Jason Day reveals why LIV turned HIM down

Over the last three years, it seems as though LIV Golf has offered every high-profile golfer a big money deal to join its fledgling league.

Jason Day begs to differ.

The former world No.1 and major champion was heavily fancied to join the Saudi-funded circuit when it first emerged in 2022.

However, in an interview with a media outlet back home in his native Australia, the 36-year-old set the record straight.

“I didn’t knock [an offer] back,” Day told Code Sports Australia. “What happened was, it was a business move to just go in and explore the potential of what would happen.

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“I said [to my agent], ‘No worries, I’m happy with where I’m at, but it’s always nice to know.’ And they [LIV Golf] said, ‘We love Jason, but he’s too injured; he just gets too many injuries.’

“I don’t blame them.”

Since he won his sole major at the US PGA Championship in 2015, Day has battled a successfion of ailments, ranging from chronic lower back issues to vertigo.

He admitted to considering early retirement before rebuilding his swing under Chris Como and ending a five-year winless drought on the PGA Tour at the Byron Nelson in 2023.

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“I’m so thankful and so happy that I stayed on the PGA Tour,” he added. “I just feel that the tour was a perfect spot for me.”

Nonetheless, he is optimistic that a long-mooted peace deal between golf’s warring factions can be struck – and soon.

“I’m hoping we join back together because there’s definitely a lot of players on the LIV tour that we miss on the PGA Tour,” Day said. ” I’ve always played very central with LIV and just never really got in the politics of it all.”

Michael McEwan is the Deputy Editor of bunkered and has been part of the team since 2004. In that time, he has interviewed almost every major figure within the sport, from Jack Nicklaus, to Rory McIlroy, to Donald Trump. The host of the multi award-winning bunkered Podcast and a member of Balfron Golfing Society, Michael is the author of three books and is the 2023 PPA Scotland 'Writer of the Year' and 'Columnist of the Year'. Dislikes white belts, yellow balls and iron headcovers. Likes being drawn out of the media ballot to play Augusta National.

Deputy Editor