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The Advertiser
01-07-2025
- Sport
- The Advertiser
Elvis in the building: Smylie to defend Aust PGA crown
Emerging star Elvis Smylie has locked in the defence of his Australian PGA Championship crown in year's championship, co-sanctioned by the Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia and DP World Tour, will again be hosted by Royal Queensland Golf Club from November 23-year-old from the Gold Coast provided one of the major highlights of last season's summer of golf when he held off three-time champion Cameron Smith to win the Joe Kirkwood Cup for the first propelled Smylie onto the world stage by earning him status as a fulltime member of the DP World Tour and he went on to claim the 2024-25 Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit title. "Winning the Joe Kirkwood Cup for the first time was a huge honour and definitely the highlight of my career so far," Smylie said on Tuesday."I have some great memories of that final Sunday. It meant so much to win at home in front of my family and friends in one of Australia's most important championships."Although there's still a lot of this year to play out, I can't wait to get back to RQ and try to do it all again."Smylie's rise has continued this year, with the Queenslander making the cut on debut at the PGA Championship, his first American major. He will also contest this month's British Open at Royal Portrush. Smith, meanwhile, has announced that his LIV Golf Ripper GC team have forged a new partnership with Golf Australia's MyGolf Junior Participation program. The program has hit new heights in the past 12 months, with a record-breaking number of children involved in the sport. "Ripper GC's Cam Smith, Marc Leishman, Lucas Herbert and Matt Jones are passionate about creating opportunities for boys and girls to play and love golf," said GA boss James Sutherland. "We are grateful for their commitment to inspire the next generation of golfers through MyGolf." Emerging star Elvis Smylie has locked in the defence of his Australian PGA Championship crown in year's championship, co-sanctioned by the Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia and DP World Tour, will again be hosted by Royal Queensland Golf Club from November 23-year-old from the Gold Coast provided one of the major highlights of last season's summer of golf when he held off three-time champion Cameron Smith to win the Joe Kirkwood Cup for the first propelled Smylie onto the world stage by earning him status as a fulltime member of the DP World Tour and he went on to claim the 2024-25 Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit title. "Winning the Joe Kirkwood Cup for the first time was a huge honour and definitely the highlight of my career so far," Smylie said on Tuesday."I have some great memories of that final Sunday. It meant so much to win at home in front of my family and friends in one of Australia's most important championships."Although there's still a lot of this year to play out, I can't wait to get back to RQ and try to do it all again."Smylie's rise has continued this year, with the Queenslander making the cut on debut at the PGA Championship, his first American major. He will also contest this month's British Open at Royal Portrush. Smith, meanwhile, has announced that his LIV Golf Ripper GC team have forged a new partnership with Golf Australia's MyGolf Junior Participation program. The program has hit new heights in the past 12 months, with a record-breaking number of children involved in the sport. "Ripper GC's Cam Smith, Marc Leishman, Lucas Herbert and Matt Jones are passionate about creating opportunities for boys and girls to play and love golf," said GA boss James Sutherland. "We are grateful for their commitment to inspire the next generation of golfers through MyGolf." Emerging star Elvis Smylie has locked in the defence of his Australian PGA Championship crown in year's championship, co-sanctioned by the Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia and DP World Tour, will again be hosted by Royal Queensland Golf Club from November 23-year-old from the Gold Coast provided one of the major highlights of last season's summer of golf when he held off three-time champion Cameron Smith to win the Joe Kirkwood Cup for the first propelled Smylie onto the world stage by earning him status as a fulltime member of the DP World Tour and he went on to claim the 2024-25 Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit title. "Winning the Joe Kirkwood Cup for the first time was a huge honour and definitely the highlight of my career so far," Smylie said on Tuesday."I have some great memories of that final Sunday. It meant so much to win at home in front of my family and friends in one of Australia's most important championships."Although there's still a lot of this year to play out, I can't wait to get back to RQ and try to do it all again."Smylie's rise has continued this year, with the Queenslander making the cut on debut at the PGA Championship, his first American major. He will also contest this month's British Open at Royal Portrush. Smith, meanwhile, has announced that his LIV Golf Ripper GC team have forged a new partnership with Golf Australia's MyGolf Junior Participation program. The program has hit new heights in the past 12 months, with a record-breaking number of children involved in the sport. "Ripper GC's Cam Smith, Marc Leishman, Lucas Herbert and Matt Jones are passionate about creating opportunities for boys and girls to play and love golf," said GA boss James Sutherland. "We are grateful for their commitment to inspire the next generation of golfers through MyGolf."
Perth Now
01-07-2025
- Sport
- Perth Now
Elvis in the building: Smylie to defend Aust PGA crown
Emerging star Elvis Smylie has locked in the defence of his Australian PGA Championship crown in year's championship, co-sanctioned by the Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia and DP World Tour, will again be hosted by Royal Queensland Golf Club from November 23-year-old from the Gold Coast provided one of the major highlights of last season's summer of golf when he held off three-time champion Cameron Smith to win the Joe Kirkwood Cup for the first propelled Smylie onto the world stage by earning him status as a fulltime member of the DP World Tour and he went on to claim the 2024-25 Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit title. "Winning the Joe Kirkwood Cup for the first time was a huge honour and definitely the highlight of my career so far," Smylie said on Tuesday."I have some great memories of that final Sunday. It meant so much to win at home in front of my family and friends in one of Australia's most important championships."Although there's still a lot of this year to play out, I can't wait to get back to RQ and try to do it all again."Smylie's rise has continued this year, with the Queenslander making the cut on debut at the PGA Championship, his first American major. He will also contest this month's British Open at Royal Portrush. Smith, meanwhile, has announced that his LIV Golf Ripper GC team have forged a new partnership with Golf Australia's MyGolf Junior Participation program. The program has hit new heights in the past 12 months, with a record-breaking number of children involved in the sport. "Ripper GC's Cam Smith, Marc Leishman, Lucas Herbert and Matt Jones are passionate about creating opportunities for boys and girls to play and love golf," said GA boss James Sutherland. "We are grateful for their commitment to inspire the next generation of golfers through MyGolf."
Yahoo
06-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
All smiles as Elvis earns late PGA Championship entry
Shooting golf star Elvis Smylie will get to test himself against Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy and the like after being granted a special exemption into next week's US PGA Championship in North Carolina. Smylie had already earned a ticket back to this year's British Open at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland after winning the 2024/25 Australasian Order of Merit. Now his US major championship debut is the latest perk for the 23-year-old's summer of excellence in Australia and New Zealand. 2024-25 Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit winner @ElvisSmylie will make his US major debut next week 🤩More here ➡️ — PGA of Australia (@PGAofAustralia) May 6, 2025 Smylie follows on from the previous two Order of Merit winners David Micheluzzi and Kazuma Kobori, who were also granted late exemptions to play the season's second major. While the US PGA marked major championship debuts for Micheluzzi and Kobori in 2023 and 2024 respectively, Smylie enters having played The Open Championship at Royal Troon last year. He earned that spot through final qualifying and, although he narrowly missed the cut, has shown since he is not overawed by the game's biggest tournaments. Victory in the third event of the season, the WA Open, was a precursor to Smylie's stirring victory at the Australian PGA Championship, where he went toe-to-toe with Cameron Smith and Marc Leishman in the final group at Royal Queensland Golf Club. That win secured immediate status on the DP World Tour, where the Golf Australia Rookie Squad member has since accrued three top-16 finishes, including in back-to-back events in his two most recent starts in China. "I'm really excited for this opportunity," Smylie said in a post to Instagram. "Thank you to the PGA of America for the invite and to Chairman, Ian Baker-Finch, and his team at the PGA of Australia for all the help with this process. "I can't wait and I'll see you all at Quail Hollow." Smylie's inclusion bolsters the Australian challenge at the PGA Championship to seven, joining 2015 winner Jason Day, fellow former world No.1 Adam Scott, Smith, Cam Davis and 2025 PGA Tour winners Min Woo Lee and Karl Vilips.
