An emotional Jason Day abruptly pulled out of his opening match at the WGC-Dell Match Play on Wednesday to be with his mother, who has been diagnosed with lung cancer and is having surgery on Friday. "As of now, I am going to be back with my mom," said Day. Day, 29, said his mother was given 12 months to live at the beginning of the year after being diagnosed in Australia. "Emotionally, it's been weighing on me," said Day, who had tears streaming down his face. (This article has not been edited by DNA's editorial team and is auto-generated from an agency feed.)

Source: dna March 22, 2017 21:45 UTC