Cam Davis shares 5th place at AT&T Pebble Beach Pro Am

Cam Davis – image courtesy of PGA of Australia

Cam Davis continued his impressive early season form with a share of 5th place at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro Am this morning.

For Davis, the finish follows top twenty finishes at the Sentry and American Express events in January and the US$755,000 he earned today will move him to 8th place in the FedEx Cup standings.

Davis’ last round of 69 saw him finish four shots behind the winner Rory McIlroy but he continues his steady climb in the game and he will move back inside the top 50 in the world ranking to around 47th place.

Davis produced a miraculous up and down from amongst the tree roots alongside the 18th green to record a birdie and ensure his share of 5th place.

Jason Day finished in a share of 13th, Min Woo Lee 17th and Adam Scott 22nd in the lucrative US$20 million event.

35-year-old, McIlroy, recorded his 27th PGA Tour victory with a two-shot win over Shane Lowry with Lucas Glover and Justin Rose another shot back in 3rd place.

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New caddy new putter leads to 4th place finish for Minjee Lee

Minjee Lee – file photo courtesy of Golf Australia

Minjee Lee has begun her 2025 LPGA Tour season by producing the round of the final day (62) to surge into a share of 4th place at the season-opening Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions at Lake Nona Golf and Country Club in Orlando.

Lee’s round of eight birdies and an eagle was three shots clear of the next best on day four.

“Yeah, I mean, starting with two birdies is always going to be a nice fast start. Before I started today I was like, let’s just get off to a really fast start and see how low I can do today.

“I just tried to ride the momentum over like the end of the — like the 8th and 9th hole and into the 10th and 11th. So that was nice.

“Having an eagle on 15, it was like the cherry on top. So just hit it really solid and made some really nice putts.”

Lee has a new (long) putter in the bag and the immediate impact was there for all to see.

“There are a lot of putters at the golf club, so I was just feeling around with a few. Not necessarily the long putter was my first choice. I think once I started practicing with it, it was — it was not super unnatural or didn’t feel too weird.

“For me, I think it’s just a little new adventure and see where it takes me.”

Lee also has a new caddy on the bag this season, Mikey Paterson, a former caddy for Karrie Webb and the husband of a friend of Lee’s in Perth Tanya taking over the role.

“Actually with Mikey, he worked for me two weeks last year — no, wait, in ’23, the International Crown and the Founders Cup, so it wasn’t something that was like totally new. He’s been around for a really long time so it’s not like he’s new to caddieing.

“It just feels very easy. We get along really well. His wife, Tanya, is from Perth as well and known her forever and seen Mikey around for a really long time as well.”

Lee finished six shots from Korea’s A Lim Kim, the 2020 US Women’s Open Champion who recorded her third LPGA Tour title with a two-shot win over Nelly Korda.

New Zealand’s Lydia Ko, who was defending her 2024 title, finished a shot behind Lee in a share of 6th place while Hannah Green was 20th.

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Top tens for Kevin Yuan and Travis Smyth in India


Sydney’s Kevin Yuan – image courtesy of Asian Tour 

New South Wales golfers Kevin Yuan and Travis Smyth recorded top tens at the International Series India event at the DLF Golf Club in Gurgaon near New Delhi. Yuan finishing in a tie for 8th, and Smyth sharing 10th in the US$2 million event, the first of several such events in which both Asian Tour regulars and LIV golfers compete.

On a golf course and in conditions where only four golfers finished 72 holes under par, Yuan finished at 1 over and Smyth at 2 over.

Yuan has yet to win on any recognised tour, but he is building consistency in his Asian Tour appearances, including his fourth-place finish at the recent Philippine Open. This was his fourth top-ten finish in International Series events.

Smyth continues to build a good record on the Asian Tour having finished inside the top ten on their Order of Merit in each of the last three years. His only win in Asia came three years ago but he is regularly putting himself in contention and that second victory may well come sooner rather than later.

The tournament was won by American Ollie Schniederjans who held off a brilliant final round burst by Bryson DeChambeau,  Schniederjans winning by three.

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Queensland’s Proverbs wins playoff for first Australasian Tour title


Blake Proverbs on his way to victory today – image PGA of Australia

28-year-old Queenslander Blake Proverbs today won his first PGA Tour of Australasia event in seven years as a professional when he defeated 52-year-old Jason Norris after a three-hole playoff at the Webex Series Murray River event at Cobram Barooga on the Murray River.

Beginning the day three and four shots respectively behind the 54 hole leader, Jake McLeod, Proverbs was round in 64 on the par 71 layout while Norris had 63 to force the pair into a  playoff which Proverbs eventually won with a par at the third extra hole.

Prior to today’s win, Proverbs had recorded seven top-five finishes on the Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia, but the victory will not only add A$45,000 to his bank account but also move him to 14th on the Australasian Tour Order of Merit and open up the opportunity for further progress over the remaining weeks in the 2o24 / 2025 season.

For Norris, he narrowly missed adding a second win in two weeks for the over-fifty brigade on the PGA Tour of Australasia following the victory by Michael Wright a week ago.

His final round of 63 included two eagles, one from 60 feet on the 10th and his par at the 72nd hole after finding the heavy rough to the right of the fairway was full of merit as he needed to make the 15 footer to ensure he was still alive to join the playoff.

Norris has played well on the Australasian Legends Tour where he won the Australian Senior PGA Championship in 2024. The former winner of the Fiji International as a European Tour event along with several victories in lesser events on the secondary tour in Australia showed an impressive turnaround after missing three consecutive cuts.

17-year-old Thai golfer Colcheva Wongrass highlighted just what a future star she is likely to become by finishing just one shot out of the playoff in the mixed-gender event.

Already a two time winner on the Thai Women’s Tour and a professional since the age of 15, Wongrass gives every indication she will join the growing list of Thai female golfers now competing at the elite level in the women’s game.

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Cam Davis contends at AT&T Pebble Beach Pro Am


Cam Davis – file photo PGA of Australia

Seattle-based Sydney golfer, Cam Davis, has opened up the possibility of yet another great payday and perhaps another win on the PGA Tour, a second round of 68 at Spyglass Hill to go with his opening 65 at Pebble Beach Links leaving the 29 year old in a share of second place and three off the lead of Sepp Straka.

Playing his third event of the year, following to 20 finishes at the American Express and Sentry events earlier in January, Davis began his second round in the best possible fashion when he eagled the first hole when holing from just off the green at the par 5.

Four more birdies and a bogey had him just two from Straka’s lead but a dropped shot at the last has him entering the weekend three off the pace but very much in contention.

“Yeah, it was great to get off to a hot start with an eagle on the first, that kind of got me moving in the right direction very quickly,” said Davis.

“Honestly, played pretty well for most of the round. It was getting a little tricky to read the wind through the trees here. I think it’s a little more open down at Pebble, but out here it’s a little more swirly.

“A couple more missed greens and a couple loose tee shots, but we recovered well. The bogey on the last was a little annoying, but same time 4 under felt like a pretty solid day today.”

Davis is currently 52nd in the world ranking although he has a previous best of 38th and many feel he will reach much higher standing in the near future.

Tomorrow Davis and the rest of the field will focus their attention on Pebble Beach Links over the final 36 holes.

Jason Day added a round of 69 to be at 5 under par and in a share of 38th, Min Woo Lee is another shot back and Adam Scott is in 75th position at 1 over.

The leader Straka is chasing his second win in three weeks having led for most of the eay to win the American Express Championship in La Quinta in January.

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McLeod and Wongras lead Webex Series Murray River event

Jake McLeod – image PGA of Australia

Queensland’s Jake McLeod and Thailand’s women golfer Cholcheva Wongras have taken the halfway lead at the Webex Player Series Murray River event at the Cobram Barooga Old Course, the pair tied at 14 under and one ahead of 52-year-old Jason Norris in the mixed gender event.

McLeod, a player good enough to have won the NSW Open, finished 3rd at the Australian Open in 2018 and played the European Tour in previous years, has been showing glimpses of his capabilities again in recent weeks and today he added a second round of 63 to go with his opening 65 to share the lead with 17-year-old rising Thai star Wongras.

“It’s nice to be in contention again on the weekend for the third tournament in a row now,” said McLeod who led the Order of Merit in 2018.

“I’ve learned a fair bit over the last couple of tournaments as well, so hopefully I can capitalise on that and do a better job.”

Wongras, who despite her young age has now been a professional for two years, won twice and finished runner-up on two occasions in Thailand last year, a country that continues to produce world-class players of both genders, and is well and truly a contender heading into the weekend.

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Hannah Green starts season well in Florida

Hannah Green file photo 

The 2025 LPGA Tour began overnight with the staging of the US$2 million Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions at the Lake Nona Golf and Country Club in Orlando, Florida with Lydia Ko, Hannah Green and Minjee Lee the Australasians in the 32-player field.

The event is played in a pro-am format with 50 amateurs teaming with 32 professionals, all golfers to play 72 holes with no cut for either the professionals or amateurs.

After day one, Korean A Lim Kim has established a four shots break over fellow countrywoman Jin Young Ko and Thailands Patty Tavatanakit.

The leading Australasian after the opening round if Hannah Green whose round of 70 has her in a share of 4th place and although five shots from the lead of Kim she is just one shot out of second place.

Minjee Lee is in a share of 17th place at even par 72 while Lydia Ko is another shot back 1 over.

Green is coming off a three-win season but while the Olympic Gold was not one of those she sees the Olympics as he most enjoyable event in 2024.

“I think the Olympics is probably the coolest experience from last year even though I didn’t win that. Yes, it was nice to have three tournament wins, but the crowds we played in front of were probably the best I’ve ever played in front of. That was also fun, wearing green and gold aND having my team around me.

“2024 was such a good year. I felt like I somewhat flew under the radar a little bit. I’m looking forward to coming to some events and defending and hopefully not putting too much pressure on myself. I’m still hungry to get more trophies in my cabinet.

“Today was nice. I hit a couple of shots out there that weren’t great but I feel like that’s what happens when you take six, seven weeks without playing a proper competition.

“Yeah, been really nice to get back into competitive golf. I felt like I had a really nice off-season so nice to be back in the sunny Florida.”

World number one Nelly Korda opened with a round of one under par 71.

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Pebble Beach sees return of Scheffler and McIlroy


Pebble Beach Links – image USGA

With the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro Am now a Signature event on the PGA Tour, most of the tour’s leading players are on the Monterey Peninsula this week at one of the game’s most iconic venues to compete for their share of the US$20 million purse.

Four Australians, Adam Scott, Jason Day, Cam Davis, and Min Woo Lee, are among that group.

But with Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy, and Collin Morikawa returning to their first events of the season—Morikawa’s first since the opening event of the year at Kapalua—much interest will be focused on how their seasons start.

Scheffler is back after an injury to his hand in a kitchen incident at home, while McIlroy is here after an impressive Sunday surge to finish 4th in Dubai two weeks ago but just his second official world ranking event in nearly three months ago.

Scheffler has played this event just once when finishing 6th last year while McIlroy plays for the third occasion, missing the cut once and finishing 66th in the other.

Adam Scott has played the event on three previous occasions, including a best-of-20th last year after a slow start to the week.

Jason Day does enjoy a good record with eight top tens including a runner-up finish in 2018. Day was a disappointment last week at a venue where he had previous success after following an impressive week in the desert the week before.

Cam Davis has made four of five cuts in the event with a best of 14th four years ago. His strong final day at the American Express at his last start suggests he is playing well and could well feature in the finish this week.

Min Woo Lee has played the event for two missed cuts so his feeling for the layout and the pro-am format leaves a question mark.

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50 year old Michael Wright upstages youngsters to win Australasian Tour title

Michael Wright and caddy enjoy a special father/son occasion image PGA of Australia.

50-year-old Michael Wright, today turned back the clock with a playoff victory at the PGA Tour of Australasia’s Webex Series Victoria event at the Rosebud Country Club on the Mornington Peninsula.

It is the first time since Peter Senior’s win at the 2012 Australian Open that a golfer in their 50’s has won a PGA Tour of Australasia event.

Queenslander, Wright, the son of a professional, turns 51 in a month’s time but he has shown over the last twelve months, when earning the much sought after right to play on the PGA Tour Champions and now this victory, that he is playing some of the best golf of his career.

It is just the second PGA Tour of Australasia victory, 13 years after his first for Wright, although he was successful in several secondary (Von Nida Tour) events earlier.

13 months ago, he was one of only five players to gain access to the PGA Tour Champions. Although his season in the US was not perhaps quite what he had hoped for, he has retained sufficient status for multiple starts there again in 2025. Today’s win against significantly younger opposition will provide a great boost of confidence as he heads back to the US.

Wright survived a tense final-round battle against as many as five players, but it would be he and South Australian Jak Carter who finished one shot ahead of the field, requiring a playoff to identify the winner.

Wright would secure the trophy and the A$45,000 cheque when he parred the second hole after the consistent and ever-improving Carter double-bogeyed.

Queenslander Brad Kennedy and Victorian Andrew Martin shares 3rd place just one behind the playoff.

“It feels fantastic (to win) and to have my son (Noah) on the bag too made it even more special,” Wright told the PGA of Australia.

“This was one for the old boys. It’s pretty cool.

“Having played over on the Champions for a year now has given me a lot of experience,” he said referring to teeing it up against some of the game’s greatest names in the past 12 months.

“I’ve never been on a tour where I’ve played week in, week out. Playing on that tour, I played 23 events and it was like playing 23 Australian Opens.”

For Carter it was an agonising loss as it is the third time this season that he has lost a playoff but the 31 year old’s turn will surely come soon given the number of occasions he puts himself in contention.

Malaysian Ashley Lau was the leading woman in the mixed-gender event when she finished in a share of 7th.

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Australians prominent in opening event of Asian Tour season


Aaron Wilkin – file photo courtesy of PGA of Australia

The opening event of the 2025 Asian Tour has reached its halfway stage at the Manila Southwood Golf and Country Club in the Philippines, where several Australians have made good starts to their seasons.

Sadom Kaewkanjana leads the Smart Philippine Open at 9 under and three clear of Korean American Micah Shin but Queensland’s Aaron Wilkin is another shot back in a share of 3rd place, while Travis Smyth and Kevin Yuan are one shot further back in a share of 7th place and five from the lead.

The tournament is the first of 15 on the Asian Tour schedule in 2025, this week’s event followed by a US$2 million International Series event in New Delhi next week.

Wilkin, a former winner of the Queensland PGA Championship is in his second season on the Asian Tour after a year on the Development Tour, a runner-up in the Indonesian Open allowing him to retain his playing privileges for Asia this season.

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