PGA Tour star Jason Day provides injury update ahead of U.S. Open

Jason Day has revealed he's likely to be in the field for the forthcoming U.S. Open despite recently injuring his wrist. 

Day's season has been up-and-down so far, with the golfer forced to miss several tournaments on the PGA Tour schedule.

The Aussie was forced to skip the Players Championship in March with an illness bug and whilst back and neck pain meant he sat out the Truist Championship. 

Last week, the 37-year-old skipped the Memorial Tournament in Ohio with a sore left wrist which left his appearance in the third men's major of the year in doubt.

Day has revealed, though, he's likely to be in the field for the U.S. Open at Oakmont in two weeks' time. 

He told ProGolfNow that he decided to skip the RBC Canadian Open despite feeling as though he could probably tee it up. 

"[The wrist] is good," Day said. "It was hard; I couldn't swing a club last week, and then I started swinging yesterday, and it felt pretty good.

"I've got it wrapped pretty tight, but I had a PRP injection into it, and it's feeling pretty good. Now, I'm just trying to get prepared for the U.S. Open.

"I was going to try and play Canada this week, but I was sitting there, and I was like, well, I haven't hit any balls and going up to a tournament and trying to go from zero to 100 in the swing speed, I need to slightly ramp that up because I don’t want to do anything.

"Because if you tear your TFCC [triangular fibrocartilage complex], you're out for 12 weeks [and] pretty much the season's done, and/or you might need to have surgery, so it could be extended even longer.

"So, I've just got to be very cautious how I go about it and all that stuff."

The U.S. Open will be played at Oakmont. 

It is understood the rough will be at least six inches and the greens will be running at 14 on the stimpmeter.

That's why Day decided to take an extended break and not risk further injury at TPC Toronto. 

"Obviously, that's a long golf course," he said. "They just recently redid it, and they're trying to take it back to more like the old style of golf architecture.

"It's going to be a big, long golf course with thick rough, and you're going in there trying to gouge it out the rough if you miss the fairway.

"And typically, when you're doing that, you're putting a lot of strain and pressure on your wrist, especially when you have an injury there.

"So, I've just got to be very careful leading into that part of it."

Day is currently 37th in the Official World Golf Ranking. 

He has missed the cut at the U.S. Open for the past two years but is hoping he can add to his tally of one major triumph before he retires.

GolfMagic revealed before the Arnold Palmer Invitational that he was back working with his long-time swing coach Colin Swatton.