World No.2 Jason Day has repeated his pledge to become an all-time golfing great, promising his first Greg Norman medal win won't be his last by a long shot.
Day was crowned the inaugural winner of the Greg Norman medal for Australia's best-performing international golfer on Tuesday night at a ritzy dinner at the Royal Pines resort on the Gold Coast, ahead of this week's Australian PGA Championships.
Unable to attend due to the birth of his second daughter, Lucy, the 28-year-old Queenslander addressed the room via Skype from his base in the US, and said he was honoured by the award - but far from satisfied.
"This is not a one and done deal for me," Day said.
"I want to make sure that I win plenty of these medals and I want to make sure when people look back on the history of golf and look back on the list of winners of the Greg Norman Medal, they don't just look at my name.
"I want them to remember my name and know exactly who I was not only on the golf course, but off the golf course as well."
Day was the clear winner for the medal, beating out fellow nominees Adam Scott, Matt Jones, Marc Leishman, Steven Bowditch, Karrie Webb, Minjee Lee and Rebecca Artis after one of the best ever seasons of golf by an Australian.
Day won five times on the US PGA Tour in 2015 - including his maiden major championship title at the US PGA Championship - and also became the world No.1 in September, although he has since relinquished that position to Jordan Spieth.
Disappointed to have been unable to travel to Australia this summer, Day said he was "definitely" looking forward to coming back next year.
"I've been training and stuff but I've been there for Ellie," he said.
"A lot of people probably don't know this but Ellie went through postpartum depression with Dash and it was very hard for her.
"Obviously I had time to go down to Australia and play and come to these awards but I just didn't want that to happen to her again.
"It was hard for her last time. That's why I wanted to be here for her."
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