This is what gets lots of players. If you are only playing one round to get the consecutive day bonus wait until after the timer resets to play. Even if you finish a round after the timer resets it won’t count for the new day that started when the timer reset. A round that is started before the timer resets and finished after the timer resets counts as being played the previous day. Only rounds that are started and finished after the timer resets counts as being played on the new day. And you get the points as soon as you hit the first shot.
I found this out last year when I started a CC tourney round before the timer reset but was so sleepy I went to bed. I woke up well after midnight and finished the round. I noticed that even though I finished the round on the new day jI didn’t get my consecutive day bonus. I played another round a got the bonus.