Jason Day - Still Hunting That No 1 Spot!

Four years after causing plenty of raised eyebrows when he declared he wanted Tiger Woods' No.1 ranking, Jason Day is preparing to make his pro debut on Queensland soil at the Australian PGA Championship a wiser, more mature player.

But make no mistake, the only thing that has as far as his ambition goes is the player he is now striving to unseat, Englishman Luke Donald.
Late in 2007 as he was preparing for his debut season on the US PGA Tour, and also recovering from a serious wrist injury, the-then 20-year-old boldly said 'I'm sure I can take him down' in reference to Woods, who is clearly the player of his generation and arguably the greatest golfer of all time.
Plenty were critical of him for making such big statements without having proven himself but four years on and the Queenslander is coming off a year in which he didn't win but did finish tied second at the US Masters and outright runner-up at the US Open.
And having now moved to No.8 in the world, Day was happy to reflect on the storm those comments caused.
"You say anything about getting to the top, taking down someone or being the best, or being the best you can be at such a young age obviously it can be taken a totally different way," Day said.
"You know back then I was very young, I really didn't know how to handle myself when it came to talking publicly with the media."

"I feel like I have learnt a lot over the years, it has been a good learning curve over the last four to five years being on the PGA tour and dealing with the media."
Day admitted he could have made his ambitions known a little more cautiously back then but his burning desire to set the benchmark in the game has not changed.
"Like I said back then it has always been my ambition to get to the No.1 spot (but) I have a long way to go, it's small steps, it's a slow process and I need to keep working hard and the biggest thing is I need to get out there and win tournaments and that is how you get to No.1," he added.
"Probably the way I put it was dumb, but my intentions weren't to go out there and act as cocky as it sounded."
"I wanted to go out there and be that guy to take down Tiger and obviously it was tough for me."
"I grew up in a small country town and my mum would always tell me to be humble and to make sure if you are going to say something to make sure that it is always nice, nothing stupid like that, but you know like I said, it was a little bit of inexperience with the media."
"I still want to become the number one player in the world, obviously Tiger wants to get back on top of the world, I’m sure he does, like everyone else, they want to get to that No.1 spot."
"It has always been a goal of mine but if I had that chance again I would probably rephrase it a little bit differently."

"I just want to keep improving, if I keep improving on course and off course I know I can one day get to that No.1 spot."

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