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Without the benefit of a full practice round as he rested a back issue, Australia’s Cameron Percy has grabbed the first-round lead at the US Senior PGA Championship at Congressional Country Club.
A 5-under-par 67 in Maryland gave Percy a one-shot margin over South Africa’s Keith Horne as he attempts to win his first over-50s major.
Percy revealed post-round that his physiotherapist had advised him to rest pre-tournament, restricting his preparation to a full course walk around Congressional with his caddie, and playing nine holes in the rain on Wednesday.
“On Sunday, it was so wet and I slipped on a rock and made a mess of myself,” the Victorian said.
“I’ve been in the physio Monday, Tuesday for a good hour, hour-and-a-half and then yesterday for another hour. I’m pretty sore right now.
“I didn’t have a practice round, so I was still trying to work out where to go on the course and that, so it was pretty tricky.
“In the weather we had today, I’m pretty happy with a 5-under. It was nasty out there for a while.”
Percy’s bogey-free round was highlighted by an eagle at the par-5 sixth, his 15th hole of the day, where his 4-iron approach finished inside a metre from the cup.
He then moved past Horne into the outright lead with a birdie at the par-4 eighth.
Percy admitted post-round it was the remarkable start by his playing partner, Denmark’s Soren Keldsen, that had helped him to his lead.
“I was really just trying to keep up with Soren. He started incredible,” Percy said.
“He started eagle-birdie-birdie, and could have birdied a few more holes.
“He sort of dragged me along to start with. He was playing so nicely, it definitely helped.”
The next best Australians are Stuart Appleby and Scott Hend, who are in a big group tied for seventh at 2-under-par.
Appleby, who had five birdies in his round, was 3-under before he dropped a shot at the closing hole, while Hend picked up four birdies mixed in with two bogeys on the back nine.
The Senior PGA Championship will be broadcast live on Fox Sports and Kayo, starting at 3am on Friday and Saturday and 5am Sunday and Monday.
Australasian scores
1 Cameron Percy 67
T7 Stuart Appleby 70
T7 Scott Hend 70
T24 Brendan Jones 71
T24 Richard Green 71
T24 Mark Hensby 71
T35 David Bransdon 72
T35 Rod Pampling 72
T35 Mick Smith 72
T48 Andre Stolz 73
T71 Michael Wright 75
T71 Steven Alker 75
T107 Michael Campbell 77
Photo: PGA of America
The 2025 Webex All Abilities Scholarship recipients have been announced, with four new scholars receiving funding to pursue their golf dreams.
Tom Ryan (full scholarship), Kane Leonard, George Vassiliadis and Lachlan Smith (development scholarships) are the four new golfers in this year’s intake, joining returning scholars Cameron Pollard, Natascha Tennent, Steven Alderson and Noah Schammer, who all continue to perform on both the national and international stage.
Full scholars receive funding to the value of $6000 each and the development scholars will receive a scholarship worth $3000 each.
In addition to funding for coaching and tournament support, scholarship holders will receive clothing and equipment support courtesy of Australian Golf partners adidas and Callaway, as well as technology support to continue to elevate their performances.
“With thanks to Webex it’s great to see some new players elevate their games and receive a scholarship,” said PGA of Australia Senior Manager – Coaching Programs, Nick Bielawski.
“The panel believes there is a good mix of current performers and future stars. The next 6-12 months will be exciting to see how they all develop.”
Ryan, who had a big summer of golf at home including winning the Webex Players Series All Abilities Murray River and Riversdale Cup, said the scholarship would help him fulfill his dream of playing internationally.
“It means a lot that we have the opportunity to access some of this funding thanks to Webex and the PGA of Australia,” Ryan, from the Eastwood Golf Club in Melbourne, said.
“It helps me develop my game onto the next stage. The goal is obviously to try and win the Australian All Abilities Championship, or win any major within the next 18 months, so this will help a long way to get to that point.
“I had one win, two second places and a third this past summer, so if I can try and translate that into a couple more wins, I’d be even more happy.”
Currently undertaking the PGA Membership Pathway Program at Sandy Links, Ryan is a busy man establishing his career in golf. The scholarship will also allow him to keep on top of his studies while competing at the same time.
Full list of 2025 scholars
Full Scholarship: Cameron Pollard, Natascha Tennent, Tom Ryan, Steven Alderson, Noah Schammer
Development Scholarship: Kane Leonard, George Vassiliadis, Lachlan Smith
Brisbane’s Michael Wright intends to lean on his relative youth to tame what shapes as a brutal test at the famed Congressional Country Club for this week’s Senior PGA Championship.
Wright is one of 11 Australians and two Kiwis in the field for the second senior major championship in as many weeks, Wright buoyed by shooting 11-under across the weekend to finish eighth at the Regions Tradition.
But while he went 66-67 the final two rounds in Alabama, Wright expects that the 7,152 yardage and lack of a first cut of rough will make any score under par for four rounds a competitive one.
Now in his second year on the PGA TOUR Champions, Wright believes that his length will be a particularly effective weapon this week.
“Someone told me it was playing 7,200 yards which is very strong when you’ve got the wind as well,” said the 51-year-old, who will have son Noah on the bag.
“There are some par 4s that are 480 yards and you play those into the wind and you are hitting some pretty strong clubs in.
“The second hole is brutal. It’s an uphill par 3, really hard to stop it on the green, but it’s not a standout because they’re all freaking tough.
“That’ll play into my hands a little bit. I feel young on this tour and I can hit it pretty long. Even if you put me on against the young guys, I don’t feel out of place.
“It’ll be a big advantage having a little bit of length there.”
A first-time visitor to the Masters last month, Wright was in awe of the grandeur of Congressional when he arrived on Monday.
Host to the US Open in 1964 (Ken Venturi), 1997 (Ernie Els) and 2011 (Rory McIlroy), Congressional has been consistently ranked among the top 100 golf courses in America, and Wright is understanding why.
“Walking in for the first time early this week, I’ve never seen anything like it, and I’ve been to quite a few golf courses now,” said Wright, who won Webex Players Series Victoria on the Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia in January.
“I was talking with Rob Labritz, who has played nine PGA Championships and hundreds of golf tournaments around the world, and he said he’s never seen anything as in good a condition as this.
“That’s saying something. I mean, I haven’t either. I went to Augusta a month ago and… it’s not Augusta, but oh man, it’s so nice. It’s just like nothing I’ve seen before.
“It’ll be a good challenge. And you have to think your way around it.
“A bit like Carnoustie in the Senior Open last year. That was a very mentally draining week because you have got to think about every shot.
“There’ll be a little bit of that going on this week.”
The strong Aussie presence in Maryland is replicated globally this week.
There are eight Australians playing the inaugural MEXICO Riviera Maya Open on the LPGA Tour, seven Aussies are playing the Kolon Korea Open co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour and Korean PGA Tour and there are five Australasians in the field on both the DP World Tour and Ladies European Tour.
Photo: Courtesy PGA of America
Round 1 tee times AEST
PGA TOUR
Charles Schwab Challenge
Colonial Country Club, Fort Worth, Texas
3:56am Cam Davis
3:56am* Karl Vilips
Past champion: Davis Riley
Past Aussie winners: Bruce Crampton (1965), Bruce Devlin (1966), Ian Baker-Finch (1989), Adam Scott (2014)
Prize money: $US9.5m
TV times: Live 3:40am-9am Friday, Saturday; Live 3am-8am Sunday, Monday on Fox Sports 503 and Kayo.
PGA TOUR Champions
Senior PGA Championship
Congressional Country Club, Bethesda, Maryland
9:27pm* Andre Stolz
9:38pm* Michael Campbell (NZ)
9:44pm Michael Wright
9:55pm Brendan Jones
11:01pm Richard Green
2:25am Mark Hensby
2:31am* Mick Smith
3:09am Stuart Appleby
3:20am Scott Hend
3:26am* Steven Alker (NZ)
4:21am* Rod Pampling
4:32am* Cameron Percy
4:37am David Bransdon
Past champion: Richard Bland
Past Aussie winners: Peter Thomson (1984)
Prize money: $US3.5m
TV times: Live 3am-6am Friday on Fox Sports 505; Live 3:15am-6am Saturday on Fox Sports 506; Live 5am-8am Sunday, Monday on Fox Sports 505 and Kayo.
LPGA Tour
MEXICO Riviera Maya Open at Mayakoba
El Camaleon Golf Course at Mayakoba, Playa del Carmen, Mexico
11:33pm Hira Naveed
4:22am* Sarah Kemp
4:44am Robyn Choi
4:55am Cassie Porter
5:06am* Gabriela Ruffels
5:28am Su Oh
5:39am* Sarah Jane Smith
6:01am Karis Davidson
Past champion: Inaugural event
Past Aussie winners: Nil
Prize money: $US2.5m
TV times: Live 1am-4am Friday on Fox Sports 506; Live 2am-4am Saturday on Fox Sports 505; Live 5am-8am Sunday on Fox Sports 507; Live 2am-5am Monday on Fox Sports 505 and Kayo.
DP World Tour
Soudal Open
Rinkven International GC, Antwerp, Belgium
3:50pm Kazuma Kobori (NZ)
3:50pm* Daniel Hillier (NZ)
4:40pm Daniel Gale
5:20pm* David Micheluzzi
9:10pm* Jason Scrivener
Past champion: Nacho Elvira
Past Aussie winners: Noel Ratcliffe (1978)
Prize money: $US2.75m
TV times: Live 9pm-2am Thursday, Friday; Live 9:30pm-2am Saturday; Live 9pm-2am Sunday on Fox Sports 505 and Kayo.
Asian Tour/Korean PGA Tour
Kolon Korea Open presented by ELORD
La Vie Est Belle (Dunes Cse), Korea
7:41am* Ryan Peake
9:20am Maverick Antcliff
12:30pm Kevin Yuan
12:41pm Danny Lee (NZ)
12:41pm* Aaron Wilkin
1:03pm Junseok Lee
1:14pm* Jed Morgan
1:25pm Travis Smyth
Past champion: Min-kyu Kim
Past Aussie winners: Junseok Lee (2021)
Prize money: KRW1.4b
TV times: Live 2pm-6pm Thursday, Friday, Saturday on Fox Sports 503; Live 2pm-6pm Sunday on Fox Sports 507 and Kayo.
Ladies European Tour
Jabra Ladies Open
Evian Resort Golf Club, France
4:33pm Wenyung Keh (NZ)
4:55pm* Momoka Kobori (NZ)
5:17pm* Kelsey Bennett
9:35pm Kirsten Rudgeley
10:30pm Maddison Hinson-Tolchard
Past champion: Morgane Metraux
Past Aussie winners: Nil
Prize money: €300,000
Korn Ferry Tour
Visit Knoxville Open
Holston Hills Country Club, Knoxville, Tennessee
8:45pm* Rhein Gibson
10pm* Harrison Endycott
3:40am Harry Hillier (NZ)
Past champion: Harry Higgs
Past Aussie winners: Kim Felton (2005), Jarrod Lyle (2008)
Prize money: $US1m
HotelPlanner Tour
Danish Golf Challenge
Bogense Golf Club, Bogense, Denmark
4:20pm Sam Jones (NZ)
4:20pm* Hayden Hopewell
Past champion: Andreas Halvorsen
Past Aussie winners: Nil
Prize money: €300,000
PGA Tour Americas
Inter Rapidisimo Golf Championship
Club El Rincón de Cajicá, Bogotá, Colombia
10:35pm* Charlie Hillier (NZ)
2:25am* Grant Booth
Past champion: Harry Hillier
Past Aussie winners: Nil
Prize money: $US225,000
LET Access Series
Allegria Stegersbach Ladies Open
Sudburgenland of the Allegria Golf Resort, Austria
4:41pm* Justice Bosio
4:33pm Kristalle Blum
9:45pm Stephanie Bunque
Past champion: Inaugural event
Past Aussie winners: Nil
Prize money: €50,000
Close to six million Australians volunteer their time within local communities across the country, helping to create stronger and healthier environments, and this National Volunteer Week we celebrate those who donate their time to golf.
Volunteers are the lifeblood of Australian Golf, with around 30,000 donating their time and skills to ensure that our sport can be enjoyed by the 3.8 million Australians who played golf in the past year.
More than 1600 volunteers helped deliver successful Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia and WPGA Tour of Australasia seasons this summer.
There were also more than 50 volunteers who assisted at professional and elite amateur events as Tournament Support Officials, helping with refereeing, registration, course set-up, and more.
With more than 30 professional events this past summer, volunteers were required across the country, and they answered the call at every stop.
Volunteers are the backbone of Australian Golf and the success and growth of our sport would not be possible without them.
Golf Australia, the PGA of Australia and the WPGA Tour of Australasia would like to say, “Three Cheers For Volunteers!”
2024 PGA Victoria High Performance Coach of the Year, Brandon Rave, details the ground work undertaken to make two-time Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia winner Brett Coletta a complete player.
When Brett and I started working together three years ago, he found it difficult to hit a draw due to his short backswing and restriction in his hips.
Brett was very successful hitting predominantly a fade but knew to take that next step he needed to be able to work the ball both ways when applicable.
To unlock Brett’s hips, we used force plates to examine how he was using the ground and what impact that had on his body position to hit certain shots.
During Brett’s backswing, we worked diligently on pushing into his right foot to ultimately create ground force reaction, pushing his right hip back. This dramatically lengthened his backswing range.
Slightly before he gets to the top of the swing, Brett redirects pressure towards the ball off the left foot and this facilitates explosiveness and range through his pelvis.
Don’t think ‘turn’ into the backswing. Instead, push into the right foot to facilitate range and then push forward into the ball of your left foot just prior to the top of your swing.
From there you can hit whatever shot you need.
Based at Metropolitan Golf Club, Brandon Rave was the 2023 and 2024 PGA Victoria Coach of the Year – High Performance. Players Brandon works with include Brett Coletta, James Marchesani, Nathan Page and No.1-ranked disabled golfer, Kipp Popert.
The PGA Legends Tour is proud to announce Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) Australia as its official charity partner
Since opening its first House in Australia in 1981, RMHC has provided vital support to families with ill or injured children.
In 2024 alone, RMHC supported more than 69,000 families across the country with accommodation and other essential services that ease the burden during some of life’s most difficult moments.
This partnership will see funds raised at PGA Legends Tour events go directly towards supporting families staying at Ronald McDonald Houses nationwide. Many of these families are in towns and cities featured on the PGA Legends Tour schedule, strengthening the local impact of this initiative.
The PGA Legends Tour players will donate a percentage of total prizemoney to RMHC and encourage its host venues to promote the charity and take donations on the day of events.
PGA Legends Tour co-ordinator Andy Rogers said the Tour and its members were delighted to welcome RMHC as its charity partner.
“It’s a privilege to team up with partner with RMHC Australia, a charity that plays a crucial role in the lives of so many Australian families,” he said.
“Our members are passionate about giving back, and this partnership allows us to make a real difference to families going through unimaginable challenges.
“As we travel the country, we constantly hear first-hand how RMHC has helped families stay together and close to their child’s healthcare needs. It’s a meaningful connection for us, and we’re proud to support their work through our events”
Barbara Ryan, CEO of RMHC Australia, welcomed the partnership and praised the PGA Legends Tour’s commitment
“We are thrilled to partner with the PGA Legends Tour,” she said. “Their support will directly help us continue to provide essential support to families during their most challenging times.
“Together, we can ensure that families can stay close to their children and focused on what matters most – their health and recovery.”
This partnership reflects a shared mission to improve health outcomes and support families across Australia, uniting sport and charity for a cause that touches thousands of lives each year.
Back-to-back weeks of senior major championships will see 12 Aussies and two Kiwis tee it up in the 2025 Senior PGA Championship at famed Congressional Country Club.
Host to the US Open in 1964, 1997 and 2011, Congressional was chosen by the PGA of America to host eight championships across two decades, the first being the 2022 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship won by In Gee Chun.
A week after Michael Wright’s eighth-place finish led the Aussie contingent at the Regions Tradition, Brendan Jones, Scott Hend, Andre Stolz and Wisconsin-based PGA Professional Mick Smith, who qualified for a second consecutive Senior PGA Championship by finishing tied for 13th at the 2024 Senior PGA Professional Championship.
A 15-time winner on the Japan Golf Tour and a PGA TOUR Champions rookie in 2025, this week represents a senior major championship debut for Jones.
He has made five starts on the Champions Tour this season to date, his best finish a tie for 19th at the Hoag Classic.
Battling injury and illness playing on the Asian Tour last year, Jones saw an opportunity to join the seniors circuit in the US that he hadn’t seriously contemplated previously.
“I was injured, I was sick, and then you get to 50 and go, well, this is too hard, going to some of these countries that I’m going to,” conceded Jones, who earned his Champions Tour card at Qualifying School late last year.
“The Japan Seniors is always a fallback for me, but I just thought now’s the time to do something that I probably didn’t see myself doing.
“It’s exciting again. Getting beat up by those young kids on tour, it’s not a lot of fun when you’ve been one of those guys beating up on the young kids.
“Back when I was playing my best golf, every tournament that I turned up to, I felt that I was going to be competitive and I just haven’t had that feeling the last year or so.
“I’m going to be playing with the guys that I watched on TV growing up, which is going to be pretty cool.”
As the reigning PGA Legends Tour Order of Merit winner, Andre Stolz
Details
Senior PGA Championship
Congressional Country Club, Bethesda, Maryland
Past champion: Richard Bland
Past Aussie winners: Peter Thomson (1984)
Prize money: $US3.5m
TV times: Live 3am-6am Friday on Fox Sports 505; Live 3:15am-6am Saturday on Fox Sports 506; Live 5am-8am Sunday, Monday on Fox Sports 505 and Kayo.
Australasians in the field
Steven Alker (NZ)
Previous appearances: 2 (2022-2023)
Best finish: 1st (2022)
Last start: T5 in 2023
PGA TOUR Champions wins: 9
Best finish in a senior major: Won, 2022 Senior PGA
Robert Allenby
Previous appearances: 1 (2022)
Best finish: MC (2022)
Last start: MC in 2022
PGA TOUR Champions wins: 0
Best finish in a senior major: 62nd, 2022 Regions Tradition
Stuart Appleby
Previous appearances: 3 (2022-2024)
Best finish: T14 (2024)
Last start: T14 in 2024
PGA TOUR Champions wins: 0
Best finish in a senior major: T3, 2022 Regions Tradition
David Bransdon
Previous appearances: 1 (2024)
Best finish: MC (2024)
Last start: MC in 2024
PGA TOUR Champions wins: 0
Best finish in a senior major: T38, 2025 Regions Tradition
Michael Campbell (NZ)
Previous appearances: 3 (2019, 2022-2023)
Best finish: T55 (2022)
Last start: MC in 2023
PGA TOUR Champions wins: 0
Best finish in a senior major: T41, 2023 Senior Open
Richard Green
Previous appearances: 3 (2022-2024)
Best finish: 2nd (2024)
Last start: 2nd in 2024
PGA TOUR Champions wins: 0
Best finish in a senior major: 2nd, 2024 Senior PGA and 2024 Senior Open
Scott Hend
Previous appearances: 1 (2024)
Best finish: T4 (2024)
Last start: T4 in 2024
PGA TOUR Champions wins: 0
Best finish in a senior major: T4, 2024 Senior PGA
Mark Hensby
Previous appearances: 3 (2022-2024)
Best finish: T8 (2022)
Last start: T67 in 2024
PGA TOUR Champions wins: 1
Best finish in a senior major: 3rd, 2022 US Senior Open
Brendan Jones
Previous appearances: 0
Best finish: N/A
Last start: N/A
PGA TOUR Champions wins: 0
Best finish in a senior major: First start
Rod Pampling
Previous appearances: 4 (2021-2024)
Best finish: T20 (2021)
Last start: MC in 2024
PGA TOUR Champions wins: 2
Best finish in a senior major: T3, 2022 Regions Tradition
Cameron Percy
Previous appearances: 1 (2024)
Best finish: T21 (2024)
Last start: T21 in 2024
PGA TOUR Champions wins: 0
Best finish in a senior major: T11, 2024 Kaulig Companies Championship
Mick Smith
Previous appearances: 1 (2024)
Best finish: T75 (2024)
Last start: T75 in 2024
PGA TOUR Champions wins: 0
Best finish in a senior major: T75, 2024 Senior PGA
Andre Stolz
Previous appearances: 1 (2023)
Best finish: MC (2023)
Last start: MC in 2023
PGA TOUR Champions wins: 0
Best finish in a senior major: MC, 2023 Senior PGA
Michael Wright
Previous appearances: 1 (2024)
Best finish: T17 (2024)
Last start: T17 in 2024
PGA TOUR Champions wins: 0
Best finish in a senior major: T7, 2024 Kaulig Companies Championship
We woke on Monday morning with a glimmer of hope that Adam Scott was going to turn back the clock and push for major No.2 only for Quail Hollow’s infamous ‘Green Mile’ to add the Masters champ to its lengthy list of casualties.
In a week that started with Cam Davis prominent in the PGA Championship in Charlotte, he and Scott had to ultimately settle for a share of 19th as Scottie Scheffler claimed major No.3.
Scott was just three strokes back when he made the turn in 2-under to be 6-under for the tournament but an untimely bogey on 14 and three dropped shots in his final two holes ended hopes of a top-10 finish.
With less than a week’s notice that he was in the field, Elvis Smylie squeezed every ounce of juice out of his second major championship, playing all four rounds for the first time in his career after making the cut on the number.
With no tournament to play it was a quiet week for our best women golfers, West Australian Maddison Hinson-Tolchard the only Aussie to play all three rounds of the Dutch Ladies Open on the Ladies European Tour.
10. Marc Leishman (Last week: 8)
The only member of Ripper GC with a LIV Golf individual win to his name the past two seasons. Next start is at LIV Golf Virginia, just three hours from his home in Virginia Beach.
9. Adam Scott (New)
Played his way into a share of second early in the back nine at the PGA Championship before succumbing to Quail Hollow’s treacherous ‘Green Mile’. Tied for 19th, Scott finished the week 13th in Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee and 15th in Strokes Gained: Putting.
8. Elvis Smylie (New)
Another important step forward for the Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit winner. Notified less than a week out that he had received a special exemption into the PGA Championship, Smylie showed great composure to make the cut in a major for the first time in his career.
7. Minjee Lee (7)
All eyes are on next week’s US Women’s Open at Erin Hills for the 2022 champion. Has five top-15 finishes from nine starts in 2025.
6. Jason Day (6)
Failed to make the weekend at the PGA Championship for just the second time since 2012. Tie for eighth at The Masters is one of three top-10s on the PGA TOUR this year.
5. Hannah Green (5)
In the midst of a two-week break to “knuckle down” and find the spark that can ignite her season. Has three top 10s from seven starts on the LPGA Tour this season.
4. Stephanie Kyriacou (4)
Has three top-six finishes in her past six starts, the most recent being a tie for fifth at the Mizuho Americas Open. Building nicely toward the US Women’s Open.
3. Karl Vilips (3)
All areas of Vilips’ game were put to the test at Quail Hollow as he made his first start in a major since turning professional. Took 66 putts across the first two rounds to miss the cut.
2. Min Woo Lee (2)
Fought bravely on the back nine in Round 2 but bogeys at 17 and 18 meant that Lee missed the cut by three at the PGA Championship. Taking the week off before returning to the Memorial next week.
1. Lucas Herbert (1)
Was likely a frustrated PGA Championship spectator on the back of his sixth career win at the International Series Japan on the Asian Tour. Was tied for eighth at International Series Macau and has three top-five finishes on LIV Golf this season.
The Australian Golf Power Rankings is a subjective list developed with input from members of the Australian Golf media team.
Brisbane’s Michael Wright made the most of a late call-up to record his second top-10 finish in a senior major at the Regions Tradition in Alabama.
Heavy rain that inundated Greystone Golf and Country Club on Sunday morning prevented the final round from reaching its conclusion, Angel Cabrera and Jerry Kelly tied for the lead at 18-under with three and four holes to play respectively.
Kiwi Steven Alker is within two shots of the lead with three holes still to complete, all 10 Aussies getting through 72 holes before play was suspended due to darkness.
Tied for seventh at the Kaulig Companies Championship last year, Wright played the weekend in 11-under par to sit in eighth position and guaranteed to finish as the lone Australian inside the top 10.
It is a performance made even more noteworthy given the 51-year-old was only added to the field when Scott Verplank withdrew from the tournament.
Inspired by a 7-under run on his final 11 holes on Saturday, Wright started with a birdie on Sunday and remained bogey-free the entire final round, making eagle at the par-5 13th for the second straight day to go with birdies at 11 and 15 in a round of 5-under 67.
Victorian Richard Green held the 36-hole lead after rounds of 63-68 but dropped from contention when he shot 3-over 75 on Saturday.
Leading the Legends Tour Order of Merit, Scott Hend was tied ninth at the OFX Irish Legends and Adam Scott and Cam Davis both finished tied 19th at the PGA Championship in Charlotte.
Seven strokes back of Scottie Scheffler through 54 holes, Scott was in a tie for second and just three off the lead early on the back nine but, like many, succumbed to Quail Hollow’s demanding closing stretch including a double-bogey on the 72nd hole.
Photo: Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images
Results
US PGA Championship
Quail Hollow Club, Charlotte, North Carolina
1 Scottie Scheffler 69-68-65-71—273 $US3.42m
T19 Cam Davis 66-74-70-72—282 $193,442
T19 Adam Scott 69-71-69-73—282 $193,442
T28 Ryan Fox (NZ) 67-71-72-73—283 $115,820
T72 Elvis Smylie 70-73-77-74—294 $23,655
MC Min Woo Lee 74-72—146
MC Jason Day 73-75—148
MC Cameron Smith 78-71—149
MC Karl Vilips 78-75—153
PGA TOUR Champions
Regions Tradition
Greystone G&CC, Birmingham, Alabama
To be completed Monday morning
8 Michael Wright 70-71-66-67—274
T15 Richard Green 63-68-75-71—277
T22 Mark Hensby 70-73-68-68—279
T27 Greg Chalmers 67-71-70-73—281
T36 Cameron Percy 70-69-73-70—282
T38 Stuart Appleby 72-71-69-71—283
T38 David Bransdon 69-71-72-71—283
T46 Steve Allan 73-68-73-71—285
T46 Rod Pampling 73-70-68-74—285
74 John Senden 76-75-75-84—310
Ladies European Tour
Dutch Ladies Open
Goyer Golf and Country Club, Eemnes, Netherlands
1 Mimi Rhodes 69-69-69—207 €49,500
T4 Momoka Kobori (NZ) 70-69-71—210 €11,550
T25 Amelia Garvey (NZ) 69-76-70—215 €3,545.14
T53 Maddison Hinson-Tolchard 77-67-75—219 €1,210
MC Kirsten Rudgeley 75-76—151
MC Wenyung Keh (NZ) 76-77—153
MC Kelsey Bennett 78-75—153
Korn Ferry Tour
AdventHealth Championship
Blue Hills Country Club, Kansas City, Missouri
1 S.H. Kim 66-65-66-71—268 $US180,000
T21 Rhein Gibson 69-73-68-70—280 $10,950
MC Harry Hillier (NZ) 73-78—151
Korea PGA Tour
SK Telecom Open
Pinks GC, Korea
1 Jaewoong Eom 66-69-67—202
MC Wonjoon Lee 71-71—142
MC Changgi Lee (NZ) 72-75—147
MC Junseok Lee 77-77—154
MC Sungjin Yeo (NZ) 76-78—154
Epson Tour
Copper Rock Championship
Copper Rock Golf Course, Hurricane, Utah
1 Gina Kim 69-65-69—203 $US37,500
MC Soo Jin Lee 80-74—154
Legends Tour
OFX Irish Legends
Mount Juliet Estate, Co Kilkenny, Ireland
1 James Kingston 66-72-66—204
T9 Scott Hend 67-69-72—208
T45 Michael Campbell (NZ) 75-74-71—220
T49 Michael Long (NZ) 75-75-72—222
Sunshine Tour
Kit Kat Cash & Carry Pro-Am
Irene Country Club, Centurion, South Africa
1 Luis Carrera 63-67-66-62—258
T31 Austin Bautista 69-69-69-71—278
His best major finish in six years slipped through Adam Scott’s fingers as American Scottie Scheffler survived a Sunday scare to claim the 107th PGA Championship at Quail Hollow.
The world No.1 seemed destined to convert a three-stroke lead into a third major championship triumph at the start of play, yet a front-nine struggle gave others a glimpse at causing a boil over.
Two-under on his round courtesy of birdies at four, seven and 10, Scott was briefly in a share of second and just three strokes off the lead as Scheffler played the front nine in 2-over to drop back to 9-under for the championship.
Tied with Spain’s Jon Rahm, Scheffler moved one clear again with birdie at the par-5 10th and then picked up shots at both 14 and 15 to apply a squeeze that crushed the hopes of Rahm and any other potential contenders, the five-stroke margin of victory testament to his toughness and pure will to win.
Scott’s hopes effectively ended with a bogey at the short par-4 14th.
In the right rough with his tee shot, the 44-year-old took a full swing with lob wedge but came up short in the greenside bunker, unable to get up-and-down to save par to drop back to 5-under.
He missed a birdie chance from 22 feet at the par-5 15th and then made bogey at the par-3 17th when his chip from the right of the green came up 18 feet short of the hole.
A blistered drive of 331 yards into the left fairway on 18 was squandered when Scott’s approach shot finished left of the hazard that runs along the left side, a miraculous chip from a downhill lie inside the penalty area a final piece of wizardry on his way to a double-bogey at the 72nd hole.
Those three dropped shots in two holes saw Scott fall to a tie for 19th with a round of 2-over 73 and level with fellow Australian Cam Davis (72) at 2-under.
Davis made three birdies in succession on the front nine as he made the turn 1-under, moving to 2-under on his round with birdie at the par-5 10th.
But after a birdie on 15, the infamous ‘Green Mile’ would hit Davis hard also, dropping shots at each of the final three holes to end the week at 2-under.
The week after a maiden PGA TOUR win, Kiwi Ryan Fox closed with a round of 2-over 73 to finish tied 28th as Elvis Smylie rounded out his first weekend at a major with a round of 3-over 74.
