Elvis Smylie says a breakthrough DP World Tour win and a solid year on the European circuit prepared him to upstage Rory McIlroy and other more experienced stars on day one at the Australian Open at a windy Royal Melbourne.
Enormous crowds greeted Rory McIlroy at Royal Melbourne on Thursday morning as Adam Scott, Min Woo Lee, Cameron Smith and others lived up to their billing with solid starts to the tournament.
Reigning Masters champion Rory McIlroy has set his sights on an Australian Open victory at Royal Melbourne after applauding tournament organisers for ditching the mixed format and returning the 121-year-old event to Melbourne’s famed Sandbelt region.
Rory McIlroy, Min Woo Lee and Adam Scott are the headline group for the 2025 Australian Open at Royal Melbourne as officials revealed the draw for the opening two rounds.
Adam Scott says there’s no denying an Australian Open victory at Royal Melbourne sits in its own league of career accomplishments as he eyes the first opportunity of his long career to hoist the Stonehaven Cup at the famed Sandbelt course.
Some of Australian golf’s biggest names in Adam Scott and Min Woo Lee backed Cameron Smith to bounce back from a horror run of form after the former major winner missed the cut at his home event, the Australian PGA at Royal Queensland.
A day after recording a hole-in-one, New Zealand’s Kazuma Kobori carded a sensational 63 to upstage big names such as former champions Min Woo Lee and Adam Scott on day two at the Australian PGA, before darkness suspended play Friday at Royal Queensland.
One moment in round two at the Australian PGA was a snapshot that explains why Steve Williams was one of history’s greatest golf whisperers. He’s caddieing for Anthony Quayle, in contention at Royal Queensland this week, and next.
Major champion Cameron Smith and the Australian state premier who oversaw the creation of LIV Golf’s flagship tournament in Adelaide have backed the league’s significant announcement that it would move from 54 holes to 72.
Cameron Smith and his caddie will have some changes to navigate when the winner of the 150th Open Championship returns to the Old Course in 2027 for the next edition of the links major at the Home of Golf.
Winless in two years, Cameron Smith has returned to the site of his dramatic maiden major triumph in the hopes of recapturing the form that saw him hoist the Claret Jug at the 150th Open St Andrews’ Old Course in 2022.
Greg Norman has officially signed off on his time with LIV Golf after spending four years getting the rival league off the ground as its inaugural chief executive officer and league commissioner.
Chasing a fourth BMW Australian PGA Championship title and second in his home city of Brisbane, Cameron Smith is the latest Australian superstar to confirm his place at Royal Queensland Golf Club from November 27-30 this year.
Australian Golf Digest
