Amid a cloud of uncertainty for LIV Golf, Joaquin Niemann locked up his reputation as its most dependable star with his eighth career victory coming in South Korea on Sunday courtesy of a clutch approach shot in a playoff.
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.
The 31-year-old New South Welshman is returning to the LIV Golf line-up for this week’s tournament in Mexico City. It’ll be Smyth’s first LIV Golf start since July 2022.
New South Welshman Travis Smyth is closing in on a spot in next month’s US PGA Championship after making an eagle at the final hole to win the International Series Japan event on the Asian Tour.
The Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia returns to Victoria for the Heritage Classic at Heritage Golf and Country Club, where Order of Merit leader Travis Smyth looks to strengthen his grip on the season title.
Good things come to those who wait, or at least those who play well. In the Ponte Vedra area of northeast Florida both are true for Sydney’s Harrison Endycott with the final round of the PGA Tour Qualifying School that he leads has been delayed 24 hours due to heavy rain.
The 28-year-old from the Illawarra region has been in resplendent form this year, with a best finish of third in the World City Championship in Hong Kong, one of six top-20s.
Travis Smyth, the 28-year-old Asian Tour pro from Kiama in New South Wales who played part of last year on LIV Golf, may not claim the claret jug this year, but he can always claim a Hoylake tournament first.
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