Jason Day admits he’s yet to solve the puzzle of links golf after narrowly surviving the weekend cut at the British Open.

However the Australian world No.6 believes he can still make his mark this year’s tournament.

Day shot a second-successive one-over 73 on Friday to be tied 56th after the second round at Royal Liverpool and finish a single shot inside the cut.

While Day has become a perennial contender at major tournaments in recent years, he’s yet to make any real impact at the British Open.

He arrived at Hoylake confident he was coming to terms with links golf but admitted after his second round he still had a way to go.

“I feel like I’ve got a question mark over my head right now,” Day said.

“It’s difficult. It’s something that you have to learn and experience in tournament play.

“You can come over and play social rounds and get used to the course this way. But it’s nothing like playing in a tournament on links golf.

“It’s challenging and fun. It’s very frustrating but there’s some luck involved with — you have to really know your game plan and stick to your game plan out there.”

After an even-par front nine, Day looked in jeopardy of missing the cut for only the third time in 15 major appearances when he made back-to-back bogeys.

However the Australian made a crucial birdie under pressure on the par-5 last to extend his tournament and raise hope of climbing the leaderboard, particularly with the weather conditions expected to severely worsen.

“I definitely have a shot at it,” Day said.

“I’ve just got to keep myself in there and just gut it out.”

Day came into the event carrying a troublesome thumb injury and has clearly looked uncomfortable at times.

However he revealed he was in fact dealing with a pain in his right wrist first suffered as took a practice swing early in his first round.

“Something popped in my left side and it was like kind of a tingling sensation through my hand and it went straight up to my elbow,” Day said.

Day suffered a similar problem in his right arm at last year’s Open but is confident it isn’t affecting his play.

“I’m just trying to forget about it,” he said.

The axe for the cut fell at two over and notable casualties were English former world number one Lee Westwood at three over, Masters Champion Bubba Watson at four over and the Open champion of two years ago, Ernie Els, at eight over.