JASON DAY, an Australian golfer whose mother is of Filipino descent, won the prestigious Match Play Championship at Dove Mountain.
The win took him to a career-high No. 4 in the world ranking. He beat Victor Dubuisson of France in the final.
“I’m going to be honest here,” he said. “I come from a very poor family. So it wasn’t winning that was on my mind when I first came out on the PGA Tour. It was money. I wanted to play for money because I’d never had it before. Winning takes care of everything. And it’s not about the money anymore. I just want to play golf – golf that I love – and win trophies.”
His father, Alvin, died of cancer when Day was 12. As a kid, he had to shop at a used clothing store, where for $5 he could stuff as much as he could into one bag. His mother, Dening, was born in the Philippines and moved to Australia in the early 1980s.
After six years on the PGA Tour, he earned close to $14 million – but had only one win, at the Byron Nelson Championship. He had a pair of close calls at the Masters, and nudged even closer to a major last year at Merion when he tied for second behind Justin Rose.
Day won the individual title in the World Cup last November at Royal Melbourne, where he and Masters champion Adam Scott delivered Australia the team title. That victory came after he lost eight relatives in the Philippines because of Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda). Noli Cruz
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