​Jason Day is embracing an underdog status after starting this week's US PGA Tour playoffs with his worst FedEx Cup ranking in five years.

• Evin Priest

Jason Day has confirmed he is likely to play the Australian Open when he returns for a long-awaited homecoming tour in November.

• Adam Pengilly

He almost died not once - but twice - mid-way through tournaments after horrific health episodes, but Jason Norris reckons the mental fortitude he gained from the separate scares helped end 21 years of golfing "misery" at the Fiji International.

• Adam Pengilly

James Marchesani once asked Jack Nicklaus what it was like to sink putts under pressure across the dinner table. He would do well to heed the advice during a potentially career changing final round at the Fiji International.

• Adam Pengilly

Wade Ormsby's career was at the crossroads mid-way through last year with a serious neck injury.

• Andrew Both

Former US Open champion Geoff Ogilvy, his PGA Tour card for next year on the line, has responded by producing a strong finish to the second round at the Wyndham Championship.

• Adam Pengilly

A tournament eve after-dark session at his Fijian hotel's mini golf course is not the traditional way to solve the self-confessed putting yips, but Jason Norris' flat stick methods aren't conventional. And after switching grips mid round, the 44-year-old is staring at a big payday at the Fiji International.

• Adam Pengilly

If Presidents Cup captain Nick Price wasn't watching, he need only look at Scott Hend's numbers.

• Adam Pengilly

He was the last man into the field and hidden away in the final group to finish in fast fading light, but Victorian Daniel Valente emerged from near Fiji International obscurity to burst into contention after the first round at Natadola Bay.

• Adam Pengilly

Listening to the unmistakable Texas drawl, you would think it's Jordan Junior. Same hometown, same management company, same Australian coach ... and apparently the same winning attitude.

While former US Open winner Geoff Ogilvy has his US PGA Tour future locked up, a host of fellow Australians face a last-chance saloon at the season-ending Wyndham Championship.

• Adam Pengilly

Scott Hend's hopes of being potentially the fourth Australian thrown into the Presidents Cup mix will rest on a championship tilt in Fiji.

• Adam Pengilly

Fiji is playing by Vijay rules this week, as the country's most famous sporting export headlines an eclectic group of former US Masters winners at the Fiji International.

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• Sally Jenkins

Quail Hollow is a hard golf course. But then come the 16th, 17th and 18th holes, known as the Green Mile.

Jason Day has defended the "crazy" decision that cost him his chance at the US PGA Championship title, saying he'd probably do it again because he has the talent to pull it off.

Justin Thomas has bagged a maiden major title at the US PGA Championship.

• Evin Priest

Jason Day has imploded during the third round of the US PGA Championship to give away a solid chance at a second career major.

• Evin Priest

The 29-year-old Australian blocked out a stressful weather-delayed second round to be in outright third place.