Aussie Day breaks five-year PGA Tour win drought

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Jason Day has claimed his archetypal triumph connected the PGA Tour since 2018, winning the Byron Nelson successful Texas by a shot.

Starting the time 2 shots back, Day made 4 birdies successful a sensational beforehand nine, and took the pb by chipping successful for different birdie on the 14th and didn't look back.

Even with the predicted rainfall opening to autumn arsenic helium played the 17th hole, Day remained calm to decorativeness par-birdie to paper a bogey-free nine-under 62 to decorativeness the tourney astatine 23-under.

And helium did it with his household - including his 4 kids and large woman Ellie - successful tow the full mode astir the course. It was his 13th vocation win.

Jason Day and lad Dash observe aft helium won the Byron Nelson successful Texas. (Getty)

Day finished a changeable up of Si Woo Kim and Austin Eckroat.

The triumph is an affectional 1 for Day - coming connected the archetypal Mothers Day since his ain passed distant past year.

Instead of wearing the names of their players, caddies wore the archetypal names of their player's mum during the last round.

"It's been a struggling fewer years ... 5 years since my past triumph truthful to beryllium capable to get the triumph the mode I've played contiguous was truly special," Day said aft the round.

Since his past win, Day suffered a backmost injury, and was forced to marque wholesale changes to his swing. The wounded and consequent betterment saw him autumn extracurricular the top-150 successful the satellite rankings.

Jason Day connected the 2nd tee. (Getty)

Day said it had been a "non-stop grind" to get backmost to the top.

"I've had a batch of injuries with my backmost and for a infinitesimal determination I thought I wasn't going to play again, and past conscionable trying to get done those 2 years [where] trying to get done a tourney was difficult.

"So to beryllium connected the different side, to beryllium steadfast and feeling bully astir my game, and yet winning again, there's nary amended feeling really."

Day besides took a infinitesimal to convey Ellie, earlier revealing helium hadn't yet bought her thing for Mothers Day.

"The magnitude of sacrifice she's made for maine and my career, I can't convey her enough."

Adam Scott besides changeable a bogey-free eight-under to determination up the leaderboard into a necktie for eighth, conscionable 4 shots back.

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