As well as securing the Kiwi a spot in the Australian PGA Championship and the Australian Open in the coming weeks, he has now taken over No.1 spot on this season’s Order of Merit.
As ever for athletes with maroon coursing through the veins, the drive for both to excel on home soil at Pelican Waters Golf Club this week adds an extra dimension.
As he prepares for this week’s WGC–HSBC Champions event in China, reigning PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit winner Jake McLeod looks back on a season of discovery, both as a player and as a person.
Amid plenty of carnage from their countrymen, a pair of gritty opening day performances from the two Queenslanders have kept Australian hopes of winning The Open alive.
While Woods wasn’t technically there to meet Papadatos – or fellow Aussie debutant Jake McLeod or Kiwi Ryan Fox – some quick thinking from the 28-year-old ensured he made the most of the chance encounter.
The defending champ flexed his muscle, but the contenders are lining up for a shot at the title after a drama-filled second day of the Australian PGA Championship at RACV Royal Pines Resort.
First tee nerves are nothing new for Jake McLeod, but 12 months working with a psychologist has thrust the young Queenslander to the forefront of Australian golf.
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