Smyth and Herbert nicely poised in Oman
Travis Smyth – image courtesy of Paul Lakatos Asian Tour
NSW’s Travis Smyth and Victorian Lucas Herbert are well placed after the third round of the International Series Oman event, Smyth just one behind the joint leaders and LIV golfers, Louis Oosthuizen and Carlo Ortiz while Herbert is two off the lead.
Smyth continues to perform well having finished 9th in Malaysia last week and 4th at the recent Vic Open and after finishing 4th on last year’s Asian Tour Order of Merit, his standing in the game continues to grow.
Smyth will make the quick trip to Queenstown, New Zealand on Sunday evening and will be one of the more favoured candidates at next week’s New Zealand Open.
Herbert is now part of Liv Golf having joined Cameron Smith’s Ripper team earlier this year but prior to doing so he had established himself in world golf with victories on the DP World (2) the PGA and Japan Tours and now gets a chance to add success on the Asian Tour.
The International Series in which LIV golfers are also eligible to compete includes ten events all carrying prizemoney of US$2 million and has provided a great boost for the Asian Tour schedule.
Should Oosthuizen win it will be his third successive win in events outside of his home tour in LIV Golf having won two events in South Africa late last year. He has played two LIV Golf events this season where his best was when 9th at the Mayakoba event.
