Fresh off a winning season on the PGA Tour in the United States, rising Australian golfer Karl Vilips will compete in this year’s men’s Australian Open at The Royal Melbourne Golf Club in December.
Scheffler’s efforts at the Tour Championship earned him some $US2.6 million in prizemoney, but it would have been a lot more under the staggered-start format that had been used from 2019 to 2024.
Scottie Scheffler erased a big deficit early, took the reins at the halfway point, held on like hell and delivered an exclamation mark at the end, capturing the BMW Championship for his fifth win of the season.
Cameron Young’s dominant maiden victory at the Wyndham Championship makes him impossible to forget – on the PGA Tour, in the playoffs and, he hopes, for US Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley.
No Asian golfer has won the FedExCup since its inception in 2007, with Sungjae Im of Korea coming the closest in 2022 after finishing tied second behind McIlroy.
The world No.1 – and comfortable FedEx Cup points leader – says it’s hard to call the PGA Tour’s system a season-long race when it essentially boils down to one final tournament.
Australian Golf Digest
