Emotional Jason Day breaks five-year PGA Tour drought with Mother’s Day victory

'I was in tears for a little bit there, and to think about what my mum went through from 2017 on to her passing last year'

Jason Day after winning the AT&T Byron Nelson at TPC Craig Ranch in McKinney, Texas. 

Australian golf star Jason Day has broken a five-year PGA Tour title drought with an emotion-charged Mother’s Day victory at the AT&T Byron Nelson Championship in Texas.

A year after losing his mum Dening to cancer and tumbling outside the top 100, Day denied Scottie Scheffler the chance to return to world No 1 in a tense Sunday shootout at TPC Craig Ranch.