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Saturday, April 28, 2012

Day to play through pain at Masters

Updated April 04, 2012 12:49:57

Jason Day has sent a scare through the Australian tilt at the Masters, after limping away from the driving range with a foot complaint.

World number 11 Day, a runner-up last year, was practising on Tuesday when he tweaked his left foot, apparently aggravating an injury suffered last week.

There was some concern the highest-ranked of the six Australians could follow American Dustin Johnson (back) as a high profile withdrawal from the year's first major championship.

But 24-year-old Day remained confident he'd be ready to start Thursday's first round.

"It's nothing big and at this stage I still intend to play," Day said.

"There was some discomfort but it would take a lot for me to miss a Masters."

Day's manager Bud Martin confirmed Day had arrived at Augusta National carrying an injury.

"Jason injured his left ankle and foot training last week but he is getting treatments from his trainer today and tomorrow," Martin said.

"We are optimistic Jason will be fine by Thursday."

Day and fellow Australians Adam Scott, Geoff Ogilvy, John Senden, Aaron Baddeley and amateur Bryden Macpherson will attempt to end the country's 76-year drought at the event.

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First posted April 04, 2012 12:46:11

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Saturday, March 17, 2012

Day scrapes through match play opener

Updated February 23, 2012 12:21:57

Australian star Jason Day produced a stunning fight-back to defeat Spain's Raphael Cabrera-Bello in extra holes in the first round of the WGC Match Play Championship in Tucson, Arizona.

World number seven Day looked dead and buried at three down with three to play but, with some help from the nervous Spaniard, he rallied to win on the 19th hole.

Cabrera-Bello bogeyed the final three holes to almost gift Day a ticket to the second round where he will meet fellow Australian John Senden.

Cabrera-Bello only needed to two putt from six feet on the 16th hole but blasted his first putt six-feet past the hole and missed the comeback attempt.

Clearly rattled, he missed the 17th green on approach and failed to get up and down and then dumped his approach on the 18th into a near impossible lie in a bunker.

When he failed to make par he conceded Day a birdie, sending the match to extra holes.

On the first extra hole Day watched the Spaniard find some focus and stick an approach shot to 13-feet but the Australian refused to blink.

He almost holed out from 150 yards, then watched Cabrera-Bello lip out his birdie roll before tapping his in for a clutch victory.

"I felt like I just won the tournament," Day admitted.

"I did kind of just scrape through, but I'm glad I stuck in there and didn't give up."

Senden, the 39th seed, hammered English 26th seed Simon Dyson 4 and 3.

While Senden was impressive in the rout, Dyson is expecting a child on Tuesday in England and played as if he had the impending birth and the flight back home on his mind.

Otherwise it was a tough day out for the six-man Australian contingent.

Eighth seed Adam Scott lost to 57th seeded Englishman Robert Rock 1-up and Aaron Baddeley fell 2 and 1 to former British Open champion Louis Oosthuizen.

Two-time tournament champion Geoff Ogilvy was hammered 4 and 3 by Keegan Bradley and Greg Chalmers fell 4 and 2 to world number four Martin Kaymer.

Former world number one Tiger Woods scraped to a 1-up victory over Spaniard Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano.

Woods lost his opening two holes and was 1-down with four to play before rallying to win.

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First posted February 23, 2012 12:06:32

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