Lucas Herbert believes there are enough similarities between the 54-hole tournaments he plays on LIV Golf and the aggressive mentality needed for this week’s shortened Australian PGA Championship to be in with a chance on Sunday’s final round.
When the Australian PGA Championship’s second round was delayed for more than five hours, Min Woo Lee, the defending champion, was clever in staying dry and hitting balls on a simulator.
Former world No.1 Jason Day has welcomed a Sunday showdown with Cameron Smith at the Australian PGA Championship after the tournament drawcards put themselves on a collision course for a battle in Brisbane.
Defending champion Min Woo Lee will have to fend off a field full of Australia’s best talent and an array of international raiders when the BMW Australian PGA Championship tees off at Royal Queensland Golf Club on Thursday.
After a massive celebration for his NSW Open victory last week, LIV Golf star Lucas Herbert has targeted the Australian PGA and Open as a launchpad back into the major championships next year.
A past winner of the Australian PGA and Open, 44-year-old Scott has revealed exclusively to Australian Golf Digest that he has opted to rest after a year in which he finished T-4 out of the PGA Tour’s best 30 golfers in the season-long standings.
The rarity of Cameron Smith playing two state-level tournaments is not lost on Australian current and former pros like Jake Higginbottom and rookie Phoenix Campbell.
Lucas Herbert says he’s got more weapons in his arsenal to attack leaderboards during the Australian summer of golf after a year spent learning from Cameron Smith, Marc Leishman and Matt Jones on LIV Golf’s Ripper GC team.
Cameron Smith’s first trip back to Australia in three years wasn’t just about headlining the Australian PGA Championship and showing off the claret jug to family and friends in his hometown of Brisbane.
The claret jug is one of the most famous trophies in sports, engraved with the names of many of the most iconic golfers in history. Each year, the winner of the Open Championship receives a replica to show off for 12 months and then hand back the following year.
Australia’s Adam Scott knows he will have to make a number of adjustments over the coming days, weeks and months as he gears up for a new-look and condensed PGA Tour schedule in 2023.
Min Woo Lee might be tired and up against a star-studded at the Australian PGA Championship, but after signing off on his DP World Tour season with a string of hot finishes the Perth native is ready to take on the big boys.
Australian Golf Digest
