson and Fowler will play the first two rounds together at THE PLAYERS Championship next week .
What ’ s in the bag ?
Jason ’ s family
Jason with his caddie
Driver : TaylorMade M3 ( TPT Golf Prototype shaft ), 9.5 degrees 3-wood : TaylorMade M4 HL ( Mitsubishi Chemical KuroKageTiNi 80TX shaft ), 16.5 degrees
Irons : TaylorMade P790 ( 3-iron ; True Temper Dynamic Gold X7 shaft ), TaylorMade P730 ( 4-PW ; True Temper Dynamic Gold X7 shafts )
Wedges : TaylorMade Milled Grind ( 50 and 56 degrees ; True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400 shafts ), TaylorMade Milled Grind Hi-Toe ( 60 degrees ; True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400 shaft ) Putter : TaylorMade Spider Tour Red Ball : TaylorMade TP5X