Jason Day Says Tiger Woods Always Tells Him: "You have to earn the wins. They're not given to you."

" Even the World No. 1 needs an occasional pep talk. Who might he call? Tiger Woods. https://t.co/odFxEOOc5d — PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) May 10, 2016 "

Jason Day has once again discussed his consulting with Tiger Woods before tournaments. The last time Day mentioned he was texting with Woods, he went on to win the Arnold Palmer Invitational. Day is eager to win The PLAYERS this week, and reaching out to Tiger is definitely not the worst thing to do when seeking advice. While Day has one major championship under his belt, The PLAYERS Championship is regarded by many as the fifth major of the year because of its prestige and the fact that the field is usually loaded with the best talent. It’s a tournament that Day would clearly like to win.

"Via CBS: “He give me some advice and I go, ‘OK, that would work for him maybe but maybe I just think a little differently,’ ” said Day on Tuesday before the Players. “If I’m looking for a bit of a pep talk, I always text him and ask him how he’s going and talk to him about the game. He always ends with, ‘you’re going to get it done … you have to earn the wins. They’re not given to you.’ It’s a lot about trying to get better mentally and that mental toughness he had for so long.”"

Day also gave a few thoughts on living up to Tiger’s hype.

"“With winning that much, you have to be soaked in that profession; that’s all you think about,” Day said Tuesday at the Players Championship, where he was asked about his generation’s challenge of measuring up to Tiger Woods. “And there’s some sacrifice that comes with that, as well, on other parts of your life.” *** “Some of these younger guys, they’re looking to start a family, and Rory’s getting married coming up shortly, I think,” Day said. “And Rickie and Jordan and those guys are enjoying life and they’re young. Just priorities change, and sometimes we can’t — I mean, it’s great to see what Tiger accomplished in the past, but unfortunately we’re not Tiger Woods and we’re just trying to do our best to play as well as we can.”"

Like I said after the anonymous Tour player’s comments about comparing Tiger to Jordan Spieth were released, can’t we just enjoy these young talented guys? They’re all amazing golfers and comparing the past and the present is just dumb. While we in the media can’t just move on from Tiger and forget about him because he’s Tiger and he moves the needle no matter whether he’s playing or not, we can look forward to watching the greatest golfers in the world battle it out each week.