Let's Give New World No. 1 Jason Day The Emmy Right Now!
/The Australian continued his shockingly proficient and dominant late season run with his fourth win in his last six starts, including the full field PGA Championship, Barclays and now the limited-field BMW Championship.
In the spirit of the utterly insufferable Emmy Awards handed out just hours after Day's last putt, we might as well give him the Best Player In A Dramatic Performance trophy. Or do we wait until episode 42 at East Lake?
Steve DiMeglio ponders this in his game story from the BMW.
Following his latest masterpiece, a six-shot romp he capped Sunday at Conway Farms Golf Club to win the BMW Championship, Day improved his case for the PGA Tour player of the year award that was once considered to be a lock for Jordan Spieth. Spieth won the year’s first two majors, made a gallant run at history in coming up one shot short in the British Open and has two other wins.
Next week’s Tour Championship by Coca-Cola, the finale of the FedExCup Playoffs, could decide matters among the players, who vote on the award.
Just think how great it'd be to have a golf awards show? Everyone all gussied up in their orange makeup, declaring how it's all about the work. Even better, acting excited when others win for the ninth time and thanking the volunteers for picking up their courtesy cars left curbside because time was of the essence. America would love it!
Jason Sobel at ESPN.com explains why reaching No. 1 was such an emotional moment for Day, who had this on his goal list long before he deserved to even be thinking of such a thing.