After taking some time to lick his wounds, Cameron Smith said on Wednesday he can see a healthy silver lining to a heartbreaking close call at the recent Australian Open at Royal Melbourne.
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.
Australian Open contender Cameron Smith is dreaming of a triumphant comeback win from a highly-publicised “crappy year” having salvaged a place in the last group at Royal Melbourne, where a star-studded leaderboard teases a final round for the ages.
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.
This week’s Crown Australian Open at venerable Royal Melbourne Golf Club offers the 2022 Open champion one final chance to right an otherwise lost year.
Australian Golf Digest
