Jason Day asked to tone down Masters attire after unconventional clothing choice last year

Jason Day made headlines past twelvemonth at the Masters with his unconventional attire during the archetypal round. This year, the powers that beryllium astatine Augusta National Golf Club asked that helium code down his look. 

Day, a 13-time PGA Tour victor and the victor of the 2015 PGA Championship, revealed this week that helium was asked to region his arguable sweater vest astatine past year’s Masters, during a circular successful which helium was partnered with Tiger Woods.

Tiger Woods and Jason Day cheque the scoreboard aft finishing connected no. 18 during the completion of the archetypal circular of the Masters Tournament connected April 12, 2024. (Adam Cairns-USA TODAY Network)

"We conscionable enactment it connected and past [it] kinda went crazy," Day recalled during an quality connected the "Dan connected Golf" podcast. "It doesn’t instrumentality overmuch to benignant of basal retired successful play due to the fact that conscionable everyone wears the aforesaid happening essentially." 

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Day is an ambassador for Malbon Golf, a play apparel institution based retired of Los Angeles, and the duo came up with the thought for him to deterioration a unsocial sweater vest that had the words "Malbon Golf Champion" successful large reddish and achromatic letters sprawled crossed the front. 

During the round, Day got connection that idiosyncratic from the tourney asked that helium region the portion of clothing, which helium obliged. 

"My cause got a telephone from precocious supra and said, ‘Hey, we request Jason to instrumentality that vest off.’"

Jason Day lines up his putt connected the 18th greenish during the contention of the archetypal circular of the Masters Tournament astatine Augusta National Golf Club connected April 12, 2024. (Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Network)

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Day said the contented past twelvemonth prompted the tourney to petition an aboriginal look astatine what his plans for this year’s Masters were, and unsurprisingly, the archetypal plans got axed.

"It would’ve been a batch crazier than past year." 

The Australian golfer said helium wouldn’t classify himself arsenic a benignant icon, but helium surely does similar to propulsion the limits. 

Jason Day chips connected the 16th spread during the 2nd circular of the Masters Tournament astatine Augusta National Golf Club connected April 12, 2024. (Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Network)

"I benignant of similar teetering connected the borderline of accepted play and taking it to the enactment and past bringing it back." 

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"I’m not present to measurement connected anyone’s toes due to the fact that I cognize that erstwhile we play the Masters, it’s each astir the Masters — it ever has been astir the tournaments," helium said. "The full acquisition of Augusta is phenomenal. I conscionable privation to marque definite that I’m not trying to bash thing that’s excessively brainsick oregon outlandish to disrespect the tournament. I ever effort and beryllium arsenic respectful arsenic possible." 

Fans volition person to hold until 9:58 a.m. ET connected Thursday to spot what Day has planned. He’ll play his archetypal circular alongside three-time Masters victor Phil Mickelson and Keegan Bradley.

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