In recent years, Day also rebuilt his swing under coach Chris Como. Day, who held the World No. 1 ranking for 47 consecutive weeks between 2016 and 2017, dropped as low as 175th at the start of 2023 before jumping to No. 20 with the Nelson victory.

In an unsurprising turn of events, the British tabloid report of a finalized merger between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf may have been premature.