To be fair, there was nowhere to go but up. The 39-year-old hadn’t earned world-ranking points since a T-42 finish at the 2012 Honda Classic when he was still playing on the PGA Tour.
In a dramatic final day at Mandurah Country Club, Elvis Smylie claimed his first Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia win at the Bowra & O’Dea Nexus Advisernet WA Open in its 100th year and remarkable conditions.
A devastated Cameron Smith has choked back tears after enduring his “worst day as a professional” golfer having missed the cut as the defending champion at the Australian PGA Championship at Royal Queensland.
Former US Amateur champ, 27-year-old Australian Curtis Luck, was disqualified for missing his first-round tee time at a Korn Ferry Tour Finals event on Thursday. It could wind up costing the Perth native his PGA Tour card.
Two years ago Cameron Davis and Curtis Luck left El Camaleon Golf Club in Mexico on top of the world; they return this week intent to prove their credentials among some of the leading professionals on the planet.
There is a new set of Srixon Z785 irons and RTX wedges in the bag but Rod Pampling has revealed the off-season ritual he hopes will spark his 2019 campaign