(CNN) -- Jason Day nearly pulled out of the World Cup of Golf after learning he had lost eight relatives to Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines. 

Instead he completed an emotional double victory Sunday in Melbourne as he claimed the individual title and paired with Adam Scott to lead Australia to team honors. 

After finishing with a final round 70 for 10-under at Royal Melbourne, Day said his Filipino mother Dening and his sisters had been in this thoughts throughout the event. 

They were in the gallery to watch the 24-year-old hold off Thomas Bjorn of Denmark by two shots in a tense final round. 

"I am just happy that she is here and I get to hug her," he said. 

"It would have been the easiest thing for me to just go ahead and pull out of the tournament with what has been going on over the last week, just to be up there with my mum and support her," he added. 

Day lost his grandmother, an uncle and six cousins in the November 8 tragedy and he said that both he and World No.2 Scott would assist with the relief program. 

"We will definitely be giving some money or raising money and trying to raise awareness to what has really happened over there. 

"To have that lead going into Sunday with all that stuff going on, to finally finish off and hit a great shot into 18 like I did and to win like that was a very big move in my golfing career." 
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Jason Day nearly pulled out of the World Cup of Golf 