Ryan Day reveals he 'possibly' could be playing Augusta National Golf Club

Ohio State coach Ryan Day is living his best life right now and he could be playing golf at Augusta National very soon.

When he joined The Triple Option to talk with his former mentor Urban Meyer, Mark Ingram and host Rob Stone, Day said he had to work on his golf game. While he didn’t say he would play at the site of the Masters exactly, he alluded to it.

Thanks to Meyer, of course, asking the question about a certain club in the state of Georgia.

“Can possibly play a big time course here in the next couple months, so I gotta get my game going a little,” Day said. “It looks like maybe there might be an opportunity. So I can’t screw that one up.”

With an improved golf game, a national title to his name and arguably the best team in college football going into next year (don’t worry, there’s plenty of time for that debate), Day just signed a new deal with the school too!

Per Chris Vannini at The Athletic, the buyout on Day’s new deal with the Buckeyes is at $80.5 million if they were to fire him with the offset of a new job playing into that figure. Then, if he were to leave himself, that total is at $6 million until January 31st, 2026 when it will drop to $4 million and so on from there.

Ohio State extended Day by three years this month with his contract now set for seven years and at a total of $87.5 million, or $12.5 million annually.

This is the first deal for Day under the school’s new athletic director in Ross Bjork.

This could have been a much more notable figure on his last deal had Ohio State not finished the season the way they did. Day very well could have not been the head coach there anymore based on the reaction following the end of the regular season. Instead, though, the Buckeyes regrouped and went on to finish at 14-2 by winning the College Football Playoff.

With that, Day is now 67-10 (.870) through his six seasons in Columbus. That span includes a pair of Big Ten Championships and three appearances in the CFP.

This was a well-deserved deal for Day after leading Ohio State to a national title. He’ll now be around for much longer based on what that buyout is for this contract.

Sam Gillenwater contributed this report