LIV Golf’s Patrick Reed claimed his first victory in 4 years in the Asian Tour’s $2 million Hyperlink Hong Kong Open.
After firing an 11-under-par 59 within the third spherical to open up a three-shot lead, Reed (34) signed off with a 66 to complete on 22-under for a three-stroke win over defending champion Ben Campbell from New Zealand.
“Nothing like coming to a spot that I do know fairly properly and love the golf course,” stated Reed, who plans to play subsequent week’s Worldwide Sequence Qatar and the PIF Saudi Worldwide powered by SoftBank Funding Advisers the week after.
“I really like the way it makes me take into consideration golf pictures and you need to be artistic round this place. So, to have the ability to come out and play the best way like I did on the weekend. I imply, it at all times helps taking pictures 59 yesterday, however the largest factor, the toughest half, was at present.”
In the meantime, Elvis Smylie held off his {golfing} idol Cam Smith to assert his maiden DP World Tour title with a two-shot victory on the 54-hole BMW Australian PGA Championship.
Only a month after securing his first skilled win within the WA Open on the Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia, the 22-year-old saved his cool and closed with a four-under 67 to win on 14-under at Royal Queensland in Brisbane.
Smylie was considered one of two gamers to obtain the Cameron Smith Scholarship in 2019 and started Sunday’s spherical alongside the three-time occasion winner in an all-Australian last group, together with Marc Leishman.
A son of four-time grand slam doubles champion Liz Smylie, the Australian turned in a blemish-free 32 to take a three-shot lead earlier than holing a collection of clutch par putts down the stretch for a bogey-free 67 and a two-shot win.
“To know that I’ve a job secured abroad now, it feels nice,” Smylie stated.
“It is a dream come true. I simply stated to Matt (Clayton, caddie) that I will not neglect today, you realize, taking part in with Cam and Leish there, I seemed as much as these guys since I used to be a child and simply being of their presence and compete in opposition to them for the title, I’ve learnt a lot and simply so grateful and so honoured proper now.”
Subsequent up for Smylie is the ISPS Handa Australian Open at Kingston Heath in Melbourne, the place Gary Hurley hopes to construct on his second-round 67 at Royal Queensland.
The West Waterford man missed the minimize by one shot however seems to be getting again to his greatest after battling psychological well being points over the previous few years.
Within the LPGA’s CME Group Tour Championship, Thailand’s Jeeno Thitikul completed eagle-birdie, carding a 65 to pip Angel Yin by a shot on 22-under and pocket $4 million – the most important first prize within the historical past of girls’s golf.
Leona Maguire closed with a four-under 68 to complete tied for forty second on four-under.
In the meantime, Maverick McNealy claimed his maiden title when he birdied the 18th to shoot a two-under 68 and win The RSM Basic by shot from Colombia’s Nico Echavarria, Daniel Berger and newbie Luke Clanton on 16-under at Sea Island.
