FARMINGDALE, N.Y. – As Jason Day can attest, things can change in a hurry on a course as difficult as Bethpage Black.
The world No. 1 was firing on all cylinders early in the second round of The Barclays, reeling off four straight birdies on Nos. 4-7 to catch Patrick Reed atop the leaderboard. But Day gave those shots back over the very next three holes, highlighted by a double bogey on No. 9, and he now trails Reed by four shots after a 1-under 70.
“I had it going great, and I felt like, ‘What’s the course record?