Jason Day tightened his grip on No. 1 in the world the last time he played, a wire-to-wire victory in The Players Championship against the best field in golf to claim his seventh big title in the last 10 months. The following week, Rory McIlroy headed home to Ireland and delivered two perfect shots with fairway metals over the last three holes at The K Club to win the Irish Open for his first victory of the year. Not to be forgotten, Jordan Spieth won the following week at Colonial with a birdie-birdie-birdie finish - none of them easy - for a victory he badly needed to help erase any lingering disappointment from the Masters.
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