Jason Day returns to Presidents Cup after 7-year absence with a new attitude

MONTREAL (AP) — Jason Day is back in the Presidents Cup for the first time in seven years and it all feels so new to him. The International team has a new logo for its black-and-gold colors. More than the uniform, he noticed a big change in the attitude.

And he openly confessed that he was part of the problem of going through the motions.

“When I first started out, I was pretty gung-ho about it, and I felt like there were some guys that just didn’t quite have the drive as much as some of the other guys,” Day said Tuesday. “When you're not all working toward a goal, then it hurts.”

He said he lost that drive himself in the last two of his four appearances, and the record bears that out. Day went 0-4-1 in 2015 in South Korea, followed by a 1-3-1 mark at Liberty National in 2017, when the Americans won so easily they nearly clinched the cup before Sunday singles.