While the accolades will rightly flow for Jason Day after his record setting US PGA win at Whistling Straits the performances of Cameron Smith and Matt Jones shouldn’t go unnoticed.

While the accolades will rightly flow for Jason Day after his record setting US PGA win at Whistling Straits the performances of Cameron Smith and Matt Jones shouldn’t go unnoticed.

It was a disappointing weekend for Jones after beginning the third round with a two shot lead but the experience will be invaluable as the35-year-old continues to mature as a player.

Few thrive the first time they find themselves under the pressure of being in the mix at a Major and aside from an ugly double bogey at the 17^th hole on Saturday, Jones had plenty to be proud of in round three.

Struggling with the driver for much of the day his scrambling held up well and when he next finds himself at the pointy end of a leader board the lessons learned will stand him in good stead.

Cameron Smith, too, impressed again in just his second Major appearance and first tournament since finishing fourth at the US Open in June.

It’s testament to Smith’s game that of the eight Australians who teed up at Whistling Straits he was one of only three to make the cut.

A first round 74 was the only low light in Smith’s week, the Queenslander playing his way into the top-10 at one point in the third round before an unfortunate double bogey at the 18^th saw him drop down the leader board.

The former Australian Amateur champion now has two top-25 finishes in just two Majors played and has stamped himself as a player to watch in coming years as he is almost certain to be a PGA TOUR member in 2016.

It was a disappointing week for several of the fancied Australians at Wisconsin, Adam Scott chief among them with two over par rounds.

Having been so consistent in the Majors in recent years there were high expectations for the 2013 Masters winner but nine bogies combined with two doubles and a triple were always going to be difficult to overcome.

Scott wasn’t the only Australian not at his best, a troublesome back in round one seeing Marc Leishman slump to a 79.

Despite hitting back with a 4-under-68 on Friday the Victorian missed the cut by one, a disappointing end to the 2015 Majors after his close call at St Andrews.

John Senden also missed the cut by one, a second round 76doing the damage after opening with a credible 71.

Steven Bowditch and Geoff Ogilvy both struggled from the outset, each shooting 74-75 to miss the weekend’s play by two shots.