Exclusive: PGA Tour star Jason Day in shock reunion ahead of Arnold Palmer Invitational
Former US PGA Championship winner Jason Day has revealed to GolfMagic that he is back working with his former long-time swing coach Colin Swatton.
PGA Tour star Jason Day has reunited with his former long-time swing coach Colin Swatton.
The former World No.1 confirmed the surprise news ahead of this week's Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill.
Day, 37, worked with Swatton from the age of 12 but the Australian decided he wanted to make a change in 2020.
For the last five years the former US PGA Championship winner has been under the tutelage of Chris Como.
Como has coached star names such as Tiger Woods, Bryson DeChambeau and Xander Schauffele.
"We went straight back into how we used to act which is great," Day told GolfMagic. "It's nice that the chemistry's still there which is good."
Asked how the reunion came about, Day said: "Well, I can't do everything myself.
"I feel like through Colin, through Chris Como and through some other coaches that I've talked to, I feel like I have a pretty good baseline of knowledge of my golf swing, but no matter how good I know the game I still can't see myself hit a shot and see what that looks like.
"I can feel it, but it's different from someone looking at a golf shot, I can sort of see what's going on, but when you're the one hitting the golf shot, it's very difficult (to analyse)."
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He continued: "So I need the advice of the Colin as the professional to take some of the stress and pressure off of me so that I could just go out and focus on playing good golf."
Day said the time was right to re-acquaint simply because he feels healthier than ever.
So why was now the right time for them to re-acquaint and get back together?
"And I'm in a good spot," Day said. "And the thing is, he knows my game better than anyone else.
"We had worked for so long together. It was actually quite refreshing because it didn't feel like we took any time apart when we started working together again."
Swatton was always more than a caddie and a coach to Day.
The instructor took the golfer under his wing shortly after his father died.
"I have been on and off with him over the last couple months, just getting his advice," Day said.
"I didn't get to see him for a little bit, until this past week. I was kind of half doing my stuff and half doing his stuff at the start of the year. There was some good and bad. I feel like where we'll add some consistency soon which will be nice."
Day didn't reveal specifically what the pair are working on with his game.
"I'm just trying to quiet the noise in my head a little more," Day said.
"I'm not trying to think so technically with the swing. I feel like the swing is good where it needs to be. Even though I'd love to swing it like Tiger in 2000, it's never going to be like that just because I’m 37 years old and I've had back injuries.
"I'm just never going to be able to swing it like that so trying to swing it a certain way is going to be very hard.
"I've just got to get back to knowing that I'm in the bumper rails with what you want to do.
"Does it go straight with what type of shot that you want to hit? And if it does, then let’s just keep it inside of those bumper rails. And if you keep it inside of those parameters, then just go out and play golf.
"I feel like it's been a while since I thought like that and I think it's very refreshing to do that."
Jason Day was speaking to GolfMagic for the latest edition of Beyond the Clubhouse, which is released tomorrow.
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