Battling a ligament injury in his right hand, Herbert played hesitantly as he missed the cut at the Australian Open a fortnight ago, but was troubled on only a couple of occasions in his round of 67 today.
The retired Origin great and Cowboys premiership hero was one of the headline acts in Wednesday’s Australian PGA Championship pro-am at RACV Royal Pines Resort on the Gold Coast.
The US PGA Tour’s newly crowned long drive king and the 2018 European Tour’s biggest hitter have been drawn alongside two-time defending champion Cameron Smith in a power-packed group for the opening two rounds of the Australian PGA Championship at RACV Royal Pines Resort.
Surrounding himself with friends and family on the Gold Coast has proven to be a winning formula for two-time defending Australian PGA champion Cameron Smith.
Spectators will come to Royal Pines to see and hear how differently Champ hits a golf ball but he hopes that they leave with a far broader understanding of what he believes in.
Harold Varner III will join a substantial list of former winners at the Australian PGA Championship when he makes his fourth trip to the Gold Coast next week.
In a year to remember for Australian sporting Cameron Smiths, the 24-year-old Queenslander punctuated his maiden win on the US PGA Tour earlier this year to claim the Joe Kirkwood Cup and continue his ascent up the world rankings.
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