Glen Edward Day (born November 16, 1965) is an American
professional golfer
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who plays on the
PGA Tour Champions
PGA Tour Champions (formerly the Senior PGA Tour and the Champions Tour) is a men's professional senior golf tour, administered as a branch of the PGA Tour.
History and format
The Senior PGA Championship, founded in 1937, was for many year ...
. He was formerly a member of the
PGA Tour
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.
Day was born in
Mobile, Alabama
Mobile ( , ) is a city and the county seat of Mobile County, Alabama, United States. The population within the city limits was 187,041 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, down from 195,111 at the 2010 United States census, 2010 cens ...
, and raised in
Poplarville, Mississippi
Poplarville is a city in Pearl River County, Mississippi, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 2,894. It is the county seat of Pearl River County. It hosts an annual Blueberry Jubilee, which includes rides, craft vendors ...
, by his mother Jeanne Bass Day. Jeanne was widowed at the age of 28 when Glen was approximately 2 years of age. His grandfather Glyndol Bass, was young Glen's primary male role model. Bass, an avid golfer and member at Pearl River Valley Country Club just outside Poplarville, started Glen playing golf when he was 2 to 3 years of age. By the age of 10, he held a 5 handicap and was able to regularly shoot par on 18 holes. He graduated from Poplarville High School in 1983, attended the
University of Oklahoma
The University of Oklahoma (OU) is a Public university, public research university in Norman, Oklahoma. Founded in 1890, it had existed in Oklahoma Territory near Indian Territory for 17 years before the two Territories became the state of Oklahom ...
, then turned professional in 1988. He has one sister, Danielle, and is married to the former Jennifer Ralston. They have two daughters, Whitney Elizabeth, born in 1994 and Francis Christina, born in 1996.
Day was the first golfer to win a professional tournament using the Nike Golf Ball by defeating
Payne Stewart
William Payne Stewart (January 30, 1957 – October 25, 1999) was an American professional golfer who won eleven PGA Tour events, including three major championships, the last of which came just a few months before his death in an airplane acci ...
to win the 1999
MCI Classic played at the
Sea Pines Plantation
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Harbor Town Golf Links,
Hilton Head
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,
South Carolina
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. It was his 154th PGA Tour start and his only PGA Tour win. In 2000, the first of two top-10s came at the first event of the season with a T-8 in the Mercedes Championship. In 2001, he came in 4th in the
MasterCard Colonial, and tied for 6th in the
AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am
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. In his forties, Day split his playing time between the PGA Tour and the
Nationwide Tour.
He later joined the
PGA Tour Champions
PGA Tour Champions (formerly the Senior PGA Tour and the Champions Tour) is a men's professional senior golf tour, administered as a branch of the PGA Tour.
History and format
The Senior PGA Championship, founded in 1937, was for many year ...
after turning 50.
Day is notorious for being an extremely deliberate player on the golf course. In fact, the moniker "All Day," was hung on him by the legendary
Jack Nicklaus
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. Day is one of the few golfers to receive a slow play penalty in a non-major (1995 Honda Classic).
Day is also a
golf course architect
A golf course is the grounds on which the sport of golf is played. It consists of a series of holes, each consisting of a tee box, a fairway, the rough and other hazards, and a green with a cylindrical hole in the ground, known as a "cup". Th ...
, forming Day-Blalock Golf Course Design with Alan Blalock in 1999.
[ He has featured in the top 50 of the ]Official World Golf Rankings
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The rankings are based on a player's position in individual tournaments (i.e. not pairs or team events) over a "rolli ...
, peaking at 30th in 2000.
Day resides in Little Rock, Arkansas
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.
Professional wins (2)
PGA Tour wins (1)
PGA Tour playoff record (1–0)
Asia Golf Circuit wins (1)
Playoff record
European Tour playoff record (0–1)
PGA Tour Champions playoff record (0–1)
Results in major championships
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Summary
*Most consecutive cuts made – 1 (six times)
*Longest streak of top-10s – 0
Results in The Players Championship
CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Results in World Golf Championships
1Cancelled due to 9/11
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = Tied
DQ = Disqualified
NT = No tournament
See also
* 1993 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates
* 2006 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates
References
External links
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American male golfers
Oklahoma Sooners men's golfers
PGA Tour golfers
Golf course architects
Golfers from Alabama
Golfers from Mississippi
Golfers from Florida
Golfers from Arkansas
Sportspeople from Mobile, Alabama
People from Poplarville, Mississippi
People from Palm Beach County, Florida
Sportspeople from Little Rock, Arkansas
1965 births
Living people