Cameron John finishes runner-up in Singapore and earns Open Championship start


Cameron John – in action this week – image Asian Tour

Victorian Cameron John has continued his fine PGA Tour of Australasia form with an impressive runner-up finish at the International Series event, the US$2 million Singapore Open.

John, who turns 27 tomorrow, began the final round four shots behind Korean Jeongwoo Ham, but reduced the deficit to two at the turn after Ham recorded an early double bogey and reduced it to just one through 14 holes, before eventually finishing two behind to secure a cheque for US$ 220,000, by some margin his biggest cheque in professional golf.

Not only does John record his highest earnings in a professional event, but his effort will also secure him a spot at the 2026 Open Championship at Royal Birkdale, given that the leading two players not otherwise exempt for the event earn a start.

John, who was making just his 5th ever career start on the Asian Tour, followed up his runner-up finish on the PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit during which he recorded three wins and where he finished with a victory in the National Tournament, with a 7th place in the International Series event in Japan before tackling this week’s event at the Sentosa Golf Club.

Kevin Yuan was the next best of the Australasians in the field in a share of 11th place, while Cory Crawford and Jed Morgan tied for 14th.

The Asian Tour now moves to Korea for the Caltex Maekyung Open this week.

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Australasians well back as Korda takes control at Chevron Championship


Cassie Porter – the best of the four Australians to make the cut – file image courtesy of Australian Golf Media

The nine-strong Australasian contingent has been reduced to just four as the Chevron Championship enters the weekend at Memorial Park Golf Course in Houston, Texas, but none are anywhere near contention after 36 holes in the LPGA Tour’s opening major of the year.

Just as was the case at the opening men’s major of the year at Augusta National two weeks ago, this week’s event has a six-shot 36-hole leader with world number two, Nelly Korda, clear by that margin over Patty Tavatanakit but, unfortunately, the closest an Australasian is to the lead is 12 shots.

Cassie Porter added a second round of 72 to her opening 70 to be at 2 under and in a share of 22nd place, while Karis Davidson at 1 under, Hannah Green at even par, and Minjee Lee at 2 over are the only survivors of the 2 over par cut.

New Zealand’s Lydia Ko was unable to add to her 29th birthday celebrations when missing the cut by one.

Korda, who is in outstanding form already this season with a win and three runner-up finishes in four LPGA Tour starts, unleashed with a closing nine of 31 to move well ahead before Tavatanakit closed the gap with a late birdie in her round of 69.

“I just feel really good,” said Korda. “I mean, I’m just hitting it in the spots that I want to, missing it in the spots that I want to. The communication between Jay and I is really good, where if there is a tucked pin and it’s kind of stupid, I would rather give myself a longer lag putt and give myself the best opportunity for par.

“That’s kind of the way we’ve been playing the past two days, not taking kind of stupid risks. We’re going to go after the ones we can and where we have to play back and miss in the right spots, that’s kind of what I’m doing.

“I think overall everything is really flowing.”

Korda sits high up on the driving stats for length on the LPGA Tour and that is an asset of considerable importance on a golf course which seemingly requires power.

“Length has a big part in that,” she added, referring to her success on the par 5’s this week. “I mean, I’m giving myself good opportunities but at the end of the day, I mean, you still have to drive it into the fairways. Even if you’re long you still have to hit the shots well.

“At the end of the day, I mean, yeah, taking advantage of your length, but still having to hit those really good shots. That’s what I love about major championships. You have to hit really good shots to give yourself a look at birdie or eagle.”

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Slow start for Aussies at Chevron Championship


Nelly Korda – in action today – image LPGA / Getty Images 

The nine-strong Australasian challenge has made a slow start to the Chevron Championship in Houston in Texas, Queensland golfer Cassie Porter the best of them at 2 under 70 in a share of 18th in the first major of the year.

Porter is one ahead of the Gold Coast golfer, Karis Davidson, who opened with a round of 1 under par 70 to be tied for 25th while New Zealand’s Lydia Ko is another shot back at even par and in a share of 38th.

Sydney’s Stephanie Kyriacou is at 1 over, along with Hannah Green and Robyn Choi, while Minjee Lee is at 2 over, Grace Kim at 3 over, and Gabi Ruffels at 6 over.

The leader is world number two, Nelly Korda, whose opening round of 65 has her two ahead of world number one Patti Tavatanakit of Thailand and Korea’s Somi Lee.

Korda explained her current happiness with her game, which has seen her record a win and three runner-up finishes in four starts this year.

“I’m just happy,” said Korda. “I love to practice. I love the setup that I have at home. I don’t think I go out ever without my coach David Whelan now. His commitment to me has been my entire career, if someone ever looks at my swing from when I was 14, prior to him, to what it is now, I would say he’s the one who built my swing.

“To spend time with him, it’s more like he relaxes me out practicing, and I enjoy going out and grinding and having him there alongside me.

“And then I also can’t thank David Angelotti enough, my putting coach, for coming out this week and grinding with me.

“I feel like I have a really great team around me. I have been with the same physio for so many years, Kim; Jason, since my second year on Tour. I have all my professional LPGA wins with him.

“So I think just there is a comfort and happiness inside me that makes me happy on the golf course, too.”

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Can Hannah Green continue the roll at Chevron Championship


Hannah Green – the female game’s most in form player gets her chance at a second major 

The first major of the year in women’s professional golf gets underway this week when the Chevron Championship is played at the Memorial Park Golf Course in Houston in Texas, a new venue for the event.

Following 51 years at the Rancho Mirage in California the event moved to Houston, the home of its naming rights sponsor in 2023, where it was played at the Jack Nicklaus designed Club at Carlton Woods before its move to new venue for this year’s event.

While Memorial Park is being used for the first occasion for this event, it did play host earlier this year to the PGA Tour’s Houston Open won by Gary Woodland.

Eight Australasians and one New Zealander will tackle the US$9 million event, Karrie Webb the last Australian to win the title when she holed her pitching wedge approach at the 72nd hole to force a playoff with Lorena Ochoa which Webb went on to win and claim her second Chevron Championship (then known as the Kraft Nabisco) and her 7th major title, the greatest of any Australian male or female

New Zealand’s Lydia Ko won in 2016, defeating England’s Charley Hull and Ingee Chun by one shot to claim the second of her now three major titles.

Hannah Green, Minjee Lee, Lydia Ko, Grace Kim, Stephanie Kyriacou, Karis Davidson, Cassie Porter, Gabi Ruffels and Robyn Choi represent a strong challenge from our part of the world.

Undoubtedly Hannah Green will start the week as the form golfer of 2026 given she already won the Australian Women’s Open and PGA Championships, against admittedly lesser quality fields, to go with LPGA Tour titles in Singapore and Los Angeles.

Green is now the highest ranked Australasian in the Rolex World Rankings at # 5 and ahead of Minjee Lee at 7 and Lydia Ko at 8 and spoke on Tuesday as to her thoughts on how this week might unfold.

“Yeah, I feel like I’m still somewhat on Cloud 9,” said the now eight time LPGA Tour winner. “I just finished my pro-am and didn’t do anything yesterday, on Monday. Just felt like I was too exhausted from the flight over.

“But, yeah, I definitely have a lot of confidence in my game. It’s been a really crazy I guess last five, six events that I’ve played. Obviously every time you come to a tournament you want to win, have the trophy in your hand; actually doing it has been very surreal.

“I’m just going to try and ride this wave for as long as possible.”

Green was asked her thoughts on the venue, given it is new for the LPGA Tour

“I think it’ll be really good for the tournament. Even though I really liked the Woodlands area, I really hope being close to the city will attract more people to come and watch us.

“The Houston Open has obviously been played here. I have seen that the crowds can get big, so I hope that people come out and watch us. It’s playing tough. It’s playing quite long. Obviously, this rain is not really helping either, making things a little bit more difficult for us.

“But I think it definitely feels like a major championship course, at least on the last nine holes that I played.”

Lee began the season well with two top 5 finishes, but missed the cut at her third start and then somewhat withdrew from last week’s JM Eagle Championship in Los Angeles, suffering from a bout of food poisoning, according to reports.

Ko has begun the season well with three top 5 finishes in six starts, and although she did not play at last week’s lucrative JM Eagle Championship, she appears to be in good enough form to do well this week.

The event carries a first prize of US$1,350,000.

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Hannah Green’s already fine season continues in LA


Hannah Green – image courtesy of LPGA

Hannah Green’s love affair with the J.M. Eagle LA Championship in Los Angeles continued this morning when she holed an 18-foot downhill putt to triumph in a playoff and win the event for the third occasion. It was Green’s second LPGA Tour win of the year and the 8th of her career

Not only has Green not won the event three times in the last four years, but she also has a runner-up and a 3rd-place finish to her name.

With the winner’s cheque for US$712,000, Green now moves past Nelly Korda to the top of the money list and to third on the Race to the Globe in a season where she has now won twice in four LPGA Tour starts but, added to her wins at the Women’s Australian Open and the Women’s Australian PGA Championship, she is having an outstanding 2026.

Green was at one point during today’s final round five shots behind the then-leader Sei Young Kim through 10 holes, but with a closing nine of 31, she caught both Kim and Korea’s Jin Hee Im, who had finished her final round of 67, 30 minutes earlier.

Green then hit her approach at the first playoff hole 18 feet behind the hole, and the right-to-left downhiller found the cup.

“I honestly didn’t think I was in the tournament still,” said Green, given the deficit she was facing midway through her round. “I was just like, oh, well, just go for as many pins as possible, and got on a nice stretch there. I kind of thought the putt that I missed on 16 was the crucial moment.

“So, I mean, I’m just fortunate enough that I at least got into the playoff. I had that putt obviously very similar line in regulation, so I felt somewhat comfortable. It still was a tough putt, so really glad it went in the hole.”

With prize money increased by the tournament sponsors by a massive US$1 million during the event, the first prize of US$712,000 is the largest of any of the non-major events on the LPGA Tour other than the Tour Championship. It so provides Green with a huge boost heading into next week’s first major of the year, the Chevron Championship in Houston.

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Allan and Hend share 3rd place in Senior PGA Championship


Stephen Allan – in action in today’s final round – image PGA of America

Stephen Allan and Scott Hend have finished in a share of 3rd place at the Senior PGA Championship in Florida, the pair securing a cheque for US$174,000 each after finishing eight shots from the winner, Stewart Cink, and two shots behind the second-placed Ben Crane.

Beginning the day one shot behind the 54-hole leader, Keith Horne, Hend began the day brilliantly with birdies at the opening two holes to take the lead, and made the turn in 3 under 33, but behind on the golf course, the 2009 Open Championship winner, Cink, was on fire.

Cink birdied the 4th, eagled the 6th, then birdied the 8th and 9th to make the turn at 15 under, and when he did, he was two ahead of Hend and four ahead of Allan and Crane.

Cink, however, already a two-time winner on the PGA Tour Champions in 2026, applied even more pressure over the closing nine to eventually run out the winner by six shots.

Hend birdied the 12th to stay in touch, but a bogey at the 14th and a double at the 16th when he found the water from the tee would prove costly in an attempt to secure second place.

Still, for Hend, his finish is the best on the PGA Tour Champions in the few starts he has had there as he plays without status, but he needed a victory if he was to secure the all-important playing rights for the PGA Tour Champions, especially given there is now no qualifying school from which to gain access.

Allan, however, does have status on the PGA Tour Champions and this win will take him close to the top 5 on the Charl Schwab table for the season after winning twice in 2025. His missed putt for par at the last proved costly, but it was another good week for the 52-year-old Victorian.

Perhaps one of the performances of the week, aside from the winner, was that of New Zealand’s Steve Alker, who began the week with an opening round of 76, and making the cut was his biggest task on day two. He did so with a round of 68 and then added to more 68’s to storm through the field to finish in a share of 5th place.

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Scott Hend shares lead in PGA Tour Champions major

US-based Queenslander, Scott Hend, does not currently possess playing privileges for the PGA Tour Champions, but in this week’s Senior PGA Championship at the Concession Golf Club on the west coast of Florida, the 52-year-old has opened the door for such to become a possibility.

Hend added a second round of 65 to his opening 69 and at 10 under par, he shares the lead in the US$ 3 million major championship along with American Brian Gay, that pair two clear of major champions Retief Goosen and Stewart Cink with Ben Crane also in that group at 8 under.

Hend, who has played Asian Tour and European Senior Tour events in recent months, finished 4th in this very event two years ago, and if he can find a way to earn the right to play the PGA Tour Champions, he will undoubtedly be a force, especially given the power he still possesses into his 50’s.

Hend also finished 4th at last year’s Senior Open Championship, further highlighting that he has the game to contend and win at this level.

Hend’s opening round of 69 included two double bogeys late in the day after an opening nine of 32, so there is plenty to like about his opening 36 holes.

“I like the golf course,” said Hend after his round. “Greens are putting nice. Obviously, I was fortunate enough to be the first group out this morning, so no wind, perfect greens for the first nine. It was an ideal position to shoot a good score.

“I was disappointed in yesterday’s two double bogeys on the back nine, so I wanted to play that nine a bit smarter and a bit better today, so I didn’t short-side myself as much as I did yesterday, and it seemed to work out quite well.

“I want to play here full-time on the Champions Tour. I’d like to better my performance from my first Senior PGA up in Michigan, and we’ll just do what we can to put some points in the bank and hopefully get some silverware.

“We’ll see what happens. There’s a lot of good players out there. Just have to keep going forward.”

Other Australians, Steve Allan and Greg Chalmers are also well placed at 6 under in a share of 6th place and just four from the lead.

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Australian PGA Championship leaves Queensland after 25 years


After five years as host, Royal Queensland looks ahead to the 2032 Olympics – The Party hole – image Bruce Young

After 25 consecutive stagings of the Australian PGA Championship in Queensland, the event returns to Sydney for the first time since 1998, when one of Australia’s flagship golf events is played at the Lakes Golf Club in Sydney from November 26th to 29th.

Moving to Queensland from the Victoria Golf Club in 2000, the event was played for two years at Royal Queensland before heading to the Hyatt Regency Coolum in 2002, where it remained until a dispute with the new owner meant a move to Royal Pines in 2013.

Covid forced the cancellation of the event in 2020 and 2021, but in 2022, Royal Queensland would begin a five-year run as the host of the event. But with course upgrading now being undertaken for its role as the host venue for the 2032 Olympics a new venue was sought and the Lakes was chosen.

The growth of the event in recent years ensured the venue would need to be one capable of staging significant corporate involvement, and The Lakes, which has been used in the past for Australian Opens, Australian PGA Championships and the Greg Norman Holden Classic, has proven facilities and room for such an event.

It will, however, mean a loss of one of Australia’s flagship golf events to Queensland after a run which has seen some of Australia’s finest golfing sons take the title while in the Sunshine State, including Cameron Smith and Peter Lonard (three times) Adam Scott (twice), Peter Senior (twice) and Geoff Ogilvy.

It remains to be seen whether another significant PGA Tour of Australasia professional event in Queensland can be introduced to the schedule although with Sanctuary Cove now the home of the Women’s PGA Championship, Palmer Coolum unlikely to be involved, Royal Queensland out of commission while upgrading is undertaken and RACV Royal Pines seemingly not interested, the choices are limited for an event of such substance to be held in the state.

This year’s event will be played the week before the Australian Open at Kingston Heath, where Rory McIlroy will complete his commitment to two consecutive Australian Opens.


The 18th at RACV Royal Pines – host of the event for seven years – image Bruce Young

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PGA Tour events resume normal transmission


Steve Alker with his 2022 Senior PGA Championship trophy – can he make it another? – image PGA of America

Following a week of gripping action at Augusta National last week, the PGA Tour will have its normal transmission resumed this week when the Heritage Classic is played on the PGA Tour, while the PGA Tour Champions will stage their first major of the year when they play the Senior PGA Championship in Bradenton, Florida.

Just three Australians and one New Zealander are in the field for the Heritage Classic, being played at the iconic Harbor Town Golf Links on Hilton Head Island, but at the Senior Players Championship, 15 Australasians take to the fairways of the Concession Golf Club in Bradenton on the west coast of Florida.

The Heritage Classic has long been a favourite for Australians, with the likes of Greg Norman, Graham Marsh, Peter Lonard and Aaron Baddeley all having won there, perhaps the very Australian feel to a layout with tight fairways requiring shaping of the ball, and small greens providing a comfort zone for Australasians who may see similarities to many of their own courses back home.

Greg Norman also finished runner-up twice and Aaron Baddeley once, but this year it will be Jason Day, Min Woo Lee and Karl Vilips who will fly the Australian flag, while New Zealand’s Ryan Fox gets his chance after so nearly making the cut last week despite recovering from recent kidney stone procedures.

In eight starts in the event, Day has perhaps surprisingly only recorded one top ten, Min Woo Lee also with a poor record when missing the cut in his first start and finishing 61st at his other. Lee was disappointing last week at Augusta National when expected to do well, so it will be interesting to see if he can bounce back with a reasonable week while Day was veru much in the thick of things at Augusta Nationa until a por last round.

The only other Australian in the field is Karl Vilips, who made the cut last year on debut after a second round of 65 but eventually finished 51st.

Fox is playing the event for the first occasion, but it might well be a golf course to suit and he will be keen to return to the sort of form he was building into when struck down by those medical issues a few weeks ago, which required hospitalisation.

The PGA Tour Champions plays its first major of the year when the Senior PGA Championship is played at the Jack Nicklaus / Tony Jacklin designed Concession Golf Club south of Tampa with Steve Alker looking to add to his previous win in the event in 2022 when he became the only Australasian to have won this significant title.

In three starts this season on the PGA Tour Champions, Alker has already won one event and finished 7th at his last start three weeks ago, so he appears the best hope by some margin from this part of the world, but he is joined by one of the largest line-ups of Australasians in the event’s history.

Stephen Allan, Michael Wright, Richard Green, Cameron Percy, Greg Chalmers, Mark Hensby, Stuart Appleby, Michael Campbell, Brendan Jones, Scott Hend, Mathew Goggin, Brad Burns, Craig Hocknull, and Mick Smith all get their chance in the US$3 million event.

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McIlory holds off all challengers for 6th major title


McIlory celebrates his 2nd Masters and 6th major victory – image Masters Tournament 

It is perhaps fitting that the world number one, two and three occupied the leading three or a share of the leading three positions after yet another dramatic Masters Tournament.

World number two Rory McIlroy ran out the winner by one shot over a fast finishing world number one, Scottie Scheffler, with world number three Cam Young sharing 3rd place with three others.

McIlroy successfully defended the title he won 12 months ago, but it was not without yet another gripping Masters Sunday, where McIlroy, Young and Justin Rose all had their time in the lead at various stages, and several other players came within just a shot or two.

But it would be McIlroy who found a way to hold them all off despite keeping the golfing world in suspense until the very last shot, his tee shot at the 72nd hole while holding a two-shot lead over Scheffler, who had finished 30 minutes earlier, ensuring it was not over till it was over.

McIlroy’s great par saves at the 16th and 17th followed birdies at the 12th and 13th his well-thought-out bogey at the last kept his nose ahead of Scheffler who threatened to make it three Masters titles in his last five attempts with a now almost expected late charge.

McIlroy shared the lead into the final round, but a slow start by him and consecutive bogeys at the first and second had Young in front.

Then came what would be a crucial moment for the Northern Irishman. His tee shot at the reachable 3rd found the greenside bunker, but he got up and down for birdie, to seemingly settle the nerves, although, surprisingly, he immediately double bogeyed the 4th and dropped two behind Young.

By the turn, McIlroy was one behind Rose, who birdied the 7th, 8th and 9th to move one ahead of McIlroy and Young, who faltered after a fast start, now two from the lead.

McIlroy took the outright lead when Rose bogeyed the 11th and 12th and moved two ahead when he birdied the 12th.

McIlroy was never headed from that point but needed all of his great short game skills over the closing few holes to hold on for a memorable victory.

Having started the weekend with a six-shot lead, McIlroy played the final 36 holes in even par, but despite being placed under the most severe pressure, he was able to hold on to win his 6th major title, proving that winning is never easy despite a substantial lead.

“I thought it was so difficult to win last year because of trying to win the Masters and the grand slam, and then this year I realized it’s just really difficult to win the Masters, said McIlory. “I tried to convince myself it was both.

“Yeah, just incredible. I obviously did the bulk of my work on Thursday and Friday. I don’t think I would have believed anyone if they said to me all you have to do is shoot even-par for the weekend and you’ll win. I definitely thought I was going to need to go out there and at least shoot a couple of under-par scores.

“Yesterday the course was gettable pretty much all day, but today the wind was up a little bit. It was gusty. It made things definitely a little more tricky, especially on the back nine.

“Yeah, I just had to hang in there. I did a decent green session last night and tried to figure a couple of things out, and I definitely hit my irons better today. I think I struck the ball better today overall, which was good to see, but I still needed to rely on my short game those last few holes.

“The up-and-down on 16 and the up-and-down on 17 were huge.

“Yeah, just absolutely delighted to be able to get it done. Having a six-shot lead going into the weekend, it would have been a bitter pill to swallow if I wasn’t able to get myself over the finish line.”

When asked what makes this game such a roller coaster from day to day, given he was 12 under for the opening 36 holes and even par for the remainder, McIlroy responded, “I think of all the big sports, I do think it is the most mental. It’s the most challenging mentally.

“I think it’s hard to stay in the same mental space for four days in a row because even — I was in a great mental space, like say on the 13th tee shot, for example. All of my practice rounds up here, the weeks leading into it, Monday, Tuesday, great. I hit two left on Wednesday off the tee. Then Thursday, Friday, Saturday, I didn’t sniff hitting the fairway.

“So it’s just that there are little things that happen that just start to make you second-guess things. It’s just very hard to stay on the right — not in the right spot mentally, but the same spot mentally for a long period of time.”

Although he looked calm for much of the day, McIlroy did have his moments of stress on the course today. “I’d say walking off the 18th tee not knowing where my ball was. I think that was the moment of greatest stress. It could go anywhere. It could be anywhere.

“I think we (his caddie Harry Diamond, and he) were both just hoping that my ball wasn’t in a really bad spot or behind a tree. I was just hoping that I had a swing.

“No, it was pretty quiet out there. It was pretty tense. We were just — I was sort of talking about, okay, after the 6th hole, let’s try to get back to even-par for the day after nine. He was trying to encourage me, telling me there’s plenty of time left, just try to keep hitting fairways and greens.

“There wasn’t a ton of talk out there. I think we both knew what we needed to do. I just needed to step up and execute.”

Just on his caddie, it is so great to see McIlroy enjoying so much success with Diamond on the bag. A near lifetime friend, Diamond has copped criticism at times, from those who think they know these things, about his effectiveness on the bag of McIlroy, but clearly the relationship works a treat, and he is exactly what McIlroy wants in a caddie. No more needs to be said.


McIlroy and caddie Harry Diamond – great team – image Masters Tournament

Scheffler was brilliant as he tried to chase the eventual winner down, but his brave final day round of 68 fell just one short.

“I’d say Friday probably hurt the most in terms of my chances of winning,” said Scheffler when assessing the week. “We went out on Thursday, Thursday afternoon, which were some of the most challenging conditions we had all week. I didn’t see many birdies out there Thursday afternoon, so going out on Friday, whatever they did to the greens to soften them up, they did some stuff, and I just wasn’t able to take advantage of that going on early on Friday.

“And then you saw the barrage of birdies that Rory made and Cam Young and a bunch of guys made on Friday late in the day, and I think I finished maybe 2-over par on Friday. So that day probably hurt the most in terms of my chances to win.

“Overall, over the course of the weekend, I did some pretty nice stuff to give myself a chance.”

Jason Day worked himself into genuine contention heading into the final day but he was on the back foot early and when he took double bogey at the 7th after a bogey at the 5th, any chance he had was gone.

Day would eventually finish in a share of 12th but was philosophical about the day.

“Actually played okay. Just didn’t take advantage of two, three,” said Day. “You get birdies there, that obviously changes the storyline a little bit going — then obviously had a mistake on seven.

“Actually hit 13 greens and played pretty good. Just didn’t capitalise on any opportunities. Putted actually quite poorly today. So a little unfortunate, but just how it goes. I mean, pretty positive about my game. Other than just the lack of putting today. But other than that, it was, yeah, okay.

“I know I can play well around here. It’s just obviously when you get the opportunities, just take them. You know, sometimes you have to take them. Sometimes you have to take some unnecessary risk, and sometimes you have to take a step back and play the way you need to play.”

Adam Scott was the only other of the five Australasians to make the weekend and finished in a share of 24th.

“Yeah, I just never really got it going,” said the 45-year-old Queenslander. “I don’t know, overall I guess I blame the putter. (Smiling.)

“But, yeah, I just didn’t get it rolling on the greens and take advantage of some of the good golf and get any real momentum going. The last three holes on Friday kind of really shut me out of a chance yesterday to kind of get back in it, as everyone else got back in it yesterday.”

Rory McIlroy now moves into 12th place on the list of all-time major winners. He sits just one behind Harry Vardon, Bobby Jones, Arnold Palmer, Gene Sarazen and Sam Snead with seven, but it is fair to assume that there are still several more to come for the 36-year-old.

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