Jason Day’s stellar 2018 campaign has come to a close with a tie for 11th at the World Golf Championships-HSBC Champions tournament in China.

With wife Ellie expecting the couple’s third child next month, Day had indicated that the final WGC event of the year would also be his last, completing a year in which he claimed wins at the Farmers Insurance Open and Wells Fargo Championship along with six top-10s and 16 top-25 finishes on the PGA Tour.

Blustery winds made scoring difficult on the final day at Sheshan International Golf Club in China, American Xander Schauffele producing the best round of the day – a 4-under 68 – to tie Tony Finau at the top before winning with a birdie at the first playoff hole.

Starting the day just inside the top 10, Day made early inroads on the leaderboard courtesy of a 25-foot birdie putt at the fifth hole but gave it back immediately with a bogey at the par-3 sixth.

A birdie at the par-5 eighth again got Day under par for his round but again it was short-lived, a bogey at the ninth and further dropped shots at the 11th and 13th holes adding up to a final round of 2-over 74 and a productive two week Asian swing.

Picking up where he left off after a Sunday 63 in Korea the week prior, Adam Scott made a bright start with a round of 3-under 69 to start his week in China but as the scoring became more difficult struggled to make further headway.

Tied for 16th heading into the final round, Scott dropped shots at the first and third holes and then made double-bogey at the par-3 sixth, late birdies at 14 and 17 moving him up to a tie for 18th.

Kiwi Ryan Fox again emphasised his world-class credentials with a tie for 30th in what was an otherwise tough week for the Australasian contingent.

Jason Norris held his own amongst the world’s best before a final round of 5-over 77 saw him drop to a tie for 50th, Cameron Smith, Adam Bland and Jason Scrivener all a further shot back in a tie for 54th.

West Australian Brett Rumford, who spoke of his struggles in the lead-up to the tournament, was 21-over for the week to finish in 75th position.