Smylie, the BMW Australian PGA champion, comes into the week with a 512-point lead, but he can be overtaken, or alternatively he can secure the order of merit title, with 760 points to be awarded to the winner on Sunday.
With just one event to be played before the Christmas break, this week’s Gippsland Super 6, there has been plenty of recent movement on the all-important PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit.
Elvis Smylie said he would never forget the day he held off superstars Cameron Smith and Marc Leishman in the final group at the Australian PGA Championship at Royal Queensland.
Jason Day has flagged his interest in returning to Australia more often after bagging a top 10 at the Australian PGA Championship at Royal Queensland to cap an “emotional” week in Brisbane.
Home hero Cameron Smith took the Australian PGA Championship by the scruff of the neck with a blistering second round in Brisbane that set up a final-round showdown with former Smith scholarship winner Elvis Smylie and LIV Golf teammate Marc Leishman.
Elvis Smylie pulled off a great escape when he holed a bunker shot on the last hole to steal the Australian PGA Championship lead from superstars Cameron Smith and Jason Day, midway through the first round.
In a dramatic final day at Mandurah Country Club, Elvis Smylie claimed his first Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia win at the Bowra & O’Dea Nexus Advisernet WA Open in its 100th year and remarkable conditions.
Australian golf’s three newest professionals intend to make a strong first impression as they chase a healthy first pay cheque at this week’s The Players Series Sydney presented by Cisco Webex at Bonnie Doon Golf Club.
Eighteen-year-old amateur sensation Elvis Smylie has admitted that he is a step closer to joining the professional ranks following his phenomenal performance to finish runner-up at The Players Series Victoria on Sunday.
Two eagles and a birdie at the 72nd-hole have propelled Brad Kennedy to a one-stroke win after a pulsating final day of The Players Series Victoria at Rosebud Country Club.
He’s the son of a tennis gun and boasts one of the best names in sport. Yet it’s the scores Elvis Smylie is shooting that are turning heads, and even have some tipping him to become Australian golf’s Next Big Thing.
Australian Golf Digest
