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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."
Courier-Mail
26-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Courier-Mail
Cameron Smith invests in Australian golf's future through LIV
Don't miss out on the headlines from Golf. Followed categories will be added to My News. Cameron Smith's famous mullet won't just be seen on the fairways of Augusta National or St Andrews – it will now be seen all over Australian courses in kids playing golf. Smith, the 2022 British Open champion and Australia's most recognisable golfing star, has used his LIV Golf franchise, Ripper GC, to inspire the next generation of kids to take up the sport. READ MORE: WHO TOPS THE CHART? AFL'S TOP 50 GOLFERS REVEALED Cam Smith's Ripper GC is partnering with My Golf (Golf Australia's version of AusKick) Little Rippers kids. Picture: David Caird From July 1, Ripper GC will partner with Australia's official junior introductory program, MyGolf. The groundbreaking partnership comes with a significant financial investment aimed to help as many kids follow in Smith's footsteps as possible. The popularity of golf has soared since Covid, with the sport one of the few that was able to be played safely at the height of the pandemic. More than 40,000 MyGolf registered players took to a course during the 2024-25 financial year, a 10 per cent increase on the previous 12 months. The number of girls participating jumped 20 per cent. Ambrose Skyrypek, 8 meets Cam Smith in Rundle Mall during February. Picture: Brett Hartwig Smith poses with the Claret Jug after winning The 150th Open at St Andrews Old Course in 2022. Picture:Kids aged between five and 12 who sign up for MyGolf will now be known as Little Rippers. 'The long-term vision of the partnership between MyGolf and Ripper GC is to get as many Aussie kids playing golf as we can,' Smith said. 'Golf is definitely on the rise at the moment and everyone at Ripper GC and Golf Australia want to see it grow even bigger in the future with more kids with clubs in their hand.' Smith is head of the all-Australian Ripper GC franchise featuring Marc Leishman, Lucas Herbert and Matt Jones, the quartet playing worldwide events on the LIV Golf circuit, including its most popular in Adelaide. READ MORE: STINGES AND SOOKS: AFL STARS DOB IN WORST GOLFING TEAMMATES The quartet won last year's LIV Golf teams' championship and have passionately spoken of wanting to increase the profile of the sport in Australia. Smith will tee it up at the British Open at Royal Portrush next month alongside at least seven other Australians hoping to win his second major championship. Australia's best female golfer, Minjee Lee, created history when she won the Women's PGA Championship in Texas last weekend. It was her third major win, with Karrie Webb (seven) and Peter Thomson (five) the only Australian golfers to boast more major wins. Originally published as Cameron Smith to drive investment in Australian golf's next gen through his LIV golf franchise
Daily Telegraph
26-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Telegraph
Cameron Smith invests in Australian golf's future through LIV
Don't miss out on the headlines from Golf. Followed categories will be added to My News. Cameron Smith's famous mullet won't just be seen on the fairways of Augusta National or St Andrews – it will now be seen all over Australian courses in kids playing golf. Smith, the 2022 British Open champion and Australia's most recognisable golfing star, has used his LIV Golf franchise, Ripper GC, to inspire the next generation of kids to take up the sport. READ MORE: WHO TOPS THE CHART? AFL'S TOP 50 GOLFERS REVEALED Cam Smith's Ripper GC is partnering with My Golf (Golf Australia's version of AusKick) Little Rippers kids. Picture: David Caird From July 1, Ripper GC will partner with Australia's official junior introductory program, MyGolf. The groundbreaking partnership comes with a significant financial investment aimed to help as many kids follow in Smith's footsteps as possible. The popularity of golf has soared since Covid, with the sport one of the few that was able to be played safely at the height of the pandemic. More than 40,000 MyGolf registered players took to a course during the 2024-25 financial year, a 10 per cent increase on the previous 12 months. The number of girls participating jumped 20 per cent. Ambrose Skyrypek, 8 meets Cam Smith in Rundle Mall during February. Picture: Brett Hartwig Smith poses with the Claret Jug after winning The 150th Open at St Andrews Old Course in 2022. Picture:Kids aged between five and 12 who sign up for MyGolf will now be known as Little Rippers. 'The long-term vision of the partnership between MyGolf and Ripper GC is to get as many Aussie kids playing golf as we can,' Smith said. 'Golf is definitely on the rise at the moment and everyone at Ripper GC and Golf Australia want to see it grow even bigger in the future with more kids with clubs in their hand.' Smith is head of the all-Australian Ripper GC franchise featuring Marc Leishman, Lucas Herbert and Matt Jones, the quartet playing worldwide events on the LIV Golf circuit, including its most popular in Adelaide. READ MORE: STINGES AND SOOKS: AFL STARS DOB IN WORST GOLFING TEAMMATES The quartet won last year's LIV Golf teams' championship and have passionately spoken of wanting to increase the profile of the sport in Australia. Smith will tee it up at the British Open at Royal Portrush next month alongside at least seven other Australians hoping to win his second major championship. Australia's best female golfer, Minjee Lee, created history when she won the Women's PGA Championship in Texas last weekend. It was her third major win, with Karrie Webb (seven) and Peter Thomson (five) the only Australian golfers to boast more major wins. Originally published as Cameron Smith to drive investment in Australian golf's next gen through his LIV golf franchise
News.com.au
26-06-2025
- Entertainment
- News.com.au
Cameron Smith to drive investment in Australian golf's next gen through his LIV golf franchise
Cameron Smith's famous mullet won't just be seen on the fairways of Augusta National or St Andrews – it will now be seen all over Australian courses in kids playing golf. Smith, the 2022 British Open champion and Australia's most recognisable golfing star, has used his LIV Golf franchise, Ripper GC, to inspire the next generation of kids to take up the sport. From July 1, Ripper GC will partner with Australia's official junior introductory program, MyGolf. The groundbreaking partnership comes with a significant financial investment aimed to help as many kids follow in Smith's footsteps as possible. The popularity of golf has soared since Covid, with the sport one of the few that was able to be played safely at the height of the pandemic. More than 40,000 MyGolf registered players took to a course during the 2024-25 financial year, a 10 per cent increase on the previous 12 months. The number of girls participating jumped 20 per cent. Kids aged between five and 12 who sign up for MyGolf will now be known as Little Rippers. 'The long-term vision of the partnership between MyGolf and Ripper GC is to get as many Aussie kids playing golf as we can,' Smith said. 'Golf is definitely on the rise at the moment and everyone at Ripper GC and Golf Australia want to see it grow even bigger in the future with more kids with clubs in their hand.' Smith is head of the all-Australian Ripper GC franchise featuring Marc Leishman, Lucas Herbert and Matt Jones, the quartet playing worldwide events on the LIV Golf circuit, including its most popular in Adelaide. The quartet won last year's LIV Golf teams' championship and have passionately spoken of wanting to increase the profile of the sport in Australia. Smith will tee it up at the British Open at Royal Portrush next month alongside at least seven other Australians hoping to win his second major championship. Australia's best female golfer, Minjee Lee, created history when she won the Women's PGA Championship in Texas last weekend. It was her third major win, with Karrie Webb (seven) and Peter Thomson (five) the only Australian golfers to boast more major wins.
