Australian champion Jason Day steals the show at US Open with American flag attire: ‘Outfit of the day'
Jason Day might have some extra support at Oakmont at this week's US Open after playing a practice round bedecked a pair of red, white and blue American flag shorts.
To complete the patriotic all-American look, the flamboyant Queenslander sported a quarter-zip jacket that featured a blue and white star-lined collar.
The outfit set tongues wagging among fans with plenty of Americans on board.
'Who would have thought an Aussie would be the most patriotic looking dude at Oakmont??' one said.
Another wrote: 'Looks like Jason Day wore his 4th of July swim trunks to practice this morning.'
A proud Australian who made his long-awaited Olympic debut at Paris 2024, Day has also made a life in the US with American wife Ellie and their five children.
He has made a habit of making fashion statements on the golf course in recent years.
Even Aussie star Min Woo Lee poked fun at the American flag attire, sharing a selfie with Day in the background and a cheeky caption.
'What Open are we playing?' it asked, pointing to Day's shorts for the answer.
The PGA Tour's social media accounts called it the 'outfit of the day'.
Fans also jokingly highlighted Day was trying to increase his chances of winning the US Open, with Americans winning eight of the past 10.
'Jason Day odds to win US Open outright just skyrocketed,' one wrote.
Another said he was gunning for a different ticket: 'He's vying for a captain's pick on the Ryder Cup (team).'
Day is one of six Australians in the event, with their challenge to be led off by Adam Scott when the 125th US Open starts just outside Pittsburgh on Thursday.
Scott will tee off at 7.18am local time (9.18pm AEST) alongside Sweden's Ludvig Aberg and Hideki Matsuyama, of Japan.
The veteran's best finish was a tie for fourth in 2015, two shots adrift of winner Jordan Speith.
Cam Smith, who also tied fourth in 2015, a finish he repeated in 2023, is another early starter paired with fellow former British Open winner Brian Harman and LIV Golf colleague Phil Mickelson, who still needs this major to complete a grand slam.
Smith goes off at 8.02am (10.02pm AEST) from the 10th, just as Cam Davis is teeing off at the first. He is with American Davis Thompson and Thomas Detry of Belgium.
Day, Min Woo Lee and Marc Leishman start in the afternoon.
Lee is in one of the higher-profile groups with major winners Justin Thomas and Brooks Koepka, who won the US Open in 2017 and 2018.
Matt Vogt, a former Oakmont caddie who now works as a dentist, but qualified as an amateur last week, will hit the opening tee shot at at 6.45am local time.
Defending champion Bryson DeChambeau is grouped with two-time major winner Xander Schauffele and reigning US Amateur champion Jose Luis Ballester, who recently joined DeChambeau on the LIV Golf circuit.
World No.1 Scottie Scheffler, winner of last month's PGA Championship at Quail Hollow, shares the tee box with two-time major winner and World No.4 Collin Morikawa and Norway's Viktor Hovland.
World No.2 and 2025 Masters champ Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland will play with Ireland's Shane Lowry and England's Justin Rose. Rose (2013) and McIlroy (2011) are former US Open champions and Lowry tied for second in 2016 - the last time the event was held at Oakmont, when Dustin Johnson won.
He is grouped with Spieth and 2021 champion Jon Rahm of Spain.
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