Just a few months ago, all the talk was about
a new rivalry at the top of golf's world rankings between Rory McIlroy and
Jordan Spieth, but golf fans can now look forward to what should be an ongoing
three-way battle to be the game's best.
Jason Day's six-shot victory in the BMW
Championship catapulted the Australian to the number one spot in the world on
the back of a remarkable run of form in recent weeks.
Since suffering back-to-back missed cuts at
the Players Championship and the Memorial Tournament, Day has been in red-hot
form after finishing tied ninth in the U.S. Open, where he suffered from
vertigo and performed commendably to even finish the tournament.
He was then tied fourth at The Open at St.
Andrews, won the Canadian Open and was tied 12th at the Bridgestone
Invitational before winning his first Major title at the PGA Championship. He
followed that up by taking the first event in the FedEx Cup playoffs -- the
Barclays -- and, after a tied 12th spot in the Deutsche Bank Championship, he
romped to glory in the BMW. It's why he's 18/5 with Betfair when this article
was written to win the closing Tour Championship ahead of McIlroy and Spieth.
Day has always promised plenty and he is now
delivering on that potential to raise the prospect of a decade-long battle for
supremacy at the top of the rankings.
McIlroy's 2015 has been hampered by the ankle
ligament injury he suffered just before The Open. However, his fourth-place
finish at the BMW hinted the Northern Irishman is on his way back to his best.
It shouldn't be forgotten either that he had already won three times in 2015
prior to his injury -- at the Dubai Desert Classic, in the WGC-Cadillac Match
Play, and in the Wells Fargo.
Spieth, meanwhile, mopped up the first two
majors of the year and briefly replaced McIlroy as world number one before now
slipping down to third. Spieth has struggled in the FedEx Cup playoffs, missing
the cut in the opening two events before a share of 13th at the BMW after a
couple of poor weekend rounds following a promising opening two days.
But, while he may be ending the season with
something of a whimper, Day is finishing in the complete opposite fashion to
show 2016 is going to be a year to really look forward to when all three of
golf's best players can hopefully compete against each other on a regular
basis.
Why is it that its only you that's the unlucky golfer. All you're mates get all the luck in the world, but its your drive that kicks into the trees, its your iron shot that lands short and spins back or pitches over the green. its your put that lips out.....why me, why is it always me and not anyone else?
