While Rahm hopes to be on the European team in September, he also made an impassioned plea for his countryman and fellow LIV golfer, Sergio Garcia, to be at Bethpage as well.
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Cameron Smith has blasted a soft and slow course setup across Kingston Heath and Victoria golf clubs as “disappointing,” and added the idea heavy rain was responsible was “bulls–t.”
Overall he gives himself a B as a grade for his on-course performances this year, although Min Woo Lee’s end-of-year report card still has room for an upgrade at this Australian Open.
This week at Kingston Heath Golf Club, a much-loved member of the Heath ‘family’ will be simultaneously present and absent: the stunning par-3 10th hole.
Elvis Smylie pulled off a great escape when he holed a bunker shot on the last hole to steal the Australian PGA Championship lead from superstars Cameron Smith and Jason Day, midway through the first round.
Until he serves the suspensions – believed to total about nine weeks – that went along with the payment of his reportedly seven-figure fines, Garcia will be unable to tee up on the DP World Tour.
Min Woo Lee has welcomed the pressure of being the the defending Australian PGA champion and taking on major winners Cameron Smith and Jason Day at Royal Queensland this week.
Major winner Cameron Smith says playing two humble state-level events has him in the right frame of mind to chase a fourth Australian PGA Championship title in his backyard of Brisbane this week. So much so that the LIV Golf star hasn’t ruled out doing it again.
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