OAKMONT, Pa. — With his gait wobbly, his eyes struggling to focus and his head spinning so quickly he eventually collapsed to the ground, Jason Day would be forgiven if he remembered last year’s United States Open as a house of horrors.
A persistent case of vertigo had left Day lying on his back as he struggled to complete the final hole of his second round. A day later, rubbing his eyes and trying not to make any sudden head movements, Day shot a 68 to improbably share the tournament lead.
It was a brief respite.