Min Woo Lee has ridden a wave of crowd support that included T-shirts dedicated to the Perth golf star during a blistering first round, upstaging big names Adam Scott and Cameron Smith to sit near the clubhouse lead on day one at the Australian PGA Championship.
Cam Davis is coming in hot after a stellar season on the PGA Tour, and he’s determined to add the Joe Kirkwood Cup to a trophy cabinet already boasting his national open.
Buoyed by winning hosting rights for the 2032 Olympics, Brisbane has reinvented itself as a vibrant tourist destination with waterfront dining, microbreweries and chic rooftop bars to complement an ever-improving golf line-up.
Australia’s top-ranked golfer, Cam Smith, will return home for the country’s two majors – the Fortinet Australian PGA Championship and the ISPS HANDA Australian Open – in the upcoming Summer of Golf.
Cameron Smith’s first trip back to Australia in three years wasn’t just about headlining the Australian PGA Championship and showing off the claret jug to family and friends in his hometown of Brisbane.
The claret jug is one of the most famous trophies in sports, engraved with the names of many of the most iconic golfers in history. Each year, the winner of the Open Championship receives a replica to show off for 12 months and then hand back the following year.
A member at Royal Queensland Golf Club for the past five years, Morgan has been a professional for less than three months but his course record of eight-under 63 and two-round total of 14-under has thrown down the gauntlet to the more established pros in the field.
With the host course’s architect as his caddie, Elvis Smylie will play this week’s Australian PGA Championship with an advantage no other player can claim.
Australian Golf Digest
