"There's a few little mind games out there."

There was so much to enjoy from Thursday's match play--dominating performances by Ben Crane, Bubba Watson and Rickie Fowler, Geoff Ogilvy going to 20-3 in the match play--but Jason Day's impressive win over Paul Casey and the gamesmanship that went with it stood out. Doug Ferguson reports:

"He looked really angry at me, too," Day said. "It was only about a foot and a half. ... But it's not about that hole, it's about the future holes coming on. So if I can make him a little angry, if I can get him out of his game plan and force him to make silly decisions out there, that's obviously part of the mind games that you play.

"Obviously, match play is a different format to stroke play. At the end of the day, you're all mates and stuff. But when you're playing against the guy across from you, you want to try to beat him as quick as possible."

On Wednesday in a 3-and-2 victory over K.T. Kim, Day made a point of walking in front of the South Korean player throughout the match.

"Paul walks pretty quick, so it was pretty tough to stay in front of him," Day said. "The competition is very, very tough. Just being out there reminds me of all the old days when I was back playing as an amateur and as a junior. There's a few little mind games out there."

Now, I love gamesmanship on the PGA Tour as much as the next non-Vice President fearful of tainting the image of the precious pros, but isn't the secret of really top notch gamesmanship not actually talking about your ploys?

Unfortunately for Day, he draws J.B. Holmes who has his own form of gamesmanship: plumb-bobbing 2 footers in the amount of time it takes some people to run a mile.