Day dreaming of a career slam

Jason Day has his sights set on the career grand slam now he has broken his major duck with a dramatic win at the USPGA on Sunday.

Jason Day has reset his goals after winning his maiden major golf title and he's aiming high.

Still buzzing from the "addictive" feeling of winning the US PGA Championship on Sunday, Day wants to go after a career grand slam of the four major titles by adding wins at the Masters, US Open and British Open.

"I'm going to try and win as many as I can, and, it would be fantastic to win all four at one point in my career," Day said.

"To be able to have the lifelong grand slam would be neat.

"Since I've won, I think the goals have changed. Winning is fantastic, but winning in major championships at the highest level against the best players in the world is something so addictive that I can't really explain.

"To be able to go through and win all four would be an accomplishment in itself, because there's not many guys that have done that, obviously not in this era but in previous, as well."

Day admitted he was a little disappointed the Masters was still almost eight months away, given his current form which has seen him pick up two wins in his last three starts.

But he hoped to continue his run through the lucrative US PGA Tour FedEx Cup playoffs beginning next week.

The 27-year-old Queenslander was already planning to guard against any complacency and confident he could maintain the workrate that has lifted him to No.3 in the world rankings behind fellow young guns Jordan Spieth and Rory McIlroy.

"I have to work harder than I am now to make sure that I stay on top of this and stay on top of the world and be competitive in major championships," he said.

"It's easy to go yeah, I've won one and I'm so happy, and sometimes people, even myself at times, have taken a bit of a step back because I'm happy with where I'm at.

"But I can't be happy with where I'm at. I have to keep pushing forward and keep working hard to really kind of break through even more.

"I'm feeling, that as long as I keep working and doing the little things right, right now, that it will be there come Augusta."


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