Articles by Brad Clifton @ The Australian Golf Club
AUS OPEN: Day takes charge as Herbert holds firm
They call Saturday “moving day” and that’s exactly what the chasing pack did during the third round of the Emirates Australian Open in Sydney.
THE PLAYERS Championship - 2026
| Pos | Player | Tot | Thru | Rnd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| T1 | Maverick McNealy | -5 | 12 | 1 |
| T1 | Tommy Fleetwood | -5 | 12* | 1 |
| 3 | Viktor Hovland | -3 | 12* | 1 |
| T4 | Bud Cauley | -2 | 17 | 1 |
| T4 | Max Homa | -2 | 17* | 1 |
| T4 | Ricky Castillo | -2 | 14 | 1 |
| T4 | Ludvig Åberg | -2 | 13* | 1 |
| T4 | Matt Fitzpatrick | -2 | 11 | 1 |
| T9 | Danny Walker | -1 | 15* | 1 |
| T9 | Akshay Bhatia | -1 | 14* | 1 |
| T9 | Justin Thomas | -1 | 12* | 1 |
| T9 | Russell Henley | -1 | 12* | 1 |
| T9 | Michael Brennan | -1 | 10 | 1 |
| T14 | Alex Noren | E | 15* | 1 |
| T14 | Brooks Koepka | E | 14* | 1 |
| T14 | Tony Finau | E | 14* | 1 |
| T14 | Scottie Scheffler | E | 12* | 1 |
| T14 | Robert MacIntyre | E | 12* | 1 |
| T14 | Harris English | E | 10 | 1 |
| T20 | Mark Hubbard | +1 | 18 | 1 |
| T20 | Mac Meissner | +1 | 18 | 1 |
| T20 | Eric Cole | +1 | F | 1 |
| T20 | Daniel Berger | +1 | 17* | 1 |
| T20 | Christiaan Bezuidenhout | +1 | 15 | 1 |
| T20 | Jhonattan Vegas | +1 | 15* | 1 |
| T20 | Ryan Gerard | +1 | 14 | 1 |
| T20 | Patrick Cantlay | +1 | 14 | 1 |
| T20 | Garrick Higgo | +1 | 13 | 1 |
| T20 | S.W. Kim | +1 | 13* | 1 |
| T20 | Lucas Glover | +1 | 12 | 1 |
| T20 | Haotong Li | +1 | 9 | 1 |
| T20 | Seamus Power | +1 | 10* | 1 |
| T33 | Mackenzie Hughes | +2 | F | 1 |
| T33 | Michael Thorbjornsen | +2 | 17* | 1 |
| T33 | Max Greyserman | +2 | 15 | 1 |
| T33 | Rasmus Højgaard | +2 | 15* | 1 |
| T33 | Kristoffer Reitan | +2 | 15* | 1 |
| T33 | Matt McCarty | +2 | 13 | 1 |
| T33 | Brian Harman | +2 | 13 | 1 |
| T33 | J.T. Poston | +2 | 10 | 1 |
| T33 | Aldrich Potgieter | +2 | 10* | 1 |
| T33 | Jake Knapp | +2 | 11* | 1 |
| T43 | Cam Davis | +3 | 15 | 1 |
| T43 | Gary Woodland | +3 | 15 | 1 |
| T43 | Taylor Pendrith | +3 | 15* | 1 |
| T43 | Sungjae Im | +3 | 11* | 1 |
| T43 | Jordan Smith | +3 | 9 | 1 |
| T48 | Sami Valimaki | +4 | 11 | 1 |
| T48 | Patton Kizzire | +4 | 10* | 1 |
| T48 | Johnny Keefer | +4 | 10* | 1 |
| T51 | Rico Hoey | +5 | F | 1 |
| T51 | Vince Whaley | +5 | 17 | 1 |
| T51 | Adam Schenk | +5 | 13 | 1 |
| T51 | Davis Riley | +5 | 12 | 1 |
| T51 | Zecheng Dou | +5 | 10 | 1 |
| 56 | Kevin Yu | +6 | 15 | 1 |
| T57 | Thorbjørn Olesen | +7 | 18 | 1 |
| T57 | Chandler Phillips | +7 | 17 | 1 |
| 59 | Emiliano Grillo | +9 | 15 | 1 |
| - | Lee Hodges | - | - | 1 |
| - | Andrew Putnam | - | - | 1 |
| - | Sam Stevens | - | - | 1 |
| - | Tom Hoge | - | - | 1 |
| - | Denny McCarthy | - | - | 1 |
| - | Nicolai Højgaard | - | - | 1 |
| - | Erik van Rooyen | - | - | 1 |
| - | Keith Mitchell | - | - | 1 |
| - | Michael Kim | - | - | 1 |
| - | Patrick Rodgers | - | - | 1 |
| - | Kevin Roy | - | - | 1 |
| - | Marco Penge | - | - | 1 |
| - | Taylor Moore | - | - | 1 |
| - | Joel Dahmen | - | - | 1 |
| - | Ryo Hisatsune | - | - | 1 |
| - | Chad Ramey | - | - | 1 |
| - | Alex Smalley | - | - | 1 |
| - | Pi Coody | - | - | 1 |
| - | Jacob Bridgeman | - | - | 1 |
| - | Ben Griffin | - | - | 1 |
| - | Adam Scott | - | - | 1 |
| - | Kurt Kitayama | - | - | 1 |
| - | Harry Hall | - | - | 1 |
| - | Stephan Jaeger | - | - | 1 |
| - | J.J. Spaun | - | - | 1 |
| - | Sepp Straka | - | - | 1 |
| - | Shane Lowry | - | - | 1 |
| - | Keegan Bradley | - | - | 1 |
| - | David Ford | - | - | 1 |
| - | Chris Kirk | - | - | 1 |
| - | Sahith Theegala | - | - | 1 |
| - | Rickie Fowler | - | - | 1 |
| - | Jordan Spieth | - | - | 1 |
| - | Andrew Novak | - | - | 1 |
| - | Nick Taylor | - | - | 1 |
| - | Wyndham Clark | - | - | 1 |
| - | Xander Schauffele | - | - | 1 |
| - | Rory McIlroy | - | - | 1 |
| - | Hideki Matsuyama | - | - | 1 |
| - | Steven Fisk | - | - | 1 |
| - | William Mouw | - | - | 1 |
| - | Joe Highsmith | - | - | 1 |
| - | Chris Gotterup | - | - | 1 |
| - | Justin Rose | - | - | 1 |
| - | Min Woo Lee | - | - | 1 |
| - | Cam Young | - | - | 1 |
| - | Davis Thompson | - | - | 1 |
| - | Sam Burns | - | - | 1 |
| - | Brian Campbell | - | - | 1 |
| - | Karl Vilips | - | - | 1 |
| - | Aaron Rai | - | - | 1 |
| - | Nico Echavarria | - | - | 1 |
| - | Jason Day | - | - | 1 |
| - | Corey Conners | - | - | 1 |
| - | Matti Schmid | - | - | 1 |
| - | Max McGreevy | - | - | 1 |
| - | Takumi Kanaya | - | - | 1 |
| - | Matthieu Pavon | - | - | 1 |
| - | S.H. Kim | - | - | 1 |
| - | Austin Smotherman | - | - | 1 |
| - | Zach Bauchou | - | - | 1 |
| - | Sudarshan Yellamaraju | - | - | 1 |
| - | A.J. Ewart | - | - | 1 |
| WD | Collin Morikawa | - | - |
Singapore 2026 Leaderboard
| Pos | Player | Tot | Thru | Rnd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| T1 | Richard T. Lee | -4 | 18 | 1 |
| T1 | Lee Westwood | -4 | 18 | 1 |
| T1 | Bryson DeChambeau | -4 | 18 | 1 |
| T1 | Jon Rahm | -4 | 18 | 1 |
| T5 | Louis Oosthuizen | -3 | 18 | 1 |
| T5 | Tyrrell Hatton | -3 | 18 | 1 |
| T5 | Charles Howell III | -3 | 18 | 1 |
| T5 | Cameron Tringale | -3 | 18 | 1 |
| T5 | Marc Leishman | -3 | 18 | 1 |
| T5 | Matthew Wolff | -3 | 18 | 1 |
| T5 | Thomas Detry | -3 | 18 | 1 |
| T12 | Carlos Ortiz | -2 | 18 | 1 |
| T12 | Cameron Smith | -2 | 18 | 1 |
| T12 | Tom McKibbin | -2 | 18 | 1 |
| T12 | Anthony Kim | -2 | 18 | 1 |
| T12 | Adrian Meronk | -2 | 18 | 1 |
| T12 | Joaquin Niemann | -2 | 18 | 1 |
| T12 | Caleb Surratt | -2 | 18 | 1 |
| T12 | Scott Vincent | -2 | 18 | 1 |
| T12 | Victor Perez | -2 | 18 | 1 |
| T12 | Graeme McDowell | -2 | 18 | 1 |
| T22 | Paul Casey | -1 | 18 | 1 |
| T22 | Bjorn Hellgren | -1 | 18 | 1 |
| T22 | Brendan Steele | -1 | 18 | 1 |
| T22 | Branden Grace | -1 | 18 | 1 |
| T22 | Talor Gooch | -1 | 18 | 1 |
| T27 | Harold Varner III | E | 18 | 1 |
| T27 | Dustin Johnson | E | 18 | 1 |
| T27 | Yosuke Asaji | E | 18 | 1 |
| T27 | Danny Lee | E | 18 | 1 |
| T31 | Thomas Pieters | +1 | 18 | 1 |
| T31 | Miguel Tabuena | +1 | 18 | 1 |
| T31 | Wade Ormsby | +1 | 18 | 1 |
| T31 | Charl Schwartzel | +1 | 18 | 1 |
| T31 | Richard Bland | +1 | 18 | 1 |
| T31 | Peter Uihlein | +1 | 18 | 1 |
| T31 | Dean Burmester | +1 | 18 | 1 |
| T31 | Sergio Garcia | +1 | 18 | 1 |
| T39 | David Puig | +2 | 18 | 1 |
| T39 | Younghan Song | +2 | 18 | 1 |
| T39 | Josele Ballester | +2 | 18 | 1 |
| T39 | Elvis Smylie | +2 | 18 | 1 |
| T39 | Sebastian Muñoz | +2 | 18 | 1 |
| T39 | Lucas Herbert | +2 | 18 | 1 |
| T45 | Laurie Canter | +3 | 18 | 1 |
| T45 | Byeong Hun An | +3 | 18 | 1 |
| T45 | Ben Campbell | +3 | 18 | 1 |
| T45 | Michael La Sasso | +3 | 18 | 1 |
| T45 | Anirban Lahiri | +3 | 18 | 1 |
| T45 | Bubba Watson | +3 | 18 | 1 |
| T45 | Ian Poulter | +3 | 18 | 1 |
| T45 | Jason Kokrak | +3 | 18 | 1 |
| T53 | Abraham Ancer | +5 | 18 | 1 |
| T53 | Luis Masaveu | +5 | 18 | 1 |
| T55 | Martin Kaymer | +7 | 18 | 1 |
| T55 | Sam Horsfield | +7 | 18 | 1 |
| 57 | Minkyu Kim | +9 | 18 | 1 |
| Pos | Team | Tot | Thru | Rnd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LEGION XIII | -11 | 18 | 1 |
| 2 | CRUSHERS GC | -5 | 18 | 1 |
| 3 | 4ACES GC | -4 | 18 | 1 |
| 4 | SOUTHERN GUARDS GC | -2 | 18 | 1 |
| 5 | RIPPER GC | -1 | 18 | 1 |
| T6 | SMASH GC | E | 18 | 1 |
| T6 | HYFLYERS GC | E | 18 | 1 |
| 8 | TORQUE GC | +3 | 18 | 1 |
| T9 | CLEEKS GOLF CLUB | +4 | 18 | 1 |
| T9 | RANGEGOATS GC | +4 | 18 | 1 |
| 11 | MAJESTICKS GC | +9 | 18 | 1 |
| 12 | FIREBALLS GC | +10 | 18 | 1 |
| 13 | KOREAN GOLF CLUB | +14 | 18 | 1 |
