Day Wins Second Match Play, Sets Up Shop In Augusta Next

Now a two-time winner of the WGC Dell Match Play, Jason Day's WGC match play record improved to 21-6. And that's with 2015's 0-3 record on his resume.

As Steve DiMeglio notes in his USA Today story, the second straight win by Day takes a quiet year and vaults the Aussie into the favorite role headed to the Masters.

Day’s collection of power, precision and superb putting and chipping proved too much for his seven vanquished opponents this week. He needed only 102 holes to win the championship, which is his ninth PGA Tour title and sixth win in his last 13 worldwide starts. Day also won the 2014 Match Play Championship in Arizona.

Day's Masters plan, according to Ryan Lavner, is to arrive Thursday and begin prepping in earnest on Friday. It appears to be part of an impeccable scheduling approach to 2016 for the Aussie.

“I can’t get comfortable with how I’m playing right now, and I can’t get lazy, because I’ve got to understand that what I’m doing is working,” he said. “I’ve got to keep working on the things that caused me to win over the last two weeks and keep doing that and then stay focused and hopefully put on the green jacket.”

Day has moved to the front of the odds lists, and is generally 6-1 or 7-1.

As for his health, well, Day seems to be day to day. Lavner explains at GolfChannel.com.

The final match--which wasn't nearly as thrilling as the semi-final against McIlroy--highlights:

The semifinal between Day and McIlroy lived up to the billing. The highlights:

There was also this pretty stellar swing comparison between semifinalists Day and McIlroy: