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Wednesday 19 december 2018

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return to GRECIAN

No. 1,

even if

it costs FORMULA

him sleep

By DOUG FERGUSON
AP Golf Writer
Jason Day wants to get
back to No. 1 in the world,
and he's willing to lose
sleep over it.
"There has to be some kind
of sacrifice," Day said in the
Bahamas before shutting it
down for the year. "I was
reading the Kobe Bryant
book, and he knew there
was something he had to
sacrifice, so he sacrificed
sleep. Because he couldn't
sacrifice family, he couldn't
sacrifice competing, and
not working.
"What can I sacrifice?" he
added with a smile. "Sleep."
Day knows the cost of be-
ing the best golfer on the
planet because he already
reached that summit.
He first reached No. 1 in
the fall of 2015 after win-
ning five times that year, in-
cluding his first major at the
PGA Championship. The
following spring, he won
three more tournaments in
a span of six starts, capped
by a wire-to-wire victory in
The Players Championship
that gave him the high-
est points average in the
world ranking since Tiger
Woods. He stayed No. 1 for
47 weeks and looked to be
the dominant player he al-
ways wanted to be.
Getting back might be
even tougher.
The 31-year-old Australian
thought he was on the Bucks hold on late for 107-104 win over Pistons
right track when he started
the year by winning in a
playoff at Torrey Pines, his
first victory in more than 18 Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo (34) dunks against the Detroit Pistons in the first half of an NBA basketball game
months. in Detroit, Monday, Dec. 17, 2018.
Associated Press
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