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.
PGA of Australia boss Gavin Kirkman joined WPGA Tour chief Karen Lunn and new Golf Australia chief executive James Sutherland to speak with Australian Golf Digest about COVID, the fledgling Players Series, driving women’s golf, likely future tournament dates and more.
It means fans will have the ability to see the Australian PGA Championship played twice in a calendar year, with the 2021 edition also to be staged later that year.
Adam Scott has Augusta on his mind after staving off a host of challengers – and plundering a timely eagle at 15 – to claim his second Australian PGA Championship at RACV Royal Pines Resort on Sunday.
Surrounding himself with friends and family on the Gold Coast has proven to be a winning formula for two-time defending Australian PGA champion Cameron Smith.
Spectators will come to Royal Pines to see and hear how differently Champ hits a golf ball but he hopes that they leave with a far broader understanding of what he believes in.
Champ, the longest hitter in professional golf, will compete in his first tournament down under at the #AusPGA at RACV Royal Pines Resort on the Gold Coast on 19-22 December.
Cameron Smith is hoping to create history by becoming the first person in more than 100 years to win three consecutive Australian PGA Championship titles.
Scott will headline the ISPS HANDA PGA Tour of Australasia and European Tour co-sanctioned tournament which will be played from December 19-22 at RACV Royal Pines Resort on the Gold Coast.
Australian Golf Digest
