A member at Royal Queensland Golf Club for the past five years, Morgan has been a professional for less than three months but his course record of eight-under 63 and two-round total of 14-under has thrown down the gauntlet to the more established pros in the field.
Victorian Su Oh burst on to the scene by winning Karrie Webb’s signature event as an 18-year-old and is now setting the pace for the trophy named in her honour.
Rising star Louis Dobbelaar delighted his hometown fans with a brilliant afternoon round to seize the lead at the Fortinet Australian PGA Championship Thursday.
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.
With the host course’s architect as his caddie, Elvis Smylie will play this week’s Australian PGA Championship with an advantage no other player can claim.
WPGA Tour Australasia chief executive Karen Lunn and long-time touring professional Sarah Jane Smith did the honours on the balcony of Royal Queensland’s clubhouse on Monday in the absence of the seven-time Major champion, who is at her US home in Florida this week.
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.
It means fans will have the ability to see the Australian PGA Championship played twice in a calendar year, with the 2021 edition also to be staged later that year.
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