Jason Day

Australian golfing enigma Jason Day's PGA Tour win drought looks destined to continue, four years after his...

The highest-ranked player in the field at No.7, McIlroy bogeyed his first two holes, made four birdies before the turn and closed with nine straight pars for a 68 that moved him into a tie for sixth at 2-under. The eye-popping number for a player whose putter has held him back: Bradley ranks second in the field this week in putting by the PGA Tour's "strokes gained" metric. Bradley was one of four players to shoot in the 60s. "It's on my mind," he said. "I made a lot of errors out there and hitting into penalty areas. He shot 79 to fall seven shots off the lead.

'So glad to be done': Aussie Day's shocker sinks hopes of snapping four-year PGA drought.

Rory McIlroy moved up to tied-sixth on two under, while Day is still an outside chance if he can get back to the form of the opening day with the Australia one-under. His shocker left him sitting tied-15th, with the bleak conditions in Potomac, Maryland, matching Day’s sorry Saturday. Jason Day’s hopes of snapping his four-year PGA drought sunk on moving day at the Wells Fargo Championship.

Jason Day had a round to forget at the Wells Fargo Championship as Rory McIlroy moved into the top-10.

It's probably why I feel like I play better in these conditions, because I'm not maybe as aggressive and I'm just trying to get around really and not trying to chase a score or anything. “I didn't play great yesterday, but I was able to just hang in there and make that par on 18. McIlroy (68) jumped up from T-50 at the start of the day to T-6. The Northern Irishman, 33, said: “I guess [I am] more just happy to be playing golf over the weekend. By the time Day finished his round it was a 9-over 79. The surprise leader after 54 holes was Keegan Bradley who had reached 8-under par with a solid 67.

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It kind of brings me back to the good old days when I was young and carefree and just wanted to go out and play golf." It seemed like the year that I left, it was raining 100 days out of the year and so I would practice in this every day. When I've been in trouble, I've kind of managed for the most part to get myself out of it. It's nice to be back in the mix, nice to be leading. Didn't really make too many mistakes mentally and anytime you're doing that, whether it's a rainy day like today or sunny and 80 degrees, I feel like you're doing a good thing. It's tough to get around this golf course anyway, but add that element of cold and rain, it was challenging out there. I didn't have my best stuff today at all. I feel like the swing itself is in a nice spot." This is kind of the reason why I left California is because of weather like this. Sunshine or no wind, doesn't matter any conditions, 4 under on this golf course is a good score. "Yeah, 4 under on this golf course, I'll take it. "I'm coming off some nice play at Zurich (10th), so I've got some confidence there.

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“It was a really, really good – it was a really, really good day,” McIlroy said. “I did that today and I just had a great time with my caddie, Scotty, we just – we’re a good team and we did a lot of good things today.” He is 0-for-3 so far, and will try to change that trend Sunday. Bradley got off to a rough start, pairing two bogeys with two birdies on the front nine. He settled for one birdie and also had a double-bogey on No.10. “Just trying to think.