The Masters Power Rankings: Top ten picks to don the green jacket

Jason Day is a guy who always seems to be in the mix at Augusta. He’s the owner of three top-10s (T2, 3, T10) in seven starts. He’s never missed a Masters cut with the only blemish a WD in 2012.

Day came within one shot of matching fellow Aussie Greg Norman (and Zimbabwean Nick Price) for the course record when he shot eight-under 64 on Friday in 2011. That year, he finished T2 and two off of a playoff.

No one will confuse this week with the Open Championship, but a little rain and breeze looks to be on the way. Day tends to play well when the rain jacket’s on. He can grind out pars with his piercing ball flight and steady short game if the conditions require.

Day’s had a revival in 2018. He beat a good field at the Farmers Insurance Open in February and nearly won in Pebble Beach soon after (T2). He’s competed just four times since the New Year and took a week off after the WGC-Match Play.

Something to watch this week with Day is an equipment change. He recently shifted irons, a rare decision so close to the event.

"“I think with how I was hitting my irons, I just didn’t have the confidence in knowing that [they would stand up at Augusta],” Day was quoted by the Sydney Morning Herald. “I don’t know what happened, but they performed OK last year and I went from an offset to an onset iron last year, which was my old set that I currently am not using right now, but I just couldn’t quite get the gain, the trajectory, and the control that I wanted to.”"