Self-confessed show-off Min Woo Lee played up to the large galleries that flooded into Royal Queensland on day one to earn a share of the lead at the Fortinet Australian PGA Championship.
Also victorious in 2020, Smith claimed Australian golf’s highest honour ahead of a stellar field, including the 2021 winner and 2022 US Women’s Open champion, Minjee Lee.
The Australian PGA Championship returns to Royal Queensland, a one-of-a-kind club filled with history and charm – with more history (and holes!) on the way.
Australian Olympic representative Marc Leishman is coming home this summer with the Victorian locked in to play the Fortinet Australian PGA Championship and ISPS Handa Australian Open in November and December.
The fabled tale is that Greg Norman once launched a soaring drive over the original incarnation of the Gateway Bridge that towers over Royal Queensland Golf Club.
It’s been more than two years since Adam Scott last raised the Joe Kirkwood Cup but the Fortinet Australian PGA Championship returns this week with a twist.
Ongoing travel restrictions have kept recognised names such as Scott, Cameron Smith and Marc Leishman from making the trip home for a second straight year, opening the way for a new breed of young professionals to emerge.
Australian Golf Digest
