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Day on fire in quest for number one

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Jason Day of Australia plays his shot from the 13th tee during the First Round of the BMW Championship at Conway Farms Golf Club on September 17, 2015 in Lake Forest, Illinois

Chicago (AFP) - It took a weather delay to slow surging Jason Day Thursday at the BMW Championship, where the Australian's fireworks left even Jordan Spieth's hole-in-one in the shade.

Day launched his bid for a victory that could lift him to number one in the world in scintillating fashion, an eagle and nine birdies with one bogey putting him 10-under when the horn sounded to end play shortly after he teed off at his final hole.