JASON DAY had a cuckoo moment on the PGA Tour on Friday.
The Aussie golfer lost his ball in a bird’s nest in a tree at the Arnold Palmer Invitational.
Day, 33, fell fowl to the course when he lost his tee shot on the par five 16th hole with a wild drive.
And when he strode down the 497-yard hole at Bay Hill in Florida, his ball was nowhere to be seen.
A course marshal told the Australian he saw the ball hit a tree.
And that prompted Day and playing partners Rickie Fowler and Viktor Hovland to begin the search.
They spotted a ball stuck in a bird’s nest in the tree and Day was handed some binoculars to try and identify it.
A commentator on PGA Tour featured group coverage said: “The binoculars are to try to verify that’s his golf ball.
“You have to identify it. We saw the ball hit a nest.
“If he can identify it he can call unplayable. Otherwise it’s a lost ball and he has to go back to the tee.”
Day was given a helping hand by the cameraman, who used his hi-tech equipment to zoom in on the nest.
And he branched out to the professional photographers as well as they made use of their long camera lenses.
After a few minutes of commotion, the Aussie shouted ‘that’s it’ and was allowed to declare an unplayable.
With a rules official present, Day took a penalty shot and drop right underneath the bird’s nest.
But the 33-year-old ended up scoring a double bogey seven on the easiest hole on the course anyway.
He fell prey to the tough course that Rory McIlroy flew around on Thursday night with his six under par opening round.
