Jason Day's Win at Bayhill Puts Him in Prime Position for the Masters

Jason Day's win at the Arnold Palmer Invitational got the Aussie within striking distance of #! OWGR Jordan Spieth setting a showdown at The Masters. Day went wire-to-wire at Bay Hill for a one-shot victory over Kevin Chappell. In the process, he overtook Rory McIlroy for the No. 2 spot and got within 0.374 points of Spieth. It's the closest anyone has gotten to Spieth since he won the  Hyundai Tournament of Champions in January, and Day will now have a chance to reclaim the top spot this week at the WGC-Dell Match Play Championship. Day has spent a total of four weeks at world No. 1, most recently in November While Chappell fell short of his first PGA Tour win, his second runner-up of the season allowed him to vault 60 spots to No. 69 in the latest rankings, improving upon his previous career best of 85th. Troy Merritt, who finished T-3 despite a trio of final-round double bogeys, went from No. 120 to No. 82. Other moves from Bay Hill included Zach Johnson, who jumped five spots to No. 15 after a fifth-place finish, and Thailand's Kiradech Aphibarnrat who moved from No. 46 to No. 39 after finishing T-6. The top 50 in the world rankings after this week's events will qualify for the Masters. Will our prediction that the elite threesome - Spieth, McIlroy and Day - will rotate as the world's #1 ranked male gofler in 2016 and beyond hold true? Share your comments with the Pro Golf Tour: http://progolftournaments.blogspot.com/