<p class="title">Former world number one Jason Day felt the final round two-over-par 73 that dashed his hopes of a maiden Australian Open title on Sunday pretty much summed up his disappointing 2017 season.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In contention throughout the week on his return to his home Open for the first time in four years, Day started the day with a one-shot lead but finished it in fifth place three shots behind unheralded compatriot Cameron Davis.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I just didn't play my best and obviously it's not great to shoot two-over par on the final round when you've got the lead," the world number 12 told reporters.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"It's obviously a little bit disappointing to come out and not finish it.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"But I've just got to kind of look back on it and see what I need to do for next time, because you can't be perfect all the time and I played three terrific rounds actually, the first three rounds, I just didn't put it together on Sunday."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Day's round on Sunday turned on his ninth hole, where he hit the lip of a bunker as he tried to get out of the sand and his ball ended up in the water.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Just a few bounces here and there, obviously the double (bogey) on nine wasn't the greatest," he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I was on the wrong side of momentum and if I could just get on the right side of momentum, it may have been a different outcome today."</p>.<p class="bodytext">The 30-year-old major winner will therefore finish what he described as an "indifferent" year without any sort of title to his name for the first time since 2012.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I didn't have the greatest year," Day said. "I just didn't quite have everything clicking. Had everything clicking the first three days here and then today was just a little bit off.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I just haven't quite put it together this whole year and I'm looking forward to getting some time off and trying to decompress a little bit and not even think about golf.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"This whole year I've been kind of stressing about how I can get better and better and better, and unfortunately when you worry about playing good, sometimes you can actually worry about it too much and force of habit a little bit and actually not end up playing good at all."</p>
<p class="title">Former world number one Jason Day felt the final round two-over-par 73 that dashed his hopes of a maiden Australian Open title on Sunday pretty much summed up his disappointing 2017 season.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In contention throughout the week on his return to his home Open for the first time in four years, Day started the day with a one-shot lead but finished it in fifth place three shots behind unheralded compatriot Cameron Davis.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I just didn't play my best and obviously it's not great to shoot two-over par on the final round when you've got the lead," the world number 12 told reporters.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"It's obviously a little bit disappointing to come out and not finish it.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"But I've just got to kind of look back on it and see what I need to do for next time, because you can't be perfect all the time and I played three terrific rounds actually, the first three rounds, I just didn't put it together on Sunday."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Day's round on Sunday turned on his ninth hole, where he hit the lip of a bunker as he tried to get out of the sand and his ball ended up in the water.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Just a few bounces here and there, obviously the double (bogey) on nine wasn't the greatest," he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I was on the wrong side of momentum and if I could just get on the right side of momentum, it may have been a different outcome today."</p>.<p class="bodytext">The 30-year-old major winner will therefore finish what he described as an "indifferent" year without any sort of title to his name for the first time since 2012.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I didn't have the greatest year," Day said. "I just didn't quite have everything clicking. Had everything clicking the first three days here and then today was just a little bit off.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I just haven't quite put it together this whole year and I'm looking forward to getting some time off and trying to decompress a little bit and not even think about golf.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"This whole year I've been kind of stressing about how I can get better and better and better, and unfortunately when you worry about playing good, sometimes you can actually worry about it too much and force of habit a little bit and actually not end up playing good at all."</p>