Winner: Cameron Smith
Around the wider world of golf: Jon Rahm won the Hero World Challenge; Kurt Kitayama won the Afrasia Bank Mauritius Open on the ET/Asian Tour/Sunshine Tour; Miguel Tabuena won the Queen's Cup on the Asian Tour; Satoshi Kodaira won the Golf Nippon Series JT Cup on the Japan Golf Tour; and Michael Buttacavoli won the Latinoamérica Tour Championship - Shell Championship.
I recognize most of you predicted the Limerick Summary to recognition on Jon Rahm's win at the Hero World Challenge, the unofficial 18-player PGA Tour event that blessings Tiger's Foundation... However you were incorrect. The records become occurring Down Under.
The Australian World Cup of Golf team, Cameron Smith and Marc Leishman, were doing their nice to overcome every other at the Australian PGA Championship, one of the 3 Australian majors referred to as the Triple Crown. (The Australian Masters and Australian Open are the opposite .) Smith turned into the defending champ, and the ultimate player to shield this name was Robert Allenby (2000 and 2001).
But Leishman became coming off a PGA Tour win just over a month in the past at the CIMB Classic and has been in correct form most of the yr. Smith is still seeking out his first PGA Tour win.
Smith started the day with a 3-stroke lead over Leish, but the tables turned quick as Smith went 1 on the the front nine even as Leish went -four. Then the tables became at the again nine, with Leish going 1 at the same time as Smith went -3 to win via and pull off the ancient back-to-returned.
Smith says he plans to apply this win to start his climb up the OWGR. He's anticipated to transport within the Top30 this week. But extra importantly, he stole Rahm's thunder along with his a success defense... And picked up his 2d Limerick Summary. That's proper, I blanketed this event closing 12 months, so he became the primary-ever to grab again-to-back Australian PGA Limerick Summaries. Like I stated -- HISTORIC!
Cam?S lower back-to-again wins are ancient?
And that?S not simply empty rhetoric!
?Cause it?S been seventeen
Years when you consider that everyone?S seen
Such a feat—and Cam’s simply euphoric! The photo came from this page at pga.org.au.
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