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Jason Day shaves for pre-Masters Nike ad starring Rory McIlroy, Tiger Woods, and Michelle Wie

Rory McIlroy pranks clean-shaven Jason Day as Tiger Woods and Michelle Wie make cameo appearances in new Nike ad.

PGA: The Players Championship-First Round
PGA: The Players Championship-First Round
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Nothing screams “Tiger’s done” more than a Nike ad in which the guy who put the swoosh on the golf map makes just a cameo appearance.

Gotta love the eye rolls shared by Woods and Michelle Wie as Rory McIlroy and Jason Day — shorn of his facial hair — vie to drive the golf cart by trying to outdrive the other. McIlroy wins, takes the keys, and, well, you can probably guess what happens.

And though Woods won’t be playing this year’s event, Day appeared good to go for the Masters since his mother, Dening, was faring well after undergoing surgery for lung cancer on March 24.

“Obviously, we still have to wait to see [about] chemo,” Day, who played practice rounds at Augusta National on Friday and Saturday, told Masters.com, “but we feel much better about things.”

With his wife Ellie and friends caring for his mother back home in Columbus, Day said he had a positive mindset ahead of Thursday’s opening round.

Heading into Sunday’s finale of the season’s first major, the ANA Inspiration, Wie remained in contention, despite tweaking her back (a la Woods and Day) in Saturday’s third round.

All four golfers continue to sport Nike apparel, though the merchandiser has withdrawn from the equipment business.

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