Masters Tournament: Ranking the 2019 field’s best of the last decade
By Bill Felber
4: Jason Day, -5.39
Although he lacks the green jacket moment, Day’s Masters track record is consistently solid. His seven starts since 2010 include a runner-up finish (2011), a third (2013) and a 10th (2016).
Day’s day-to-day record at Augusta has been dynamic and unpredictable. His 28 scored rounds include a half dozen in the 60s, including a 64 in the second round of his 2011 runner-up showing.
But he has also posted 10 rounds above par, including at least one such round in each of the past six tournaments.
In three different tournaments, Day has offset rounds of at least three under par with rounds of at least two over par.
Day displayed his potential in 2011, when he tied Scott two strokes behind Schwartzel. He entered the final round tied with Schwartzel, both of them four strokes behind Rory McIlroy.
When McIlroy stumbled, Day found himself tied with Schwartzel just four holes from the finish. But Schwartzel birdied all four of those holes, creating enough space that Day’s birdies on the 71st and 72nd holes weren’t enough.
Day’s two most recent Masters performances have been two of his weakest. In both his T-22 finish of 2017 and his T-20 last year, he never threatened to break into the top 10 at any point.