Tired and understandably a little hungover, Cameron Smith says his dream of finally winning an Australian Open after several heartbreakingly close calls will give him the lift in energy he needs after an incredible, but exhausting, Australian PGA Championship victory.
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.
Cameron Smith has held on to win a third Australian PGA Championship, lifting the Joe Kirkwood Cup at Royal Queensland after weather twice suspended play on Sunday.
Cameron Smith says he will “still be shitting himself” on the first tee on Sunday morning at the Australian PGA Championship despite surging into a three-shot lead 54-hole lead after a gutsy third round at Royal Queensland.
Self-confessed show-off Min Woo Lee played up to the large galleries that flooded into Royal Queensland on day one to earn a share of the lead at the Fortinet Australian PGA Championship.
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.
Also victorious in 2020, Smith claimed Australian golf’s highest honour ahead of a stellar field, including the 2021 winner and 2022 US Women’s Open champion, Minjee Lee.
Min Woo Lee might be tired and up against a star-studded at the Australian PGA Championship, but after signing off on his DP World Tour season with a string of hot finishes the Perth native is ready to take on the big boys.
PGA of Australia chief executive Gavin Kirkman says homegrown stars like Cameron Smith and Marc Leishman will always be welcome at future Australian PGA Championships and Opens, regardless of whether major tours around the world continue to ban LIV golf recruits.
PGA Tour winner Lucas Herbert says he’s over the constant discussions about LIV Golf and wants the topic to take a backseat, ahead of what promises to be a thrilling Australian summer of golf.
Greg Norman says several aspects of LIV caught the attention of Open Championship winner Cameron Smith, but one particularly excited the Australian world No.3.
LIV Golf’s launch, and its subsequent feud with the PGA Tour and DP World Tour evolved into the biggest story of the year not just in golf, but sport as a whole.
Australian Golf Digest
