Jason Scrivener says the chance to carve out a PGA Tour card in a year’s time is an added incentive to stay atop the leaderboard at the Australian PGA Championship this weekend.
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.
Cameron Smith wants two things to happen in the not-too-distant future: win another major championship to go with his 150th Open Championship triumph; and for a LIV Golf event to come to his home state of Queensland.
Cameron SmithAge: 29From: Brisbane, QueenslandTour: LIV GolfWorld ranking: 32022 highlights: Won 150th Open Championship, Players Championship, Sentry Tournament of Champions, LIV Golf Invitational ChicagoWhat you need to know: If Cameron Smith ever compiles a better season than his 2022 effort, it will have been something to behold. Even removing his exceptional Major-championship breakthrough, it was Read more…
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.
In a wide-ranging interview, Martin Slumbers has spoken about whether Cameron Smith and other LIV golfers will be able to play in next year’s Open at Royal Liverpool.
Cameron Smith has rubbed salt into the wound, hilariously sledging Phil Mickelson for slow play after beating him 1 up in singles on day one at LIV Golf’s teams finale in Miami.
Newsmaker of the month: Commonwealth Games [Photo from Getty images: David Ramos] An Olympic sport for the past two iterations, golf will make its Commonwealth Games debut in Victoria in 2026. Golf was one of four sports added to the program that will be conducted throughout four regional Victorian centres from March 17-29, 2026, with Read more…
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