Australian PGA LIVE updates: Smith, Scott, Leishman tee off at Royal Queensland

Posted on : 11/22/2023
Australian PGA LIVE updates: Smith, Scott, Leishman tee off at Royal Queensland
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Poor start for Smith

Fair to say it’s not the start Cameron Smith wanted in his return to Brisbane. He’s dropped a shot with a bogey on his opening hole at the 10th after leaving himself an awkward up and down from the left side of the green, shelling the par putt from about 8 feet.

Min Woo Lee and Robert MacIntyre are safely in for par. Smith did start this event very slowly last year before running away on the Sunday. Reckon he might still be wiping away the sleep from under his eyes.

Tee times for the big names

Smith tees off

Cameron Smith has just teed off on the 10th hole in the opening round. How do you know you’re in Queensland? He wasn’t introduced as the former British Open champion and world No.2, but as the “Brisbane Broncos’ No.1 fan”.

QUEENSLANDER … any excuse to run this photo again.Credit: Getty

Anyways, he’s off with Scottish star Robert MacIntyre and Min Woo Lee in the second group of the morning. Only a few hundred hearty souls out here at 6.10am Brisbane time. Conditions are absolutely perfect at the moment with a potential of rain forecast for later in the day.

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The early crew

The first two groups are already under way.

Adam Scott is starting on the back nine along with Cameron Davis and Poland’s Adrian Meronk, while off the first tee it’s Jack Thompson, Sam Jones and Elvis Smylie.

Good morning

Good morning and welcome to our live coverage of the Australian PGA Championship, coming to you from Brisbane’s Royal Queensland.

It’s a star-studded field on hand, with Cameron Smith, Marc Leishman, Adam Scott, Geoff Ogilvy and Lucas Herbert among those vying for a $2 million prize pool.

We’ll be focusing on Smith’s group on Thursday. The 2022 British Open champion is playing alongside Min Woo Lee and Robert Macintyre.

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