PGA Tour superstar forced out of Truist with another injury ahead of PGA Championship
PGA Tour superstar and former World No.1 Jason Day has confirmed he is dealing with a neck injury ahead of the PGA Championship.
Jason Day has revealed the reason for withdrawing from this week's $20m Truist Championship on the PGA Tour is down to a neck injury.
The update was provided by golf reporter Dan Rapaport, who was commentating on course for the Creator Classic at Philly Cricket on Wednesday.
According to Rapaport, PGA Tour superstar Day is dealing with disc herniation in neck area.
Day, 37, was forced to WD ahead of the Truist Championship on Thursday, the sixth of eight Signature Events on the PGA Tour this season.
He was replaced in the field by Patrick Rodgers.
The injury comes at a bad time for Day with the PGA Championship at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte starting next Thursday.
Day is now in a race against time to be match fit.
The former World No.1 won his sole career major to date at the 2015 PGA Championship at Whistling Straits.
He won by two shots over Jordan Spieth, a player who will look to emulate Rory McIlroy and complete the career grand slam next week.
Day has endured an up-and-down start to the 2025 season with three top-10 finishes.
The Australian performed admirably in the first major of the season with a T8 at The Masters last month.
He had a chance to win his first Masters that week when moving to within three shots of eventual winner McIlroy in the final round as he made the turn for the back nine.
But Day ended the final round with back-to-back bogeys to just finish inside the top 10.
Day admitted to being "pretty headless" after his sloppy finish at famed Augusta National.
He then finished T49 in his last start two weeks ago at the RBC Heritage.
The neck injury marks another fitness blow for Day, who had for years been troubled by long-term back pain.
Day admitted recently to no longer feeling the ill effects of a bad back on the golf course, largely down to changing his swing with coach Chris Como.
He has also recently gone back to working with childhood swing coach Colin Swatton, primarily focusing on his putting.
Day is a 13-time winner on the PGA Tour.
His last victory on the circuit dates back to just over a year at the 2023 AT&T Byron Nelson.
That ended a winless streak of five years.
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