It seems like Jason Day can’t catch a break when it comes to his Master’s wardrobe. In 2025, Day had to submit his planned script for the 2025 Augusta before he could actually flaunt his outfit. He was even asked to tone down his fashion choices owing to the memorable incident from 2024. Now, in 2026, as well, the same conversation is taking shape.

Malbon Golf dropped Jason Day’s full of scripting for the 2026 Masters this week. The post revealed five days of outfits for the Australians ahead of next week’s tournament at Augusta National. Just like clockwork, the internet wasted no time in picking each outfit apart. The post revealed five days of outfits (Tue-Sat), all illustrated, and one look drew the most heat.

Tuesday’s outfit, featuring a bird-print short-sleeve shirt layered over a cream ensemble, immediately set social media off. The overwhelming consensus? He looks like he’s heading to a fishing trip, and not one of the golf’s most prestigious stages.

Furthermore, in the opening round on Thursday, Day was planning to wear a full head-to-toe bird-themed outerwear. However, per reports, he was asked by the Augusta National to change his outfit and will now be wearing solid pants instead.

With that, the jokes on social media have only increased.

Fans hook onto the fishing joke, predicting Jason’s day

“He’s dressed like a weekend fly-fishing guide,” one fan wrote on Instagram, while another simply asked, “These are terrible.”.

The Rae’s Creek jokes came thick and fast, too.  “Rae’s Creek is stocked this year,” wrote one comment. ” I guess on Wednesday we’re fly fishing on Rae’s Creek?” another said. “Wednesday outfit is perfect for fishing in Rae’s Creek.”

The reaction is a familiar story for Jason Day and his LA-based apparel sponsor, with whom his partnership is now established as a controversial one. At the 2024 Masters, he sent the internet into a meltdown, first with a pair of baggy pants that Sky Sports’ Paul McGinley and Nick Faldo joked must have been a 42″ waist and ordered as a 32″.

The sweater was very loud for many and was compared to a “pack of cigarettes.” Augusta National officials then made him remove the vest, which had the words “Malbon Golf Championship” on the front, after the first round in 2024. CBS legend Verne Lundquist didn’t hold back either, telling viewers it might be the worst outfit he’d seen in over 40 years at Augusta.

Since then, the hits have kept coming. Fans called his all-green PGA Championship look a “dental hygienist fit.” At The Open, someone compared him to a snow leopard. Day, for his part, remains unbothered.
“Some of the style is either love it or hate it, and that’s okay,” he said.

Yet, fans were just not in agreement, as one wrote, “I can’t tell if this post came out on April 1st.”

If one looks at the thought that went behind the birds, they wouldn’t think so.

“If you are on the course and you are tuned in with nature and know the sounds of birds, you’ll make more birdies,” Malbon said of the outfit. “It’s inspired by Native American beliefs. Each one of these birds has a different meaning. I’ve been sending the noises of the birds to Jason for the last six months. Hopefully, he’s trying to stay in touch with nature.”

Day, though, would like to avoid such a fate. He might have made the cut in five of his seven tournament appearances this year, earning three top-25 finishes, but he still hasn’t won the Masters in his last fourteen attempts. He is currently ranked 41st in the world, and this year could be a good one to turn the narrative after coming so close several times.

Also, unlike 2024, when the officials pulled Day’s vest off his back mid-round, the 2026 fishing-inspired look seems to have earned the approval of the Augusta National, besides the aforementioned change. And even if another one is forced, then Day likely won’t have a problem, as he remains focused on the results.

“It’s good. I understand. We’re here for the tournament,” Day said last year. “This is why we come every April. We’re here to play the tournament and I understand. We’ll do what we can with what we have fashion-wise and enjoy playing the tournament.”