Australia’s Elvis Smylie fired a six below 65 to take the primary spherical lead within the BMW Australian PGA Championship at a rain-soaked Royal Queensland Golf Membership.
Smylie made eight birdies to guide by a shot from French duo Victor Perez and Joel Girrbach, Australia’s Matias Sanchez and Chile’s Cristobal Del Photo voltaic.
Eight gamers had been tied for sixth on four-under however Eire’s Gary Hurley has his work reduce out to make the reduce.The West Waterford synthetic three bogeys in a three-over 74 to share one hundred and thirtieth.
“It is a residence sport for me this week,” mentioned Smylie, who holed out from a bunker for a closing birdie on the ninth.
“I’m from the Gold Coast, it is solely an hour’s drive. I’ve performed numerous golf right here. I am fairly accustomed to the course and each a part of my sport’s actually good in the intervening time.
“I am actually comfy with what I am doing. The greens are wonderful contemplating after all of the rain, so kudos to the greenkeepers.”
Smylie outshone a giant group of Australian stars in an occasion co-sanctioned by the DP World Tour and the Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia.
Former PGA champion Jason Day was tied on four-under with fellow Australians Cam Smith, Marc Leishman, Ben Eccles and David Micheluzzi.
Two-time DP World Tour winner Jordan Smith, who was edged out for a PGA Tour card by Tom McKibbin on Sunday, was additionally within the group on four-under with Spain’s Ivan Cantero and South African Aldrich Potgieter.
Defending champion Min Woo Lee and European Problem Tour primary Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen had been in an 18-man logjam at three below.
