The Open Championship: Power ranking the top 10 for Carnoustie

CARNOUSTIE, SCOTLAND - APRIL 24: A view of The Claret Jug for The Open Championship media day at Carnoustie Golf Links on April 24, 2018 in Carnoustie, Scotland. The 147th Open Championship will take place at Carnoustie between 19th-22nd July 2018 (Photo by Richard Heathcote/Getty Images) /

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SOUTHPORT, ENGLAND – JULY 22: Jason Day of Australia hits his tees shot on the 1st hole during the third round of the 146th Open Championship at Royal Birkdale on July 22, 2017 in Southport, England. (Photo by Andrew Redington/Getty Images) /

It’s been a resurgent 2018 for Jason Day. The Aussie is twice a winner on the PGA Tour (Farmers Insurance, Wells Fargo) to go with a T2 at Pebble Beach. He’s made eight of nine cuts this season and has done no worse than T44 when playing the weekend.

This will be Day’s first taste of Carnoustie. He’s shown well on links courses before, though.

The 30-year-old has made the cut all seven times at the Open Championship, including a T4 finish in 2015.

Coach and former caddie, Colin Swatton, has supreme faith in his pupil.

“His game is tailor-made for it. Jason is the best chipper and putter on the planet. He can hit the ball low when he wants to and he’s not afraid to use the driving iron and get the ball on the ground running,” Swatton told Australian Golf Digest this week.

“Although he plays most of his golf in the U.S., Jason’s game is so adaptable to any tournament and conditions.”

In the four majors, Day’s finished inside the top four of each of them and has 14 top-10s in 30 major appearances.

Day comes in rested after a T12 at the Travelers Championship the week after the U.S. Open his last start.

He is relatively straight (91st on the PGA Tour in fairways hit) for his distance (15th) and ranks first in strokes gained around the green, SG putting and sand saves.

A win here gets Jason Day halfway to the career Grand Slam.

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