The unassuming boy from Warrnambool wouldn’t mind going unnoticed but having committed late to play in the Australian PGA Championship at RACV Royal Pines Resort on the Gold Coast this week, Marc Leishman insists he is ready to steal the limelight from two of golf’s most recognisable faces.
Jason Day set himself up for the fall. In the end, his finish to the Emirates Australian Open was emblematic of his winless 2017 – his first since 2012 – a little faltering, and slightly error-prone.
In 13 months as a professional, Sydney’s Cameron Davis had hardly set the world on fire. That all changed at The Australian Golf Club on Sunday afternoon when he fulfilled a boyhood dream and captured the Emirates Australian Open.
The crowd came to see Jason Day make his first appearance at the Emirates Australian Open in four years, but it was a 22-year-old rookie who stole the first-round lead at The Australian Golf Club.
Australian Golf Digest
