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Sunday 24 November 2024DP World TourYear in Review
Smylie wins BMW Australian PGA Championship
Royal Queensland Golf Club, Eagle Farm, Brisbane, Australia · Thursday 21 to Sunday 24 November 2024 · Elvis Smylie’s win no. 1 on the DP World Tour · purse A$2,000,000 AUD · BMW · shortened to 54 holes after torrential rain
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
13 h 33 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 84° up at noon, and that night a last-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R125°/19°C · wind 18 km/h SE, gusts 43 · 4.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R224°/19°C · wind 14 km/h SE, gusts 31 · 22.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R326°/18°C · wind 14 km/h ESE, gusts 36 · 1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R427°/17°C · wind 16 km/h E, gusts 35 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Cameron Smith AUS · 201level with Smylie entering the final day; three front-nine bogeys (two three-putts) and another at the 14th before a late charge left him two back Smylie beats 'idol' Cameron Smith to win Australian PGA Championship (AFP via Gulf News)
156 started · cut -2, 72 made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
DP World Tour event
BMW Australian PGA Championship
Royal Queensland Golf Club, Royal Queensland Golf Club, Eagle Farm, Brisbane, Australia
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Elvis Smylie
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
AFP via Gulf News
24 November 2024
As soon as I hit that bunker shot to three feet, I was like, yeah, that’s the winning shot,
AFP via Gulf News
24 November 2024
I won’t forget this day playing with Cam and Leish. They are guys I’ve grown up watching on TV and have idolised. It was just a dream come true.
AFP via Gulf News
24 November 2024
I think it would have been a different story if (I hadn’t) had three bogeys on the front nine and two of them were three-putts that followed very decent shots into those greens,
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elvis Smylie | 65 · 67 · 67 | 199 | −14 |
| 2 | Cameron Smith | 67 · 65 · 69 | 201 | −12 |
| T3 | Anthony Quayle | 68 · 71 · 63 | 202 | −11 |
| T3 | Marc Leishman | 67 · 66 · 69 | 202 | −11 |
| 5 | David Micheluzzi | 67 · 67 · 69 | 203 | −10 |
| T6 | Angel Ayora | 73 · 67 · 64 | 204 | −9 |
| T6 | Cam Davis | 69 · 67 · 68 | 204 | −9 |
| T8 | Nick Voke | 68 · 72 · 65 | 205 | −8 |
| T8 | Lukas Nemecz | 69 · 69 · 67 | 205 | −8 |
| T8 | John Parry | 68 · 70 · 67 | 205 | −8 |
| T8 | Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen | 68 · 69 · 68 | 205 | −8 |
| T8 | Harrison Crowe | 68 · 68 · 69 | 205 | −8 |
| T8 | Jason Day | 67 · 69 · 69 | 205 | −8 |
| T8 | Aldrich Potgieter | 67 · 67 · 71 | 205 | −8 |
The golfer
born 2002-04-23; AUS; turned pro 2021; age 22 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 0; world No. 736 that week (OWGR rankBefore for this event (736 -> 253) per OWGR player profile).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet