Stewart Cink’s replica Claret Jug – spelling mistake and all – takes pride of place in his Atlanta home; now the 2009 Open champion wants to add the Joe Kirkwood Cup to his trophy cabinet.
A late withdrawal 12 months ago, Cink returns to Australia for the first time since the 2003 Australian PGA Championship at Coolum and is ready to go toe-to-toe with the brash new youngsters taking world golf by the scruff of the neck at RACV Royal Pines Resort.
Featuring in a marquee group in the opening two rounds alongside local favourite Adam Scott and West Australian young gun Min Woo Lee, Cink and his wife Lisa spent three days in Queenstown prior to arriving on the Gold Coast but will put any holiday vibes on hold from Thursday.
“I would like to leave here with a trophy, that’s the goal,” said Cink, a six-time PGA Tour winner with close to $US38 million in career prizemoney.
“I’ve played golf a long time and I feel like if you set your sights highest and you really dial it in and try to achieve the best, you’re more likely to maybe get there. That doesn’t mean you will, but you’re more likely to.
“It’s been a long time since I had a trophy and since I won, and my wife is caddying for me this week, so that would be extra special to be able to deliver her the customary 10 per cent cut that a caddie would receive, and no more.”
Here are all the first round tee-times at RACV Royal Pines Resort:
Match | Time | Tee | Player(S) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | 6:00 | 1 |
Michael Hendry Nicolai Hojgaard Steven Jeffress |
2 | 6:10 | 1 |
Anthony Quayle Hugo Leon David McKenzie |
3 | 6:20 | 1 |
Deyen Lawson Brad Kennedy Marcus Armitage |
4 | 6:30 | 1 |
Nick Voke David Smail David Bransdon |
5 | 6:40 | 1 |
Nick Flanagan Daniel Hillier Dale Whitnell |
6 | 6:50 | 1 |
Josh Geary Peter O’Malley Peter Fowler |
7 | 7:00 | 1 |
Tom Power Horan Damien Perrier Ryan Chisnall |
8 | 7:10 | 1 |
Travis Smyth Damien Jordan Brad Burns |
9 | 7:20 | 1 |
Romain Wattel Mark Brown Maverick Antcliff |
10 | 7:30 | 1 |
Daniel Young Kade McBride Christopher Wood |
11 | 7:40 | 1 |
Jesper Sandborg Harry Bateman Gavin Fairfax |
12 | 7:50 | 1 |
Ashley Hall Rick Kulacz Minkyu Kim |
13 | 8:00 | 1 |
Fraser MacLachlan Daniel Pearce Jordan Mullaney |
14 | 6:00 | 10 |
Cameron Champ Cameron Smith Ryan Fox |
15 | 6:10 | 10 |
Smylie Kaufman David Micheluzzi Nick Cullen |
16 | 6:20 | 10 |
Nick O’Hern Lucas Herbert Peter Lonard |
17 | 6:30 | 10 |
Cameron Davis Matthew Griffin David Howell |
18 | 6:40 | 10 |
Peter Senior Andrew Dodt Zach Murray |
19 | 6:50 | 10 |
Chen Zihao Cameron John Sam Brazel |
20 | 7:00 | 10 |
Simon Hawkes Alejandro Canizares Hyung Seok Seo |
21 | 7:10 | 10 |
Ben Eccles Aaron Cockerill Gareth Paddison |
22 | 7:20 | 10 |
Cory Crawford Brett Rumford James Nitties |
23 | 7:30 | 10 |
Yuan Yechun Hurly Long Michael Wright |
24 | 7:40 | 10 |
Chase Hanna Stephen Allan Brett Rankin |
25 | 7:50 | 10 |
Jake Higginbottom Aron Zemmer Lincoln Tighe |
26 | 8:00 | 10 |
Samuel Eaves Justin Warren Tim Stewart |
27 | 11:00 | 1 |
Adam Scott Min Woo Lee Stewart Cink |
28 | 11:10 | 1 |
Johannes Veerman John Senden Wade Ormsby |
29 | 11:20 | 1 |
Jake McLeod Jason Scrivener Calum Hill |
30 | 11:30 | 1 |
Greg Chalmers Steven Bowditch Rod Pampling |
31 | 11:40 | 1 |
Marcus Fraser Richard Green Terry Pilkadaris |
32 | 11:50 | 1 |
Robert Allenby Jack Wilson Denzel Ieremia |
33 | 12:00 | 1 |
Daniel Nisbet Jeongwoo Ham Dave Coupland |
34 | 12:10 | 1 |
Matthew Millar Blake Windred Robin Petersson |
35 | 12:20 | 1 |
Pedro Figueiredo Campbell Rawson Andrew Martin |
36 | 12:30 | 1 |
Clement Sordet Matt Jager Blake Proverbs |
37 | 12:40 | 1 |
James Marchesani Andrew Campbell Jamie Arnold |
38 | 12:50 | 1 |
Janne Kaske Peter Wilson Scott Strange |
39 | 13:00 | 1 |
Antonio Murdaca Taylor Macdonald Shae Wools-Cobb |
40 | 11:00 | 10 |
Jason Norris Rhein Gibson Dimitrios Papadatos |
41 | 11:10 | 10 |
Jarryd Felton Callan O’Reilly Jack Senior |
42 | 11:20 | 10 |
Harrison Endycott Mikumu Horikawa Sebastian Rodriguez |
43 | 11:30 | 10 |
Adam Bland Sami Valimaki Daniel Gale |
44 | 11:40 | 10 |
Toby Tree Blake Collyer Aaron Pike |
45 | 11:50 | 10 |
Darren Beck Bryce Easton Peter Cooke |
46 | 12:00 | 10 |
Dylan Perry Ross McGowan Michael Long |
47 | 12:10 | 10 |
Matthew Stieger Louis De Jager Brady Watt |
48 | 12:20 | 10 |
Gary Stal Max McCardle Aaron Townsend |
49 | 12:30 | 10 |
Daniel Gavins Scott Laycock Braden Becker |
50 | 12:40 | 10 |
Michael Sim Vernon Sexton-Finck Adam Burdett |
51 | 12:50 | 10 |
Andrew Evans James Anstiss Brody Martin |
52 | 13:00 | 10 |
Troy Moses Nathan Green Dale Brandt-Richards |