If Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen’s clinical dismantling of Royal Melbourne’s Composite course en route to winning the Crown Australian Open looked like an all-around top performance, that’s because it was – at least from an equipment standpoint.
Rory McIlroy says carving out a standalone week for the Australian Open is the only hurdle to attracting more of the world’s top golfers after a creditable but rusty performance at Royal Melbourne that showed signs of fatigue after a career-defining year.
Cameron Smith missed a short putt to take the Australian Open into a playoff at Royal Melbourne after Denmark’s Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen made a sublime par save to lift the Stonehaven Cup.
Masters champion Rory McIlroy praised the massive “potential” of the Australian Open for his inspiration to save a near-nightmare missed cut with a champion finish to his second round at Royal Melbourne.
Min Woo Lee delivered the moment of the day in the second round of the Crown Australian Open, holing out for a spectacular eagle on the par-4 10th of Royal Melbourne’s famed composite course.
After a career-changing birdie blitz in the final hour of the DP World Tour season, newly-minted PGA Tour player Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen feels he belongs atop the Australian Open leaderboard at Royal Melbourne.
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.