AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Jason Day went viral at the Masters this week for wearing some rather bold outfits from Malbon.
Turns out one of them was a bit too bold.
Day said after finishing his third round Saturday that he was asked the previous day to take off the white vest he was wearing that said in big letters across the midsection: "Malbon Golf Championship." Day wasn't sure who exactly requested the wardrobe change, but "respectfully, you do that, because it's all about the tournament here, and I respect the tournament."
Malbon founder Stephen Malbon told The Associated Press on Friday that he wasn't sure whether someone told Day to change out of the vest, or whether the former PGA champion had pulled it off because the weather was warming up.
Day said he wasn't trying to make a statement, either. Just like other players, whose apparel providers "script" certain looks for major tournaments, Malbon had laid out what it wanted him to wear at Augusta National.
"They send you the scripting and say, 'This is what we want you to wear Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday," Day said after a third-round 76 wearing a far more subdued olive green polo, "and I'm like, OK.'"
The Associated Press contributed to this story.
