Here is the recap from this past week’s action and the Australians’ performances.
PGA TOUR
RBC Canadian Open
Hamilton Golf and Country Club, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Purse: $7,600,000 ($1,368,000 to the winner)
Player | Result | Earnings | FedExCup
Standing |
Notes |
Stuart Appleby | DNP | — | 230 | |
Aaron Baddeley | DNP | — | 75 | |
Greg Chalmers | DNP | — | — | |
Cameron Davis | CUT (+4) | — | 159 | Has missed the cut in six of his last seven starts on the PGA TOUR. |
Jason Day | DNP | — | 38 | |
Matt Jones | DNP | — | 100 | |
Marc Leishman | DNP | — | 11 | |
Curtis Luck | CUT (-1) | — | 151 | In his only other start at the RBC Canadian Open, missed the cut shooting rounds of 68-73 in 2017. |
Geoff Ogilvy | DNP | — | — | |
Rod Pampling | T35 (-4) | $34,326 | 219 | Snapped a 13 consecutive-missed-cut streak with a T35 finish in Hamilton. Carded four rounds of 69s in his seventh start at the RBC Canadian Open. Earned his best finish of the 2018-19 season. |
Adam Scott | DNP | — | 15 | |
John Senden | DNP | — | 224 | |
Cameron Smith | DNP | — | 77 |
PGA TOUR CHAMPIONS
Mastercard Japan Championship
Narita Golf Club-Accordia Golf, Narita-shi, Chiba, Japan
Purse: $2,500,000 ($400,000 to the winner)
Player | Result | Earnings | Charles Schwab Cup
Standing |
Notes |
Stephen Leaney | T51 (+4) | $6,250 | 64 | |
David McKenzie | T21 (-3) | $27,041 | 52 | Recorded his third top-25 finish in his 10th start of the season. |
Web.comTour
BMW Charity Pro-Am presented by SYNNEX Corporation
Thornblade Club, Greer, South Carolina
Purse: $700,000 ($126,000 to the winner)
Player | Result | Earnings | Regular Season
Standing |
Notes |
Jamie Arnold | CUT (-2) | — | 51 | Missed the cut for the sixth time in his 13th start of 2019. In four overall appearances at this event, best finish is a T9 in 2018. |
Brett Coletta | CUT (+5) | — | 50 | Missed the cut for the third consecutive time this season. Failed to advance to the weekend at the Knoxville Open and the Rex Hospital Open prior to playing in South Carolina. |
Brett Drewitt | T52 (-9) | $1,876 | 82 | Opened the week with a 6-under 65 and sat T6 after the first round. Closed with rounds of 61-69 in his fourth appearance at this event. Owns two top-10s at the BMW Charity Pro-Am, finishing runner-up in 2016 and T6 in 2018. |
Rhein Gibson | WON
(-21) |
$126,000 | 7 | Earned his first Web.com Tour victory and locked up his PGA TOUR card for the 2019-20 season. The event was shortened to 54 holes due to inclement weather. Carded a bogey-free, 8-under 63 in the final round to overcome a two-shot deficit starting the round. Became the fifth Australian of the last 13 champions to win at the BMW Charity Pro-Am. |
Min Woo Lee | CUT (-1) | — | — | |
Cameron Percy | WD | — | 32 | |
Travis Smyth | DNP | — | 205 |
LPGA TOUR
Shoprite LPGA Classic
Seaview, Bay Course, New Jersey
Won by Lexi Thompson at -12 by one shot
Australians:
T34 – Su Oh, 68-71-73
T43 – Karrie Webb, 75-67-71
MC – Sarah Kemp, +4, 75-71
MC – Robyn Choi, +4, 74-72
EUROPEAN TOUR
GolfSixes Cascais
Oitavos Dunes, Portugal
Won by Thailand over England in the final
Australians:
Scott Hend and Wade Ormsby teamed up to represent Australia in the GolfSixes event on the European Tour in Portugal over the weekend, featuring men’s and women’s teams.
Group Stage – Australia def. Wales 3-1, Australia def. by Germany 2-0, Australia draw France 1-1
Quarter Final – Australia def. by Spain 2-1
SYMETRA TOUR
Four Winds International
Blackthorn Golf Club, Indiana
Won by Perrine Delacour at -9 by two shots
Australians:
T57 – Whitney Hillier, +6, 71-73-78
MC – Steph Na, +7, 76-75
MC – Celina Yuan, +10, 79-75
JAPAN TOUR
Mori Building Cup
Shishido Hills Country Club, Japan
Won by Mikumu Horikawa at -15 by four shots
Australians:
T12 – Brad Kennedy, -4, 69-67-72-72
T16 – Matt Griffin, -2, 72-70-68-72
T23 – Brendan Jones, E, 70-73-69-72
T42 – David Bransdon, +5, 73-72-70-74
T48 – Zach Murray, +6, 75-69-72-74
T48 – Won Joon Lee, +6, 70-72-69-79
59th – Adam Bland, +9, 74-70-73-76
T64 – Anthony Quayle, +13, 72-72-76-77
MC – Dylan Perry, +16, 78-80
LET ACCESS SERIES
Ladies Finnish Open
Messila Golf, Finland
Won by Nina Pegova at -7 by four shots
Australians:
T33 – Kristalle Blum, +8, 76-78-70