Australian PGA Championship reduced to 54 holes as organisers call off day two due to on-course flooding at Royal Queensland
4 months ago

Australian PGA Championship reduced to 54 holes as organisers call off day two due to on-course flooding at Royal Queensland

ABC  

Flooded fairways and unrelenting rain has forced the Australian PGA Championship committee to abandon play on day two and reduce the $2 million showpiece to a 54-hole event. Australian PGA Championship Leaderboard Elvis Smylie 6-under Joel Girrbach 5-under Victor Perez 5-under Matias Sanchez 5-under Cristobal del Solar 5-under There will be no play on Friday at Royal Queensland with officials initially suspending action before making a definitive call at 11:30am, AEST, as further storms pounded the riverside Brisbane course. Elvis Smylie heads a packed leaderboard, one clear of French star Victor Perez, Australian Matias Sanchez, Swiss talent Joel Girrbach and Chile's Cristobal Del Solar, who birdied four of his last five holes in driving rain on Thursday afternoon. Persistent rain flooded the course at Royal Queensland, leading organisers to call off play on day two.

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Cameron Smith moves into a share of the 2nd-round lead at the rain-shortened Australian PGA
4 months ago

Cameron Smith moves into a share of the 2nd-round lead at the rain-shortened Australian PGA

Associated Press  

BRISBANE, Australia — Former British Open champion Cameron Smith birdied three of his first four holes Saturday for a 6-under 65 and was tied for the second-round lead at the rain-shortened Australian PGA championship at Royal Queensland. Smylie is the son of former Australian tennis pro Liz Smylie “This is my home event, this tournament’s always been really nice to …

Second round washed out at the Australian PGA and the tournament has been reduced to 54 holes
4 months ago

Second round washed out at the Australian PGA and the tournament has been reduced to 54 holes

Associated Press  

BRISBANE, Australia — The second round of the Australian PGA championship was washed out Friday due to rain and an unplayable course and the tournament has been shortened to 54 holes. Officials for the Australasian PGA Tour and European Tour event made the announcement more than five hours after the first group was scheduled to tee off at Royal Queensland. …

Jason Day, Cameron Smith are up the leaderboard early in the Australian PGA’s first round
4 months ago

Jason Day, Cameron Smith are up the leaderboard early in the Australian PGA’s first round

Live Mint  

BRISBANE, Australia — Former British Open champion Cameron Smith and Jason Day, back Down Under for the first time in seven years, shot 4-under 67s Thursday and were two strokes off the lead midway through the first round of the Australian PGA at Royal Queensland. Smith, the 2022 British Open champion at St. Andrews, 2015 U.S. PGA Championship winner Day …

Major winners Jason Day and Cameron Smith trail by 2 after 1st round of the Australian PGA
4 months ago

Major winners Jason Day and Cameron Smith trail by 2 after 1st round of the Australian PGA

Associated Press  

BRISBANE, Australia — Former British Open champion Cameron Smith and Jason Day, who is back Down Under for the first time in seven years, shot 4-under 67s Thursday and were two strokes off the lead after the first round of the Australian PGA at Royal Queensland. Smith, the 2022 British Open champion at St. Andrews, 2015 PGA Championship winner Day …

Min Woo Lee serves up a victory at the Australian PGA Championship
1 year, 3 months ago

Min Woo Lee serves up a victory at the Australian PGA Championship

Associated Press  

BRISBANE, Australia — Min Woo Lee started celebrating his first Australian PGA Championship title on the next-to-last hole Sunday when he put on a chef’s hat and did a synchronized clap along with the boisterous crowd before jogging off to the 18th. It’s one of the best shots I’ve probably hit.” Lee had a wire-to-wire win in the Asian Tour’s …

Min Woo Lee leads Australian PGA Championship as Adam Scott falls back during third round
1 year, 3 months ago

Min Woo Lee leads Australian PGA Championship as Adam Scott falls back during third round

ABC  

Min Woo Lee has rolled with Adam Scott's best punches and landed some of his own to earn a three-shot lead ahead of the Australian PGA Championship's final round. Key points: Adam Scott stalled on the back nine as Min Woo Lee extended his lead Rikuya Hoshino and Curtis Luck are Lee's nearest challengers Lee narrowly missed an eagle putt …

At the Australian PGA Championship, golf's many troubles subside as signs of life are easy to find
1 year, 3 months ago

At the Australian PGA Championship, golf's many troubles subside as signs of life are easy to find

ABC  

In the blink of an eye, the gallery is three-deep and shoulder-to-shoulder. Cameron Smith's 'upsetting' PGA performance Photo shows Cameron Smith looks anguished during the Australian PGA CHampionship golf tournament. Brisbane native Cameron Smith's Australian PGA Championship title defence ended after he endured a horror 7-over second round. The supposed "merger" between the PGA Tour and Smith's LIV Golf is …

Live updates | Woods withdraws from final round of PGA
2 years, 10 months ago

Live updates | Woods withdraws from final round of PGA

Associated Press  

TULSA, Okla. — The Latest on the third round of the PGA Championship : ___ 6:45 p.m. ___ 1:30 p.m. Tiger Woods shot the worst round of his PGA Championship career Saturday, hitting two shots into the water, making five straight bogeys for the first time in a major championship and finishing with a 9-over 79 at Southern Hills. ___ …

Men’s, women’s Australian Opens to be played concurrently
2 years, 10 months ago

Men’s, women’s Australian Opens to be played concurrently

Associated Press  

MELBOURNE, Australia — The men’s and women’s Australian Open golf tournaments are set to be played at the same time on two sandbelt courses in southeast Melbourne in December. Golf Australia said Friday the marquee domestic events will be played Dec. 1-4 with Victoria Golf Club as the primary course and nearby Kingston Heath also hosting play on the first …

Tuesday finish possible at Players Championship as rain wreaks havoc to schedule
3 years ago

Tuesday finish possible at Players Championship as rain wreaks havoc to schedule

The Independent  

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Karrie Webb honoured as Australia launches Women's PGA Championship
3 years, 4 months ago

Karrie Webb honoured as Australia launches Women's PGA Championship

The Hindu  

Australia's top women professionals will compete for the Karrie Webb Trophy when the inaugural Australian WPGA Championship takes place alongside the men's equivalent at Royal Queensland in January, organisers announced on Monday. A restricted field of 24 players, including 2019 Women's PGA Championship winner Hannah Green, will compete for the A$180,000 first prize and a trophy named after seven-time major …

Pioneering men's and women's golf event Vic Open canceled for 2021 due to coronavirus pandemic
4 years, 5 months ago

Pioneering men's and women's golf event Vic Open canceled for 2021 due to coronavirus pandemic

Firstpost  

Australia’s innovative Vic Open, the only event on the world’s professional golf tours where men and women tee off in alternate groups on the same course, fell victim to the coronavirus pandemic on Thursday. Its cancellation follows Australia’s three biggest tournaments — the men’s and women’s Australian Open and the PGA Championship — all being called off last week for …

Australian PGA Championship postponed to February due to COVID-19
4 years, 6 months ago

Australian PGA Championship postponed to February due to COVID-19

The Hindu  

The Australian PGA Championship has been postponed until February 2021 in the hope strict COVID-19 controls can be lifted by early next year, organisers said on Wednesday. The tournament was scheduled to take place on the Gold Coast in December but organisers said they had made the “difficult decision” to push it back to Feb. 18-21 after consulting government and …

Phil Mickelson goes low, extends lead in PGA Tour Champions debut- Sportstar
4 years, 6 months ago

Phil Mickelson goes low, extends lead in PGA Tour Champions debut- Sportstar

The Hindu  

The hole Phil Mickelson considered the most important in the second round of his PGA Tour Champions career was not any of the eight he birdied but rather the only one on which he made bogey. Mickelson could still squander the lead in the final round Wednesday, when tee times were moved to the early morning because of expected bad …

Australian Open postponed indefinitely due to COVID-19
4 years, 7 months ago

Australian Open postponed indefinitely due to COVID-19

The Hindu  

Golf Australia said on Tuesday that the Australian Open tournament will be postponed indefinitely and if played will not be held until early 2021. The tournament was scheduled for Kingston Heath Golf Club in Melbourne, which has been in lockdown due to a large increase in COVID-19 deaths and infections over the past two months. Golf Australia operations manager Simon …

Australian Open Golf Postponed Indefinitely Due to Coronavirus Pandemic
4 years, 7 months ago

Australian Open Golf Postponed Indefinitely Due to Coronavirus Pandemic

News 18  

Melbourne: Golf Australia said Tuesday that the Australian Open tournament will be postponed indefinitely and if played will not be held until early 2021. The tournament was scheduled for Kingston Heath Golf Club in Melbourne, which has been in lockdown due to a large increase in COVID-19 deaths and infections over the past two months. Golf Australia operations manager Simon …

PGA of Australia extends tour season into new year
4 years, 10 months ago

PGA of Australia extends tour season into new year

The Hindu  

The PGA of Australia tour will be extended from this season with tournaments staged well into the new year, the governing body of professional golf in the country announced on Sunday. “We saw an opportunity to not only provide our players with a full season this year but put in place a schedule that we believe is in the best …

After smog, wind and rain, mud poses new challenge for Aus Open
5 years, 2 months ago

After smog, wind and rain, mud poses new challenge for Aus Open

The Hindu  

An Australian Open that has been hit by weather extremes faced a new challenge on Thursday: dirty rain, after overnight downpours left courts muddy and unplayable. - Earth, wind and fire - ======================== The year’s opening Grand Slam is more accustomed to a different kind of problem: extreme heat, which frequently causes players to don ice towels and occasionally halts …

Real wake up calls needed at the Australian PGA Championship
8 years, 3 months ago

Real wake up calls needed at the Australian PGA Championship

Associated Press  

GOLD COAST, Australia — Harold Varner III set his alarm for 2:45 a.m. For a more seasoned pro such as Ian Poulter, it was a relatively more leisurely wakeup call for 3:30. Varner and Poulter were among the players who didn’t finish their first rounds before the postponement, and had to be back at Royal Pines Resort to tee off …

Australia's Jason Day Wins PGA Championship
9 years, 7 months ago

Australia's Jason Day Wins PGA Championship

Huff Post  

ASSOCIATED PRESS By Mark Lamport-Stokes KOHLER, Wisconsin, Aug 16 - Australia's Jason Day held his nerve to end five years of close calls at the majors with an emotional breakthrough victory by three shots over American Jordan Spieth at the PGA Championship on Sunday. ASSOCIATED PRESS Jason Day, of Australia, reacts to his birdie on the 17th hole during the …

FedExCup: Stadler leads on rain-hit day but Woods lurking
11 years, 7 months ago

FedExCup: Stadler leads on rain-hit day but Woods lurking

Firstpost  

World number one Tiger Woods lurked three strokes back, with the opening event of the FedExCup playoffs stalled for more than six hours by heavy lightning and two rain delays. Some 63 players, including British Open winner Phil Mickelson and Masters champion Adam Scott, were unable to complete their rounds and face an early start on Friday and another long …

Australian PGA set to move courses next year
12 years, 3 months ago

Australian PGA set to move courses next year

India TV News  

Coolum, Australia, Dec 11: The Australian PGA will move from its Sunshine Coast resort course location in south Queensland state after 11 years. Or maybe a casino.But the PGA's first tournament since Palmer took over earlier this year began in controversy, with Palmer putting up more than 60 signs all over the course—some in key landing areas on fairways—spruiking his …

Woods heading Down Under
16 years ago

Woods heading Down Under

ABC  

World number one golfer Tiger Woods will play in Melbourne this year, after the Victorian Government won an intense bidding war with New South Wales. Mr Holding says Victoria's events calendar, which includes the Formula One Grand Prix, the Australian Open tennis tournament, the Spring Racing Carnival and the AFL finals, is the key point of difference when it comes …

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