Less than 24 hours after learning he was a late addition to the field at the CJ Cup Byron Nelson – just his fourth start on the PGA Tour in 2025 – Cameron Champ (remember him?) signed for an opening-round 64 at TPC Craig Ranch, leaving himself three shots behind Scottie Scheffler (remember him??) the Day 1 lead.
The PGA Tour’s regular-season finale is this week at the Wyndham Championship. Depending on your perspective, this year’s edition has more or less drama than past iterations.
Champ’s putting provided much of the impetus for the win as he ranked first for the week in strokes gained/putting with his Ping PLD Anser 4 blade putter.
According to the tour’s driving distance metric, both Finau and Champ are lagging behind Bryson DeChambeau, but what most players will tell you is that both Finau and Champ are not hitting it as long as they actually could.
Battling a ligament injury in his right hand, Herbert played hesitantly as he missed the cut at the Australian Open a fortnight ago, but was troubled on only a couple of occasions in his round of 67 today.
The US PGA Tour’s newly crowned long drive king and the 2018 European Tour’s biggest hitter have been drawn alongside two-time defending champion Cameron Smith in a power-packed group for the opening two rounds of the Australian PGA Championship at RACV Royal Pines Resort.
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.
Australian Golf Digest
