Dream LIV Golf debut for Elvis Smylie
Elvis Smylie 
– image courtesy of LIV Golf
23-year-old Australian Elvis Smylie has made a dream start to his LIV Golf career with a win in the opening event of the 2026 LIV Golf Schedule when taking out the LIV Golf Riyadh event in Saudi Arabia.
Smylie, who joined LIV Golf in January after a year on the DP World Tour, won by one over Spain’s Jon Rahm with American Peter Uihlein, another two shots back in third place.
Cameron Smith will be pleased to have extended the invite to Smylie to join his LIV Golf Team Rippers as Smylie’s great week has ensured his team wins the Teams Championship, and in doing so, another US$3 million will be divided amongst the four team members.
Smylie, therefore, collects a total of US$4.75 million for his win, while Smith, Marc Leishman, and Lucas Herbert will earn US$750,000 each in addition to the prizemoney they earned in the individual rundown.
Smylie led the event after round one, shared the lead with Uihlein after 54 holes and produced a stunning bogey-free final round of 8 under 64 to hold off arguably LIV Golf’s best player, Rahm, whose final round of 63 tested Smylie to the limit.
