Travis Smyth’s lucrative year continues with Asian Tour victory
Travis Smyth and trophy – photo Asian Tour
Wollongong golfer, Travis Smyth, has today won his first Asian Tour event with a two shot victory over China’s Lee Chieh-po at the Yeangder TPC event at the Linkou Golf and Country Club in Chinese Taipei.
Consecutive weekend rounds of 66 swept the 27 year old to victory in the US$700,000 event and continued a season where he has benefited from the largesse of LIV Golf, having finished runner-up in a qualifying event for that tour earlier in the year in England and then accumulating more than $A 1 million in earnings in the three LIV Golf events he has played to date on that tour.
“Feels amazing!” said an overjoyed Smyth who today picked up a cheque for another US$126,000.
“I got so close, I felt like I let it go in England and to play some LIV events, feel what it’s like there, I just want to get back. I want to be the player that I believe I can be, and winning this week is one step along the journey.”
Smyth had previously won an event and finished runner-up on three occasions in his professional career, the victory coming when winning the Northern Territory PGA Championship on the PGA Tour of Australasia in 2017.
