Jason Day

Jason Day's career is a study in peaks and persistence. The Australian from Beaudesert, Queensland, climbed to world number one and held it for 51 weeks, winning 13 times on the PGA Tour including the 2015 PGA Championship, his first major, and the 2016 Players Championship. What I find compelling is how often he competed through visible physical pain, especially back trouble, yet kept contending at the highest level. That blend of raw talent and stubborn resilience defines him for me. Reaching the top of golf is hard enough; staying relevant after injury setbacks shows the kind of grit I genuinely respect.

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Name (English)

Jason Day

Name (Japanese)

ジェイソン・デイ

Reading

じぇいそん・でい

Born

November 12, 1987 (age 38)

Origin

Beaudesert, Queensland, Australia

Height

182 cm

Occupation

golfer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Rabbit

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/jasondayofficial/
• Xhttps://x.com/JDayGolf
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason%20Day
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%82%A4%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%87%E3%82%A4%20(%E3%82%B4%E3%83%AB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%83%BC)
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q246992

Tags

• Queensland
• golfer

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.