A clutch finish has handed Jason Day a wire-to-wire victory at the Arnold Palmer Invitational this morning.

Starting the day with a two shot lead, Day held on to winhis eighth PGA TOUR title despite admitting to not playing his best golf.

"It means the world, just to be able to get it done when I
wasn’t quite on," said Day.

"I had a lot of emotions and feelings I haven’t dealt with
ever since the BMW last year."

"That’s a long time to miss those feelings and it was great
to be able to be in contention, great to feel those competitive juices flowing."

After giving up a birdie opportunity at the par-5 16^th,
where Day pumped his driver 305m down the fairway, he headed to the 17^th
a shot behind American Kevin Chappell.

The par-3 17^th, a pivotal hole on the Bay Hill
layout, offers up very few birdies with most players happy to take par and move
on.

However Day had other ideas, playing a perfect 5 iron to 15
feet he drained his birdie putt to a huge cheer from the crowd.

Hearing the noise on the 18^th green and standing
over a long par putt, Chappell wasn’t able to find the hole and finished with a
bogey to be in the clubhouse at 16-under the card.

Now with a one shot lead playing the 18^th, Day
proved that even when his game isn’t firing he is able to conjure up some
magic.

A wayward tee shot into the crowd left Day with two choices;
play his approach to the left of the green or attack the pin.

Taking the first option, Day found the greenside bunker
however a spectacular sand shot set him up with a four foot par putt and the
title.

"Even though the front side wasn’t good for me and everyone
saw it, don’t panic, just be patient with yourself and when you get that
opening, like I did on 17, make sure you take it," added Day.

"That’s where people that win and finish second usually take
that opening and jam the door shut and fortunately for me I had an amazing up
and down on 18."

With a tournament total 17-under 271, Day claimed victory at
the Arnold Palmer Invitational by one shot from Chappell with Henrik Stenson and
Troy Merritt a further two shots back.

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