The PGA TOUR and its affiliated Tours boasts a large roster of Australians as members. Here is the recap from this past week’s action and the Australians’ performances.
PGA Tour
Dell Technologies Championship
TPC Boston, Norton Massachusetts
Purse: $9,000,000 ($1,620,000 to winner)
Note: The Dell Technologies Championship is the second event of the FedExCup Playoffs where the top-100 players on the PGA TOUR Season FedExCup points list through THE NORTHERN TRUST qualified. The top-70 finishers advanced to the third Playoffs event—the BMW Championship
| Player | Result | Earnings | FedExCup
Standing |
Notes |
| Jason Day | CUT (+7) | — | 10 | ADVANCED
Easily moved on to the BMW Championship despite the missed cut. |
| Marc Leishman | T21 (-8) | $100,800 | 22 | ADVANCED
Moved up two spots in the FedExCup standings |
| Adam Scott | T49 (-3) | $21,500 | 48 | ADVANCED
Shot a final-round 66 at TPC Boston. Still easily advanced to the third Playoffs event. |
| Cameron Smith | 3 (-13) | $612,000 | 8 | ADVANCED
Jumped eight positions in the FedExCup standings with his second consecutive third-place finish. |
PGA Tour Champions
Boeing Classic
Shaw Charity Classic, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Purse: $2,350,000 ($352,000 to winner)
| Players | Result | Earnings | Notes |
| Steve Elkington | DNP | — | |
| Peter Lonard | DNP | — | |
| Greg Norman | DNP | — | |
| David McKenzie | T57 (+2) | $4,347 | Recovered nicely from an opening 77 with back-to-back rounds of 68-67 in Canada |
Web.com Tour
DAP Championship presented by NewBrick
Canterbury GC, Beachwood, Ohio
Purse: $1,000,000 ($180,000 to the winner)
Note: The top-25 players in the Regular Season money list earned their PGA TOUR cards for the 2018-19 season after the conclusion of play at this event. Players Nos. 26-100 on the money list qualifed for the Web.com Tour Finals, a set of four tournaments that feature these Web.com Tour players and PGA TOUR players Nos. 126-200 on the FedExCup standings—those who didn’t qualify for the FedExCup Playoffs. The top-25 money-winners in these four tournaments will earn their 2018-19 PGA TOUR cards.
| Player | Result | Earnings | Finals
Money List Position |
Notes |
| Stuart Appleby | CUT (+2) | — | N/A | Missed the cut for the eighth consecutive time. |
| Aaron Baddeley | T16 (-7) | $13,575 | 26 | Seven of his eight rounds in the finals have been sub-par. Is one spot outside the top 25 with two tournaments remaining |
| Cameron Davis | T16 (-7) | $13,575 | 6 | ALREADY SECURED 2018-19 PGA TOUR CARD
Dropped three spots on the Finals money list. Has been par or better in all eight of his Finals rounds. |
| Brett Drewitt | T47 (E) | $2,925 | T77 | Played on the weekend for the first time since June, missing seven consecutive cuts until last week. |
| Rhein Gibson | T59 (+3) | $2,600 | 62 | Made the cut outside Cleveland but still dropped four positions on the Finals money list. |
| Matt Jones | T2 (-11) | $24,000 | 4 | Posted his second top-10 in as many weeks, moving from 10th to fourth on the Finals money list. Seven of his last eight rounds have been under-par. |
| Curtis Luck | CUT (+5) | $33,900 | T14 | His missed cut dropped him nine positions on the Finals money list. |
| Cameron Percy | T25 (-5) | — | 46th | Recorded only his third top-25 of the Web.cm Tour campaign. |
| John Senden | CUT (+3) | — | N/A |
PGA Tour China
Suzhou Championship
Jinji Lake GC, Suzhou, China
Purse: $1,500,000 ($270,000 to the winner)
| Players | Result | Earnings | Notes |
| Sam Earl | CUT (+1) | — | |
| James Gibellini | DNP | — | |
| Corey Hale | DNP | — | |
| Deyen Lawson | CUT (+1) | — | |
| DJ Loypur | 60 (+7) | ¥3,900 | After missing four consecutive cuts, finally made a paycheck—matching his best performance of the year (60th at the Chengdu Championship). |
| David Lutterus | T38 (-4) | ¥6,615 | Continued his streak of consecutive cuts made in 2018, with No. 8. Going back to 2016, the last season before this one, his streak is at 13. |
| Bryden Macpherson | T26 (-6) | ¥10,881 | Recorded his fifth consecutive cut although the T26 was his worst finish of the campaign. |
| James Marchesani | T18 (-8) | ¥19,560 | Four sub-70 rounds led to his third top-20 of the season. |
| Peter Martin | DNP | — | |
| Max McCardle | T12 (-10) | ¥30,375 | Twelve of his last 15 rounds have been in the 60s, his finish in Suzhou his fourth top-15 of the campaign. |
| Michael Pearce | DNP | — | |
| Martyn Roberts | DNP | — | |
| Andrew Schonewille | T23 (-7) | ¥14,400 | Moved up 30 places on the Order of Merit (to No. 97) after his first made cut since May. Had previously missed six consecutive weekends. |
| Sean Underwood | T46 (-2) | ¥4,530 | Ended a streak of five missed cuts. Improved to No. 107 on the Order of Merit. |
| Christopher Wood | DNP | — | |
| Kevin Yuan | T26 (-6) | ¥10,881 | Posted four sub-par rounds in Suzhou to move up five spots on the Order of Merit, to No. 52. |
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