Jason Day hit back from a devastating final hole on Saturday to finish under par and the best of the Australasians at the 99^th PGA Championship at Quail Hollow in what was an eventful four days for the Down Under contingent.

The 2015 champion’s quadruple bogey late Saturday ruined his chances of contending but he fought hard in Sunday’s final round to post a 1-under 70 and finish T9.

It was an adventurous week for all the Australasians on a brutally difficult layout, highlights and lowlights aplenty coming over the course of the week.

Ryan Fox’s extraordinary second round 66, matched by Day, and Marc Leishman’s final round 67 were among some of the best golf played all week.

Leishman’s play consolidated his claim as the form Australian of the 2017 season, the Victorian finishing a shot behind Day and T13 this week but the only Australian to play all four rounds of all four majors.

Six Australians and two New Zealanders began the week in Charlotte, North Carolina, with four surviving the 36 hole cut.

Day, Leishman, Fox and Scott were the four to play all four rounds with Scott Hend, Cameron Smith, Rod Pampling and Danny Lee all missing the cut.

Day led the weekend charge until Saturday’s hiccup while Fox was on track for a brilliant debut before struggling on Sunday,

His final round 78 dropped him to T54 but the likeable New Zealander’s game continues to mature and this week’s experience will only lead to further improvement.

Leishman’s recovery from an opening 75 was impressive while Adam Scott’s 2017 pattern of three good rounds and one costly one continued with an eventual T61 finish.

The 2013 Masters champion was in excellent shape after an opening 71 but couldn’t get anything going Friday on his way to a 76.

A balky putter betrayed Scott Saturday when he four putted for double bogey at the first and added another double at the last for a 74 then and doubled 18again Sunday in an even par 71.

With his wife, Marie, expecting the couple’s second child on August 19 he now won’t play again until the Presidents Cup next month and was relieved to finish the week.

“You’re kind of glad it’s over when you’re in my position this week, because you’re working hard for not a lot of result,” he said before leaving the course.

“To shoot 71 out there today is hard work, and you kind of walk away finishing at the bottom of the pack and you don’t get anything out of it.

“It’s never a waste of energy, but it’s a lot of work for not a lot of give back.”

Leishman will likely have mixed feelings about his week, his Sunday play some of the best seen over the four days and not bettered by anybody on the day.

But too many mistakes over the first three days, particularly round one, prevented him from being a genuine contender and after claiming his second PGA TOUR victory in March his expectations have risen.

Scott Hend, too, will likely be disappointed after bringing good form from the previous week’s WGC Bridgestone to the event and opening with a solid 1-over 72.

Hend is a player who feeds on his good performances but was caught in the bad weather which affected play on day two and had to return to the course Saturday morning to complete his second round.

With four holes remaining and one birdie required, Hend came up just short which was a disappointing end to what had been a promising fortnight in the US.

Danny Lee, Rod Pampling and Cameron Smith all struggled from the outset and on a golf course offering few scoring chances had little opportunity to get back in the tournament.