Jason Day’s LIV exploration ended abruptly. He explains why

Over the past 3 years, plentifulness of pros person dived into information for a life connected LIV Golf. Some of them took it, others passed, but galore of them astatine slightest took it seriously. They felt they had to.

One of those gents whose sanction seemed to linger successful the LIV chat was Australian Jason Day. The erstwhile world no. 1 held a resume akin to galore LIV members. He had won a major, won galore times connected the PGA Tour, was not an American, and seemed celebrated capable to skipper his ain franchise. 

In different words, he would person fresh successful nicely alongside Martin Kaymer, Louis Oosthuizen, Cam Smith, Sergio Garcia and Henrik Stenson — chap world major-winners who were past their premier golfing days. Day wasn’t acrophobic to research those options, either.

“I didn’t sound it back,” Day precocious said successful an question and reply with Aussie publication Code Sports. 

“What happened was, it was a business move to conscionable spell successful and research the imaginable of what would hap aliases what the value would be.”

Although he didn’t explain when he considered it, Day evidently wasn’t unsocial successful this endeavor. Plenty of Tour pros who didn’t yet time off aliases LIV were fixed offers, aliases comparative dollar amounts they’d apt person successful the arena of statement negotiations. On a tinier scale, these ‘business moves’ hap each the clip for Tour pros, who are their ain companies. Their agents and managers research astir everything connected the array to fig retired each option. 

“My agent, who has represented a batch of guys complete there, said ‘Hey, I’m conscionable going to spell retired conscionable to spot what happens’,” Day continued.

“And I said ‘No worries, I’m happy pinch wherever I’m at, but it’s ever bully to know.‘“

Unfortunately for Day, what he recovered successful consequence was thing he already knew rather well. That his years since that unthinkable highest successful 2015 person been marred excessively overmuch by injury. 

“And they said, ‘We emotion Jason, but he’s excessively injured, he conscionable gets excessively galore injuries,‘” Day recalled. 

Perhaps much than immoderate modern prima not named Tiger Woods, Day’s past decade has been riddled pinch issues. Most person been related to his back, a nagging ailment he has worked pinch trainers and coaches to alleviate, moreover changing his plaything successful caller years pinch Chris Como. 

Day said he doesn’t blasted LIV for passing connected him, and it mostly ended up moving retired good for each parties. Day stuck pinch the Tour and triumphed successful 2023, ending a five-year winless drought astatine the AT&T Byron Nelson. 

Importantly, he besides maintained world ranking points and PGA Tour access, allowing Day to play successful the Paris Olympics this summertime and lead the International squad successful the Presidents Cup this fall.