Aussies on Tour: Peake resumes Asian Tour Order of Merit chase - PGA of Australia

Aussies on Tour: Peake resumes Asian Tour Order of Merit chase


The whirlwind that propelled Ryan Peake to The Open Championship has now abated and the West Australian can turn his attention to advancing his cause on the Asian Tour Order of Merit.

Peake tees it up for the first time since missing the cut at Royal Portrush at this week’s Mandiri Indonesia Open, one of 11 Australians in the field at Pondok Indah Golf Course.

Victory at the New Zealand Open in March not only gave Peake global exposure but secured playing rights on the Asian Tour due to the tournament being co-sanctioned with the Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia.

He has made just three starts since on the Asian Tour, his best result a tie for 33rd at the International Series Morocco in the lead-up to The Open and will tee off on Thursday afternoon seventh on the Asian Tour Order of Merit.

Another with Order of Merit aspirations is Minjee Lee.

Currently second on the LPGA Tour Race to CME Globe standings, Lee heads to the FM Championship in Massachusetts on the back of a runner-up finish at the CPKC Women’s Open and within reach of current No.1 Jeeno Thitikul.

Round 1 tee times AEST

LPGA Tour
FM Championship
TPC Boston, Norton, Massachusetts
9pm*               Cassie Porter
9:11pm             Fiona Xu (NZ)
9:22pm            Robyn Choi
9:22pm*          Hira Naveed
9:55pm            Stephanie Kyriacou
10:06pm          Grace Kim
10:06pm*         Minjee Lee
3:21am            Hannah Green
4:16am            Gabriela Ruffels

Recent champion: Haeran Ryu
Past Aussie winners: Nil
Prizemoney: $US4.1m
TV times: Live from 4:30am Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday on Kayo Sports and Foxtel.

DP World Tour
Omega European Masters
Crans-sur-Sierre GC, Crans Montana, Switzerland
5:10pm            Daniel Gale
8:20pm*          Harrison Endycott, Jason Scrivener
9:50pm*          Danny List

Recent champion: Matt Wallace
Past Aussie winners: Graham Marsh (1972), Brett Rumford (2007)
Prizemoney: $US3.25m
TV times: Live from 9pm Thursday, Friday; Live from 8pm Saturday, Sunday on Kayo Sports and Foxtel.

Asian Tour
Mandiri Indonesia Open
Pondok Indah Golf Course, Indonesia
9:50am*           Jed Morgan
10am               Lawry Flynn
10am*             Travis Smyth
11am*             Brett Rankin
11:10am*         Marcus Fraser
3pm                 Ryan Peake
3:10pm            Maverick Antcliff
3:10pm*          Jack Thompson
3:30pm            Kevin Yuan
3:30pm*          Todd Sinnott
3:40pm*          John Lyras

Recent champion: Steve Lewton
Past Aussie winners: Terry Gale (1984), Wayne Smith (1987), Craig Parry (1997), Nick Cullen (2012)
Prizemoney: $US500,000

HotelPlanner Tour
Dormy Open
Upsala Golf Club, Upsala, Sweden
3pm                 Sam Jones (NZ)
4:20pm            Hayden Hopewell

Recent champion: Joakim Lagergren
Past Aussie winners: Nil
Prizemoney: €300,000

Japan Golf Tour
Sansan KBC Augusta Golf Tournament
Keya Golf Club, Fukuoka
9:35am*           Michael Hendry (NZ)
1:15pm*          Brad Kennedy

Recent champion: Kazuma Jinichiro
Past Aussie winners: Graham Marsh (1976), Brian Jones (1977), Steve Conran (2004)
Prizemoney: ¥100m

Korea PGA Tour
Dong-A Membership Group Open
10:04am                      Won Joon Lee
1:10pm                        Changgi Lee (NZ)
1:43pm                        Junseok Lee
2:21pm                        Sungjin Yeo (NZ)

Recent champion: Lee Dong-min
Past Aussie winners: Nil
Prizemoney: KRW700m

PGA TOUR Americas
CRMC Championship
Craguns Legacy Course, Brainerd, Minnesota
10pm                           Tony Chen
11:20pm                      Grant Booth

Recent champion: Inaugural event
Past Aussie winners: Nil
Prizemoney: $US225,000

Legends Tour
Black Desert NI Legends
Galgorm, Ballymena, Northern Ireland
Australasians in the field: Scott Hend, Mark Brown (NZ), Michael Long (NZ), Stephen Leaney

Recent champion: Inaugural event
Past Aussie winners: Nil


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