Jason Day Wins World Golf Championships Match Play Final

Australian professional golfer Jason Day won the World Golf Championships-Match Play in Austin on Sunday, his second title in the last seven days.

Jason Day wins World Golf Championships Match Play Final

Day, 28, has now won six of his last 13 tournaments, and all eyes will be on him as he heads to the Masters, which begin Thursday, April 7 in Augusta National in Georgia.

Day, the 2014 champion, claimed his second WGC-Match Play title after sweeping past South African Louis Oosthuizen 5 and 4 in the final after getting past a tense semi-final against world No.3 Northern Irishman Rory McIlroy 1-up in the morning.

“It will be fun to walk through the gates as No.1 in the world,” said Day after winning the WGC-Match Play.

Day is now the World No. 1 after his last victory.

“I can’t get complacent with how I’m playing right now…. I am looking forward to (the Masters),” said Day. “It’s one tournament that I’ve always wanted to win. It’s one tournament that I’ve always wanted to put the jacket on and go back every year. So the motivation and the want is there.”

The Australian also added that he’s mindful of his form in the last two trips down Augusta National’s Magnolia Lane.

After finishing in second and third place in his first three attempts there, his last two were even less fruitful, and led him to tie at 20th and 28th.

“The mindset is different. Knowing that I’ve been in the heat of the battle, especially more so recently and understanding what that feels like, because everyone knows when you’re standing there on Sunday at Augusta it’s quiet and you’re in your own little world.

“You have to be able to stay in your own world. You have to be able to focus on what you need to do to get the job done.

“I’m really going to enjoy it. I feel like I’m going to play well.”

Even more impressively, Day almost pulled out after the opening victory due to a bulging disc in his back.

“Four of my team tried to talk me out of it,” Day said, smiling. “I’m glad I didn’t listen.”

Caption: DORAL, FL – MARCH 10: Golfer Jason Day hits on the tenth fairway at the World Golf Championships-Cadillac Championship at the Trump Doral Golf Resort & Spa on March 10, 2013 in Doral, Florida. (Photo by Marc Serota/Getty Images)