Webex Player Series Perth reaches halfway stage
Connor McKinney – the recent recruit to the DP World Tour has made a good start to 2026
Scottish-born West Australian Connor McKinney takes a one-shot lead into tomorrow’s third round of the Webex Players Series Perth, adding a second round of 68 to his opening 63 at the Royal Fremantle Golf Club to be one ahead of West Australian Abbie Teesdale in the combined gender event.
One shot further back is England’s Andrew (Beefy) Johnston, a former winner on the DP World Tour, while at 1 under and three from the lead is yet another West Australian, Brady Watt.
McKinney, a former Australian Amateur Champion who six weeks ago earned his DP World Tour card for 2026, has only one win to his name as a professional, that win coming on the feeder Tartan Tour in his country of birth in Scotland last year, but did finish runner-up at the Vic Open last year and this start offers the chance for an Australian breakthrough over the weekend.
Teasdale who turned professional 12 months ago after a stellar amateur career, missed the cut in this event last year in her first event as a professional, but twelve months on, she is beginning to settle into the dynamics of professional golf.
The cut fell at 1 under par with 54 golfers to play the final 36 holes.
