MCKINNEY, Texas – Lightning flashed and thunder clapped Sunday above the 18th green at TPC Craig Ranch during the closing moments of the 2023 AT&T Byron Nelson. And from the comfort of the clubhouse after already posting a 9-under 62 several minutes prior, Jason Day watched Austin Eckroat’s lengthy eagle putt attempt from the fringe of the par-5 18th come up empty as Day ended a five-year drought to capture his 13th PGA Tour victory.
The more than 1,800 days separating Day’s previous win at the 2018 Wells Fargo Championship and his second-career Nelson victory Sunday made for a trying stretch. Between health issues for Day, the death of his mother last spring and other hurdles in front of him, the 35-year-old from Australia said he reached a point where he asked himself if there was still another chapter to be written in his professional golf career.
That answer became clear Sunday as Day carded the low-round of the day for an emotional Mother’s Day victory — his wife, Ellie, and their children watching — at the very event where he captured his first Tour win back in 2010.
“I was in tears for a little bit there,” Day said. “To think about what my mom went through from 2017 on to her passing last…
