The 27-year-old Aussie beat Spieth at the PGA and in the process beat Whistling Straits into submission, setting a major championship scoring record at 20-under.

In his next start two weeks later, Day won for the fourth time this season, opening the Playoffs with a six-stroke victory at The Barclays. Last week was another cruise-control six-shot win at the BMW Championship that kept him atop the FedExCup standings and moved him to No. 1 in the world for the first time.

Over his last eight starts Day has finished ninth, fourth, won, 12th, won, won, 12th, won. During that stretch he was 101 under. His five victories on TOUR are one more than Spieth’s four.

Still, it’s Player of the Year, not Player of the Last Two Months.

Of Spieth’s 14 top 10s this year, four of them have been second-place finishes and one a third place showing. Of Day’s 10 top 10s excluding wins, one of them was a finish in the top three.

In an anonymous poll of 10 random players, seven of them told me they’d vote for Spieth no matter what happened at East Lake. Two others said if Day won, they’d vote for him. The other said Spieth had the edge but he’d make up his mind after this week.

“Majors are big,” said Rickie Fowler. “With what Jordan’s done this year, it's pretty amazing. Jason is making his late charge, so he’s not making it any easier on the voting side of it.”

Added another player who has a couple of major championships on his resume: “I still gotta say Jordan Spieth. His major record alone ... ridiculous. That being said, my opinion could change after this week.”