{"id":403780,"date":"2026-01-10T08:13:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T08:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/403780\/"},"modified":"2026-01-10T08:13:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T08:13:08","slug":"golf-world-reacts-as-pga-tour-superstar-jason-day-posts-ive-quit-message-on-social-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/403780\/","title":{"rendered":"Golf world reacts as PGA Tour superstar Jason Day posts &#8220;I&#8217;ve quit&#8221; message on social media"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jason Day has left golf fans scratching the surface with a cryptic Instagram post.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.golfmagic.com\/players\/jason-day\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Day<\/a>, 38, has taken to his Instagram this weekend to post an &#8220;I&#8217;ve quit&#8221; graphic with the caption &#8220;official announcement soon&#8221;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But fear not PGA Tour fans. Day isn&#8217;t leaving the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.golfmagic.com\/tour\/pga-tour\" data-entity-type=\"taxonomy_term\" data-entity-uuid=\"0514d135-c0aa-4a5d-a5c8-f7197f44adc3\" data-entity-substitution=\"canonical\" title=\"PGA Tour\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> PGA Tour<\/a> to join LIV Golf, at least to our knowledge here at GolfMagic.<\/p>\n<p>Day no doubt has something else to inform us about, which we&#8217;ll learn about soon.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, the Australian&#8217;s confusing social post has got many of his most ardent fans talking on Instagram.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Full time YouTuber now?&#8221; wrote one fan.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Another commented: &#8220;Flat faced irons?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>One joked: &#8220;Having kids?&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Bryan Bros Golf also got involved, writing: &#8220;I\u2019ve quit\u2026playing steel shafted clubs?! Yes we know, that\u2019s why I am team graphite!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>CBS Sports also chimed in with a shocked GIF.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>Check out Day&#8217;s post below:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Day&#8217;s latest social media activity comes less than a week before the start of the 2026 PGA Tour season.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He isn&#8217;t listed in next week&#8217;s Sony Open field, but he is confirmed to tee it up at The American Express the following week.<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/dayam.jpg\"   type=\"image\/jpeg\" alt=\"Day is down to play in The AmEx\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.7\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Day is down to play in The AmEx<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>Day recently launched a new YouTube and social media channel called &#8216;The Lads&#8217;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Whether his latest cryptic post has anything to do with YouTube is unknown.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He recently filmed a new video with LPGA superstar Charley Hull, which you can watch below.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Day, like Hull, is a Malbon ambassador, but he is a free agent in the golf club world.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>Once ranked World No.1, Day looks on from the 55th rung of the ladder as he enters 2026.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The 13-time PGA Tour winner and one-time PGA champion racked up just four top-10s in 2025.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Day&#8217;s last win on the PGA Tour came at the Byron Nelson in May 2023.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It remains to be seen exactly what Day has quit.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But we&#8217;ll certainly find out soon. Watch this space.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our Newsletter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jason Day has left golf fans scratching the surface with a cryptic Instagram post.\u00a0 Day, 38, has taken&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":403781,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[566],"tags":[64,63,755,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-403780","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-golf","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=403780"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403780\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/403781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=403780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=403780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=403780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}