Travis Smyth made a tap-in birdie at the sixth playoff hole just after sunset to see off fellow Australian Jack Thompson and win the inaugural ISPS Handa Japan-Australasia Championship at Royal Auckland & Grange Golf Club.
If Fleetwood – one of the pro golf’s few true ‘good guys’ – being accused of dabbling in the dark arts struck you as odd, you weren’t alone. In fact, Fleetwood himself was surprised by the interpretation of events on Sunday, offering a very simple explanation for the delay.
Ryan Fox hopes his breakthrough PGA Tour win opens the floodgates for his career in the US after a similar springboard happened on the European circuit in 2022.
In celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Players Championship, it’s interesting to note that the tournament has needed extra holes to decide a champion just five times. And it hasn’t happened since 2015.
For the third week in a row, the LPGA Tour needed a playoff to determine a winner. And this one nearly set the record for the longest playoff in tour history.
Victorian Brett Coletta has delivered a course-record round of nine-under 61 to win TPS Hunter Valley at Cypress Lakes Resort at the fourth playoff hole.
It’s never over until it’s over is a cliché that took on new meaning this past week at a mini-tour event in England when the apparent winner had his title taken away.
Australian Golf Digest
