Adam Scott has Augusta on his mind after staving off a host of challengers – and plundering a timely eagle at 15 – to claim his second Australian PGA Championship at RACV Royal Pines Resort on Sunday.
West Australian Jason Scrivener will arrive at the Australian PGA this week full of confidence after registering a top-five finish in the European Tour’s season-opening event.
Victorian Lucas Herbert will join the ranks of the top 100 players in the world for the first time in his career after another stellar showing on the European Tour.
The opportunity to play in a full-field European Tour event with prizemoney of $5 million is one that a number Australians are eager to take advantage of.
A misbehaving driver put paid to Jason Day’s hopes of a win at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational at Firestone Country Club in Ohio won in convincing fashion by American Justin Thomas.
While the tour is to be commended for trying something like this, where pace of play is overtly enforced, it’s little more than symbolic without the tour’s top golfers participating in the endeavour.
Australian Golf Digest
