Here is the recap from this past week’s action and the Australians’ performances.
PGA TOUR
Travelers Championship
TPC River Highlands, Cromwell, Connecticut
Purse: $7,200,000 ($1,296,000 to the winner)
Player | Result | Earnings | FedExCup
Standing |
Notes |
Stuart Appleby | DNP | — | 231 | |
Aaron Baddeley | CUT (+2) | — | 83 | |
Greg Chalmers | DNP | — | — | |
Cameron Davis | T43 (-3) | $21,924 | 162 | Made the cut for the second time in his last eight starts. Missed five consecutive cuts from late-March to early May, prior to finishing T35 at the AT&T Byron Nelson. |
Jason Day | T8 (-10) | $194,400 | 32 | Recorded his best performance at TPC River Highlands in his fifth appearance at this event. Notched his third top-25 at the Travelers, following a T18 (2014) and a T12 (2018). |
Matt Jones | T71 (E) | $13,824 | 102 | |
Marc Leishman | T21 (-6) | $65,760 | 13 | Made his ninth start at this event and recorded his fifth top-25. Picked up his first TOUR win in Cromwell with a victory in 2012. Has missed only one cut at TPC River Highlands (2018). |
Curtis Luck | CUT (-1) | — | 155 | Failed to advance to the weekend in three of his last four starts on TOUR, following missed cuts at the Wells Fargo Championship and the RBC Canadian Open. Missed the cut by a stroke in his Travelers Championship debut. |
Geoff Ogilvy | DNP | — | — | |
Rod Pampling | CUT (E) | — | 221 | Missed the cut for the sixth time in his 12th appearance. His best finish at this event is a T11 in 2003. |
Adam Scott | DNP | — | 16 | |
John Senden | DNP | — | 224 | |
Cameron Smith | CUT (+3) | — | 84 |
PGA TOUR CHAMPIONS
American Family Insurance Championship
University Ridge Golf Club, Madison, Wisconsin
Purse: $2,000,000 ($300,000 to the winner)
Player | Result | Earnings | Charles Schwab Cup Standing | Notes |
Stephen Leaney | T8 (-11) | $55,000 | 56 | Recorded his best finish of the season, carding three under-par rounds for the first time in his PGA TOUR Champions career. Notched his highest paycheck of the season ($55,000) and jumping eight spots, to No. 56, on the Charles Schwab Cup standings. |
David McKenzie | T35 (-4) | $11,085 | 52 | Made his second consecutive start at this event, following a T28 in 2018. |
KORN FERRY TOUR
Wichita Open Supporting Wichita’s Youth
Crestview Country Club, Wichita, Kansas
Purse: $625,000 ($112,500 to the winner)
Player | Result | Earnings | Regular Season
Standing |
Notes |
Jamie Arnold | T51 (-5) | $1,743 | 58 | Snapped a two consecutive missed cut streak after failing to make the cut at the BMW Charity Pro-Am and the Lincoln Land Championship. |
Brett Coletta | CUT (+1) | — | 57 | Missed his fifth consecutive cut on the Korn Ferry Tour. |
Brett Drewitt | CUT (E) | — | 90 | |
Rhein Gibson | T14 (-11) | $9,687 | 6 | Notched his fifth top-15 finish of the season and improved one spot to No. 6 on the Regular Season standings. With his PGA TOUR card already locked up, Gibson is fighting for the coveted No. 1 position on The 25, which awards a fully exempt position for the upcoming TOUR season, including a spot into the 2020 PLAYERS Championship. |
Cameron Percy | DNP | — | 33 | |
Travis Smyth | DNP | — | 212 |
MACKENZIE TOUR
Lethbridge Paradise Canyon Open
Paradise Canyon Golf Resort, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
Purse: CAN $200,000 ($36,000 to the winner)
Player | Result | Earnings | Order of Merit
Standing |
Notes |
Ruben Sondjaja | CUT (-3) | — | 129 | After opening the season with a T51 at the Canada Life Open, has yet to advance to the weekend, missing three consecutive cuts. |
PGA TOUR CHINA
Huangshan Championship
Hidden Tiger Golf Club, Huangshan, Anhui, China
Purse: ¥1,600,000 / ¥288,000
Note: The tournament was reduced to 54 holes due to bad weather
Player | Result | Earnings | Order of Merit
Standing |
Notes |
Charlie Dann | DNS | — | 48 | Withdrew before the tournament due to a back injury. |
James Grierson | CUT (+13) | — | 140 | |
James Marchesani | T19 (-2) | ¥21,600 | 36 | Following a missed cut at the Suzhou Open, notched his second top-25 of the season. Finished solo-fifth earlier this season (Haikou Championship). |
Bryden Macpherson | T63 (+7) | ¥4,680 | 58 | |
Tim Stewart | CUT (+8) | — | 61 | |
Hayden Webb | CUT (+6) | — | — | |
Aaron Wilkin | CUT (+8) | — | 103 | |
Christopher Wood | CUT (+10) | — | 29 | Missed the cut for the second time in his eighth start of the season. Carded his highest 36-hole total of the year. |
Kevin Yuan | CUT (+10) | — | 44 |