Will Florimo wins Heritage as Travis Smyth secures Order of Merit
Will Florimo wins his first Australasian Tour title – image PGA of Australia
With just one event remaining on the 2025/2026 PGA Tour of Australasia schedule, Order of Merit honours are close to being finalised following the completion of the penultimate event at the Heritage Golf and Country Club in Victoria.
The win by Queensland’s Will Florimo today sees the 26-year-old Queenslander move to 5th on the Order of Merit and into a position where he will gain access to tour schools later in the year.
Florimo, who has been a runner-up twice in events on the PGA Tour of Australasia, claimed his first title with a two-shot win over West Australian Haydn Barron, with another shot back to a group of five players, Quinnton Croker, Ben Eccles, Declan O’Donovan, Mathias Sanchez and Josh Armstrong.
Florimo began the final round two behind American Chris Malec, but with an outward nine of 34, including an eagle at his 4th hole, he had taken the lead.
A burst of birdies through the middle of his closing nine, established a seemingly winning break and even two bogeys to finish could not stop him taking the title.
The winner of the Order of the Merit has been determined, Travis Smyth’s excellent run in New Zealand, where he finished twice 5th, in addition to his win in Auckland, ensured that his closest pursuers for Order of Merit honours would need to have won this week to have any chance of grabbing the top spot. That was not the case, so Smyth has secured the DP World Tour card available to the leader of the Order of Merit.
Smyth now has status on the PGA Tour of Australasia, the Japan Golf Tour, the Asian Tour and in 2027 the DP World Tour.
Cameron John and James Marchesani are currently second and third on the Order of Merit, but their chances of securing one of the two Hotel Planner Tour cards are still uncertain and will be determined after the National Tournament in two weeks.
