Aussie golfer Jason Day will miss the birth of his fifth child because his wife told him so
- Ellie Day will give birth to the couple’s fifth child
- Told her husband to play in the finals of the PGA Tour Championship
- Games will be played at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta from August 24 to 27
Australian golf star Jason Day will compete in the upcoming final of the PGA Tour Championship – with the blessing of his pregnant wife.
Ellie Day, who is expecting the couple’s fifth child in early September, wants her husband to stay at Atlanta’s East Lake Country Club this weekend when she goes into labor instead of returning home to Ohio.
“She said, ‘You’re not likely to come back in time when I go into labor,'” Day told Golf Digest.
‘We gave birth at home. She said I might as well play the tournament and try to win.’
The 35-year-old Queenslander missed out on the 2012 Open Championship due to the arrival of his firstborn son, Dash.
Australian golf star Jason Day will compete in the upcoming PGA Tour Championship final in Atlanta – with his pregnant wife’s blessing
Former world number one Day already has four children with wife Ellie (pictured)
“I just hope Ellie holds out for another week or two and I can be there and spend some time with my family,” said Day, who finished joint second at the recent British Open in Hoylake.
“I think if this was my first child I’d be a little more nervous about it. I am also very excited that our family is growing.”
Day may have to do his job to collect the winner’s prize money of $28 million.
According to the FedEx Cup finals scoring system, Day, a thirteen-time PGA Tour winner who ended a five-year drought in May by taking first place in the Byron Nelson, will start nine shots behind Scottie Scheffler heading into action in Atlanta.
“I have to play one of the best golf courses I’ve ever played and I also need a little help,” he admitted.
The couple in love will also celebrate their 14th anniversary together in October
“It’s nice in a way that you can just go back and play with nine shots and not worry about being in the lead.
“I’m hoping to rekindle some of that form and iron play from earlier this year and keep riding it well.”
Day also won’t be the first well-known Australian athlete to miss the birth of their child.
Parramatta Eels halfback Mitchell Moses watched his daughter be born on FaceTime last September as he prepared for an NRL preliminary final in Townsville.
Moses later admitted that his partner Bri Gardoni was “a bit nasty” at the time, but “she understood” because she “supported me through it all.”