AVONDALE, La. – That Saturday 79 to bomb out of the lead at Hilton Head?
It was the world No. 1’s worst score in 11 months, but he could sense that a big number was brewing.
“The process that I go through each pre-shot routine wasn’t as mentally sharp as it has been at the start of the year,” he said Tuesday at the Zurich Classic. “I was thinking about other things rather than going through my normal process.”
Tied for the lead going into the weekend at the Heritage, Day said he was mentally fatigued, had a terrible attitude and was “switched off a little bit more than I had been the previous round.