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
Sanderson Farms Championship
CC of Jackson, Jackson, Mississippi
Purse: $4,400,000 ($792,000 to winner)
Next Tournament: Shriners Hospitals for Children Open
(Las Vegas, Nevada, November 1-4)
|
Player |
Result | Earnings | FedExCup
Standing |
Notes |
| Stuart Appleby | T68 (E) | $8,932 | 173 | Made his first start of the 2018-19 PGA TOUR season and his sixth appearance at the Sanderson Farms Championship. His best finish at this event came in 2012, where he T31 at Annandale Golf Club in Madison. |
| Aaron Baddeley | CUT (E) | — | 36 | Has finished inside the top 25 twice at this event in five overall starts (T4 in 2016 and T17 in 2005) |
| Greg Chalmers | DNP | — | — | |
| Cameron Davis | CUT (+1) | — | 82 | Following a T17 finish to start his 2018-19 rookie season on the PGA TOUR, missed the cut in Jackson, with rounds of 73-72. |
| Matt Jones | DNP | — | — | |
| Marc Leishman | DNP | — | — | |
| Curtis Luck | T50 (-4) | $10,714 | 158 | Made the cut for the ninth time in 15 career PGA TOUR starts. |
| Geoff Ogilvy | DNP | — | — | |
| Rod Pampling | DNP | — | 138 | |
| John Senden | DNP | — | 184 |
*Non-PGA TOUR member
World Golf Championships-HSBC Championship
Sheshan International GC, Shanghai, China
Purse: $10,000,000 ($792,000 to winner)
|
Player |
Result | Earnings | FedExCup
Standing |
Notes |
| Adam Bland* | T54 (+10) | $50,312 | — | Made his first appearance at the WGC-HSBC Champions. Finished second on the 2017 PGA Tour of Australia Order of Merit to enter the field. |
| Greg Chalmers | DNP | — | — | |
| Jason Day | T11 (-4) | $152,333 | 16 | Earned his second consecutive top-25 finish of the 2018-19 season, following a T5 at THE CJ CUP @ NINE BRIDGES. In his second start at this event, matched his record in 2018, where he also T11. |
| Matt Jones | DNP | — | — | |
| Marc Leishman | DNP | — | 3 | |
| Jason Norris* | T50 (+9) | $55,000 | — | Made his PGA TOUR debut in Shanghai. |
| Geoff Ogilvy | DNP | — | — | |
| Rod Pampling | DNP | — | 138 | |
| Brett Rumford* | 75 (+21) | $44,500 | — | Made his second appearance at the WGC-HSBC Champions and improved one spot, to 75th, from 2014. |
| Adam Scott | T18 (-1) | $103,500 | 27 | In his fifth career start at the tournament, recorded his third top-25 finish (T12 in 2015 and T14 in 2017. |
| Jason Scrivener* | T54 (+10) | $50,312 | — | |
| John Senden | DNP | — | 184 | |
| Cameron Smith | T54 (+10) | $50,312 | 25 | Following two consecutive top-25 finishes to open the 2018-19 TOUR season, struggled in Shanghai, closing with a 6-over 78. Earned his best finish at this event in two overall starts. Finished T64 in 2016. |
*Non-PGA TOUR member
PGA Tour Champions
Invesco QQQ Championship
Sherwood CC, Thousand Oaks, California
Purse: $2,000,000 ($305,000 to the winner)
Next Tournament: Charles Schwab Cup Championship
(Phoenix, Arizona, November 8-11)
| Players | Result | Earnings | Notes |
| Steve Elkington | DNP | — | |
| Peter Lonard | DNP | — | |
| David McKenzie | T3 (-8) | $119,600 | Earned his third career third-place finish in 30 overall PGA TOUR Champions starts. Finished T3 at the 2017 Pacific Links Bear Mountain Championship and earlier this season at the Rapiscan Systems Classic. |
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