Min Woo Lee and Elvis Smylie led the Australian challenge with one-under 71s on a day of thunder and lightning at the India Championship in Delhi, where play was delayed by five hours.
Queenslander Elvis Smylie will use the DP World Tour’s showpiece tournament to launch his comeback from injury and quest to maintain status for the 2027 season.
Smylie will make his return from a rib injury in this week’s BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth in London, but with the two big home tournaments on his mind.
Travis Smyth has been drafted into Ripper GC for LIV Golf UK, replacing the injured Elvis Smylie, as he chases his ultimate goal of a full-time LIV Golf contract.
A maturing Min Woo Lee remains in the hunt for a major championship breakthrough after a gritty fightback in Round 2 of the US PGA Championship at Aronimink Golf Club in Pennsylvania.
There will be a mix of old and new faces among the Australian contingent when the 108th staging of the PGA Championship begins in Philadelphia on Thursday.
[IMAGE: LIV Golf] Cam Smith believes Ripper GC’s star recruit Elvis Smylie has the talent, grit and mindset to become the best golfer on the planet after the Queenslander turned heads with a surprise victory on his LIV Golf debut in Riyadh. RELATED: Elvis Smylie just pulled off the smartest ‘money grab’ golf has ever Read more…
For years the script around LIV Golf has been depressingly predictable. Sell-out. Saudi money. Career suicide. Talented young players taking the cheque and torching their futures.
Elvis Smylie’s dream debut on LIV Golf could not have been more emphatic, with the 23-year-old Queenslander claiming victory at the season-opening event in Saudi Arabia. In the process, Smylie propelled the all-Australian Ripper GC outfit to the teams title at ROSHN Group LIV Golf Riyadh.
The big winner at LIV Golf’s season opener in Riyadh, under the lights in Saudi Arabia, was clearly the man who lifted two trophies and is cashing two cheques for individual and team victories. Elvis Smylie, a 23-year-old who had never won a pro tournament outside of his native Australia, played brilliantly all week in Read more…
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