Jason Day Claims The Players Championship

Jason Day wanted to win The Players Championship so badly that he wasn't going to let anything stop him.

Not the super slick greens that nearly derailed him Saturday. Not the three muffed chips that turned potential birdie into an unsettling bogey as he made the turn Sunday. Certainly not the best field in golf.

With another commanding performance, Day put his stamp on No. 1 in the world by never letting anyone closer than two shots in the final round, playing bogey-free on the back nine of the TPC Sawgrass for the fourth straight day and closing with a 1-under 71 for a wire-to-wire victory.

It was his seventh title in the past 10 months. The 28-year-old Australian wants to win a lot more.

"I want to be able to be looked back on and know that 'He was one of the greats in the game.' If I have the opportunity to do that, I'm going to try my best," Day said after his 4-shot victory. "And I have the opportunity to do that right now, try and work as hard as I can to really leave my footprint in this game. I'm very motivated to win as much as I can right now."

He stomped his way all over everyone at The Players Championship, even though he had a few nervous moments. Day made bogey on No. 6, had to make a 15-foot par putt on the next hole and really looked out-of-sorts from just 40 feet right of the green on the par-5 ninth. He muffed three straight chips and had to make a 6-foot putt just to escape with bogey, which dropped his lead to two shots.