Jason Day a Underrated Player?

Just wondering if Jason Day is an underrated golfer with the skill set he has. With all that Spieth has done, Jason has been in contention consistently. Over the past 3 years he's had 8 top 15 finishes including this win.

Just watching his swing. He's absolutely killing the ball. His driving right now reminds me of Rory last year when he was just unleashing hell upon on the ball and was hitting bullets down the middle.

The one major advantage he has is his ability to hit the ball very high. This might not allow him to win at The Open, unless it's a slightly less windy day. He should compete solidly in the other three majors year in and year out. Looking at his stats this year he's a complete player with his game.

If he stays committed he could easily push Rory and Spieth as being one of the three best players in the world. I for one hope he does. It would be a blast to watch a new Big Three come into golf at such a young age and give us 15 more years of awesome golf.

He's done well in majors, but he hasn't really performed as well in regular PGA events or even WGCs. That's where a guy like Jordan and even Rory have a big edge on him. They're more consistent week in and week out, in particular, Jordan. Jason has done better this year, winning 3 times, but I believe he only had two total wins before this season, one which came 5 years ago, and he hasn't contended as often as Jordan has. That being said, his skill level is unquestionable and if he brought this kind of game every week, he'd be mentioned in the same sentence as the other two guys.

He suffered a wrist injury after winning WGC-match play a couple of years ago just as he was peaking with his game.

Seems like the injury was a long setback.

He's been a fantasy stud for my team this season.

He'll get his due in the near future.....

Club Rat

I'd say he's underrated in the sense that he's had a great season and he doesn't get much hype from the media unless he's suffering from vertigo.

This season, he's 2nd in FedEx points, 3rd in Top 10 finishes and driving distance, 4th in scoring average and strokes gained total so I'd say that puts him in the Top 5 and I don't feel he's gotten recognition from the US media as a Top 5 player.

Now that he's won his 1st Major he'll get more coverage but I doubt he will ever get covered in the US like Spieth and other American players.

Yeah, no doubt this season has been awesome. Before this season, though, he's underperformed a bit in non-major tournaments. Really didn't have much to his resume besides one WGC win and some good finishes in majors. I think that's a main reason why he doesn't get mentioned with the others. What he really needs to do is follow this season up with another strong one next year and you'll see him mentioned with the other two more often.

yea... i'm a big fan of day, but he is a bit "cabrera like" in his results... seemingly always somewhere on the leaderboard in majors, but rarely seen there in the generic week-to-week tour events... i hope that changes... :-) edit: for the positive!

I think he's tremendously underrated, and it's because he hasn't won as much as he should given his talent. And then you have Rory and Spieth winning everything at a much younger age, which makes Day seem mediocre in comparison. In an era of golf where U25 golfers aren't dominating, we're looking at Day as the next big thing.

In my opinion, he's the only golfer on tour with the all-around skill set to match Rory when Rory is playing at his best. He hits the ball nearly as far, his short game is good, and his putting is really good. The big thing for him is his health. If he stays healthy, I think he could easily win another 5 majors, or more. I think we could see Rory, Spieth, and Day win 15 of the next 20 majors, too.

I don't think he's underrated because he hasn't won a lot, but he has had injuries and the vertigo thing. From what I've seen, he looks like he's ready to explode now. I wouldn't be surprised to see a Day, Spieth, McIlroy rivalry for another 10 years. Aussie, Irishman, American - a truly international rivalry. Awesome!

Wait a minute ^^^^^^^^ @DeadMan beat me to it!

I personally thought for a long time how is it that this stud hasn't won more and a major. If we go back even a last few years, he has shown up a lot on the front leaderboard. Anyway, major takes care of it all.

I agree, that was some mad driving.

that is a fair enough point... i don't think it would be easy to find anyone in the golf community that didn't think that he would hold up the big trophy someday, with "someday" being sooner than later*... i would say that he was "properly rated"... and frankly (even though he is on my "list" of guys i cheer for), i fear that because he finally broke through, the media will now overrate him.... again, i like him a lot... and i was pulling hard for him to win sunday... and i "think" (not "know") he has just as much "game" as rory and jordan (maybe not quite as much as rory, but close), but he doesn't "deserve" to be in the conversation with them yet... his lack of overall production at an older age than the other two is stark... however, if he shows up with that same game at augusta next april, i think he blitzes the place... then he can at least be "under consideration" to be in the conversation... my golf hope to get me through the winter... jason, rory and jordan hit augusta with wins in their back pocket and on top form... :-) * although... i don't think that anyone would have thought that sergio's best performance in a major would come when he was 19 years old, either... so it wasn't a lock that jason would win one, but it was hardly a surprise that he did....

I agree. It does seem like that injury set him back. Now with 1 major, if he keeps working hard he could be like Rory with four majors really soon.

i hope so... i doubt he will stop working at it, he doesn't seem to be the type who is going to lose his motivation... but it is a long way from 1 to 2, let alone 4... let alone "4 really soon".... besides rory and jordan, there are quite a few players who will be playing for those trophies, and there are only 4 of them a year... but i wouldn't cry tears of sadness if it happened... :-D

say it ain't so joe... no possible way that is true of the despicable cretin tiger woods... :-P as we all know, if another player asked tiger for help, tiger would go to their house and eat their puppies in front of their children... :-D

I agree with this. Heck, you could just go back a half dozen years and tally up all of the votes in all of the tst majors contests to see just how popular and un-underrated Day has been. He's always a trendy pick.