Travis Smyth completes best Asian Tour season in Saudi
Travis Smyth – file photo by Paul Lakatos
The final event of the 2023 Asian Tour was completed over the weekend when the Saudi Open was decided at the Riyadh Golf Club in Saudi Arabia.
For Shell Harbour’s Travis Smyth, the event continued a fine season, the 28-year-old completing his fourth top three of the season when 3rd and finishing the year in a very impressive 4th place on the 2023 Asian Tour Order of Merit.
Smyth produced a final round of 67 over the Riyadh Golf Club layout to finish one shot behind the second-placed Henrik Stenson and four from the winner, Denwit Boriboonsub, earning another US$63,000 to take his earnings in Asia in 2023 to US$558,000 and finish off his season in style.
Boriboonsub won his third tournament in succession after winning initially on the Asian Development Tour, and then the Thailand Tour.
Smyth began the weekend in a share of 22nd place so his weekend rounds of 64 and 67 were not only impressive but lucrative.
Victorian Todd Sinnott, who shared the lead through 36 holes, finished in a share of 10th place while Doug Klein was the next best of the Australians in a share of 23rd place.
