European Tour

Australian PGA Championship 2018

November 29 - December 02

RACV Royal Pines Resort, Queensland, Australia

A$1,500,000

November 29 - December 02

RACV Royal Pines Resort, Queensland, Australia

A$1,500,000

Round 3

Smith edges ahead Down Under

Round 1

Round 2

Round 4

Round 1

Round 2

Round 4

December 01, 2018

Defending champion Cameron Smith will take a three-shot lead into the final round of the Australian PGA Championship after posting a flawless round of 67 at RACV Royal Pines Resort.

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"The last year I've been playing some really good golf. Probably over the last three days has been some of the best golf I think I've played both mentally and pulling off the shots. I'm feeling really confident and looking forward to tomorrow."

The home favourite had been brilliant on day two as he recorded the lowest round of the week with a 65 and he continued that form on Saturday, going bogey-free to get to 14 under and lead the way from ISPS HANDA Melbourne World Cup of Golf team-mate Marc Leishman.

"I did a really good job today when I was out of position, just taking less risks and putting myself into the centre of the greens and taking a par. It's what you have to do around here."

The World Number 21 carded an impressive 69 to sit four shots clear of countryman Matthew Millar and 2017 champion Harold Varner III as the second event of the 2019 European Tour season looked to be developing into a two-horse race.

A victory for Smith would make him the first player to win this title in back-to-back years since Robert Allenby in 2000 and 2001, while Leishman is also looking for a second European Tour title but a first on the PGA Tour of Australasia.

"That's the best I've played all week and the worst score," said Leishman. "A couple of bad breaks and a few putts where I hit good putts and they didn't go in, which happens occasionally."

"I'm happy with the day. It puts me a few more back than I would like to be but it's going to be tough tomorrow. I hear the wind is going to get up so that gives me a bit more of a chance."

"It's important for me tomorrow to put a bit of pressure on him early and make him think about it and be there or thereabouts with a few holes to go, hopefully."

Home favourites Braden Becker, Ben Eccles and Matt Jager were eight shots off the lead, one clear of Jake McLeod - who currently leads the PGA of Australasia Order of Merit – and countrymen Nick Flanagan, Mathew Goggin and Dimitrios Papadatos, and South Korea's Jaewoong Eom.

Pos.	Player	Nat	To Par	R1	R2	R3	Total
1	Cameron Smith	AUS	-14	70	65	67	202
2	Marc Leishman	AUS	-11	68	68	69	205
T3	Harold Varner III	USA	-7	69	69	71	209
T3	Matthew Millar	AUS	-7	72	70	67	209
T5	Ben Eccles	AUS	-6	70	71	69	210
T5	Braden Becker	AUS	-6	70	73	67	210
T5	Matt Jager	AUS	-6	66	71	73	210
T8	Dimitrios Papadatos	AUS	-5	67	70	74	211
T8	Jae-Woong Eom	KOR	-5	67	74	70	211
T8	Jake McLeod	AUS	-5	66	70	75	211
T8	Mathew Goggin	AUS	-5	68	72	71	211
T8	Nick Flanagan	AUS	-5	69	73	69	211
T13	Aaron Cockerill	CAN	-4	72	69	71	212
T13	Andrew Johnston	ENG	-4	70	69	73	212
T13	David McKenzie	AUS	-4	73	69	70	212
T13	Matthew Stieger	AUS	-4	74	69	69	212
T13	Nick Taylor	CAN	-4	74	68	70	212
T13	Rhein Gibson	AUS	-4	72	70	70	212
T13	Troy Merritt	USA	-4	71	71	70	212
T20	Christopher Wood	AUS	-3	71	66	76	213
T20	Craig Ross	SCO	-3	71	72	70	213
T20	Daniel Fox	AUS	-3	73	69	71	213
T20	Daniel Gale	AUS	-3	70	74	69	213
T20	Darren Beck	AUS	-3	73	71	69	213
T20	Harrison Endycott	AUS	-3	70	72	71	213
T20	Peter Senior	AUS	-3	72	70	71	213
T20	Robert Allenby	AUS	-3	70	70	73	213
T20	Ryan Fox	NZL	-3	69	75	69	213
T20	Sam Brazel	AUS	-3	70	71	72	213
T20	Tim Stewart	AUS	-3	70	74	69	213
T20	Tom Murray	ENG	-3	69	73	71	213
T32	Alexander Knappe	GER	-2	70	74	70	214
T32	Anthony Quayle	AUS	-2	70	69	75	214
T32	Douglas Klein	AUS	-2	68	74	72	214
T32	James Morrison	ENG	-2	69	75	70	214
T32	Jarryd Felton	AUS	-2	69	73	72	214
T32	Jonathan Thomson	ENG	-2	72	71	71	214
T32	Rod Pampling	AUS	-2	74	69	71	214
T32	Ross McGowan	ENG	-2	71	73	70	214
T40	Gareth Paddison	NZL	-1	70	72	73	215
T40	Jason Scrivener	AUS	-1	68	73	74	215
T40	Oliver Farr	WAL	-1	71	69	75	215
T40	Sean Crocker	USA	-1	73	71	71	215
T40	Simon Hawkes	AUS	-1	70	73	72	215
T40	Terry Pilkadaris	AUS	-1	69	74	72	215
T40	Zach Murray	AUS	-1	70	74	71	215
T47	Alex Edge	AUS	Par	73	70	73	216
T47	Daan Huizing	NED	Par	73	69	74	216
T47	Damien Jordan	AUS	Par	69	73	74	216
T47	David Bransdon	AUS	Par	71	68	77	216
T47	Hugues Joannes	BEL	Par	72	72	72	216
T47	Jordan Zunic	AUS	Par	70	72	74	216
T47	Josh Geary	NZL	Par	72	71	73	216
T47	Renato Paratore	ITA	Par	73	70	73	216
T47	Ricardo Melo Gouveia	POR	Par	69	74	73	216
T56	Aaron Wilkin	AUS	1	73	69	75	217
T56	Gaganjeet Bhullar	IND	1	69	70	78	217
T56	Matthew Griffin	AUS	1	72	71	74	217
T56	Max McCardle	AUS	1	76	68	73	217
T60	Ashley Hall	AUS	2	70	74	74	218
T60	Austin Connelly	CAN	2	72	71	75	218
T60	Blake Proverbs	AUS	2	71	72	75	218
T60	Frazer Droop	AUS	2	73	69	76	218
T60	Jack Munro	AUS	2	73	71	74	218
T60	Michael Wright	AUS	2	72	70	76	218
T60	Ryan Evans	ENG	2	72	72	74	218
T67	Paul Hayden	AUS	4	72	67	81	220
T67	Steve Allan	AUS	4	70	73	77	220
T69	Mark Brown	NZL	6	71	73	78	222
T69	Peter Cooke	RSA	6	73	69	80	222
71	Jason Norris	AUS	9	70	74	81	225
CUT	Aaron Pike	AUS	1	72	73	-	145
CUT	Aaron Townsend	AUS	1	73	72	-	145
CUT	Adam Bland	AUS	1	70	75	-	145
CUT	Adam Burdett	AUS	1	73	72	-	145
CUT	Benjamin Clementson	AUS	1	75	70	-	145
CUT	Cameron John	AUS	1	70	75	-	145
CUT	Curtis Luck	AUS	1	69	76	-	145
CUT	Deyen Lawson	AUS	1	76	69	-	145
CUT	Gavin Green	MAS	1	71	74	-	145
CUT	Henric Sturehed	SWE	1	72	73	-	145
CUT	Jun-Seok Lee	KOR	1	73	72	-	145
CUT	Matthew Nixon	ENG	1	72	73	-	145
CUT	Nathan Green	AUS	1	73	72	-	145
CUT	Ruben Sondjaja	AUS	1	72	73	-	145
CUT	Steven Jeffress	AUS	1	69	76	-	145
CUT	Wade Ormsby	AUS	1	72	73	-	145
CUT	Adrian Otaegui	ESP	2	68	78	-	146
CUT	Aron Price	AUS	2	69	77	-	146
CUT	Brad Moules	FIJ	2	70	76	-	146
CUT	Carl Yuan	CHN	2	70	76	-	146
CUT	Dale Williamson	AUS	2	71	75	-	146
CUT	David Smail	NZL	2	75	71	-	146
CUT	Duncan Stewart	SCO	2	73	73	-	146
CUT	Geoff Ogilvy	AUS	2	73	73	-	146
CUT	James Nitties	AUS	2	74	72	-	146
CUT	Josh Younger	AUS	2	74	72	-	146
CUT	Kieran Muir	AUS	2	73	73	-	146
CUT	Min-Kyu Kim	KOR	2	72	74	-	146
CUT	Peter O'Malley	AUS	2	73	73	-	146
CUT	Richard Green	AUS	2	71	75	-	146
CUT	Ryan Lynch	AUS	2	73	73	-	146
CUT	Cameron Davis	AUS	3	75	72	-	147
CUT	Greg Chalmers	AUS	3	73	74	-	147
CUT	Jake Higginbottom	AUS	3	73	74	-	147
CUT	James Marchesani	AUS	3	74	73	-	147
CUT	Jordan Mullaney	AUS	3	77	70	-	147
CUT	Michael Hendry	NZL	3	74	73	-	147
CUT	Scott Laycock	AUS	3	73	74	-	147
CUT	Adam Blyth	AUS	4	70	78	-	148
CUT	Daniel Nisbet	AUS	4	75	73	-	148
CUT	Harry Ellis	ENG	4	74	74	-	148
CUT	Kieran Pratt	AUS	4	74	74	-	148
CUT	Mitchell A. Brown	AUS	4	73	75	-	148
CUT	Paul Maddy	ENG	4	70	78	-	148
CUT	Robert MacIntyre	SCO	4	74	74	-	148
CUT	Ryan Chisnall	NZL	4	70	78	-	148
CUT	Sam Lee	FIJ	4	73	75	-	148
CUT	Scott Hend	AUS	4	76	72	-	148
CUT	Taylor MacDonald	FIJ	4	71	77	-	148
CUT	Tim Hart	AUS	4	75	73	-	148
CUT	Zihao Chen	CHN	4	73	75	-	148
CUT	Anthony Marchesani	AUS	5	76	73	-	149
CUT	Daniel Gavins	ENG	5	73	76	-	149
CUT	David Boote	WAL	5	72	77	-	149
CUT	Ewen Ferguson	SCO	5	76	73	-	149
CUT	Jack Senior	ENG	5	71	78	-	149
CUT	Lucas Herbert	AUS	5	80	69	-	149
CUT	Nick Cullen	AUS	5	76	73	-	149
CUT	Rick Kulacz	AUS	5	75	74	-	149
CUT	John Senden	AUS	6	72	78	-	150
CUT	Matthew Lisk	AUS	6	75	75	-	150
CUT	Matthew Perry	AUS	6	77	73	-	150
CUT	Michael Hoey	NIR	6	78	72	-	150
CUT	Chris Duke	AUS	7	75	76	-	151
CUT	Cormac Sharvin	NIR	7	78	73	-	151
CUT	Daniel Pearce	NZL	7	74	77	-	151
CUT	Brett Rankin	AUS	8	75	77	-	152
CUT	Dale Brandt-Richards	AUS	8	76	76	-	152
CUT	David Cooke	USA	8	73	79	-	152
CUT	Jack Wilson	AUS	8	77	75	-	152
CUT	Marco Iten	SWE	8	74	78	-	152
CUT	Rory Bourke	AUS	8	74	78	-	152
CUT	Adam Stephens	AUS	9	77	76	-	153
CUT	Connor Syme	SCO	9	77	76	-	153
CUT	Marcus Fraser	AUS	9	80	73	-	153
CUT	Matthew Guyatt	AUS	9	76	77	-	153
CUT	Campbell Rawson	NZL	10	76	78	-	154
CUT	Cory Crawford	AUS	10	76	78	-	154
CUT	George Twyman	ENG	10	77	77	-	154
CUT	James Anstiss	NZL	10	76	78	-	154
CUT	Peter Wilson	ENG	10	74	80	-	154
CUT	Robin Dawson	IRL	11	80	75	-	155
CUT	Clement Berardo	FRA	13	80	77	-	157
CUT	Antonio Murdaca	AUS	24	84	84	-	168
RET	Troy Moses	AUS	Par	82	-	-	82

Pos.	Player	Nat	To Par	R3	Total
1	Cameron Smith	AUS	-14	67	202
2	Marc Leishman	AUS	-11	69	205
T3	Harold Varner III	USA	-7	71	209
T3	Matthew Millar	AUS	-7	67	209
T5	Ben Eccles	AUS	-6	69	210
T5	Braden Becker	AUS	-6	67	210
T5	Matt Jager	AUS	-6	73	210
T8	Dimitrios Papadatos	AUS	-5	74	211
T8	Jae-Woong Eom	KOR	-5	70	211
T8	Jake McLeod	AUS	-5	75	211
T8	Mathew Goggin	AUS	-5	71	211
T8	Nick Flanagan	AUS	-5	69	211
T13	Aaron Cockerill	CAN	-4	71	212
T13	Andrew Johnston	ENG	-4	73	212
T13	David McKenzie	AUS	-4	70	212
T13	Matthew Stieger	AUS	-4	69	212
T13	Nick Taylor	CAN	-4	70	212
T13	Rhein Gibson	AUS	-4	70	212
T13	Troy Merritt	USA	-4	70	212
T20	Christopher Wood	AUS	-3	76	213
T20	Craig Ross	SCO	-3	70	213
T20	Daniel Fox	AUS	-3	71	213
T20	Daniel Gale	AUS	-3	69	213
T20	Darren Beck	AUS	-3	69	213
T20	Harrison Endycott	AUS	-3	71	213
T20	Peter Senior	AUS	-3	71	213
T20	Robert Allenby	AUS	-3	73	213
T20	Ryan Fox	NZL	-3	69	213
T20	Sam Brazel	AUS	-3	72	213
T20	Tim Stewart	AUS	-3	69	213
T20	Tom Murray	ENG	-3	71	213
T32	Alexander Knappe	GER	-2	70	214
T32	Anthony Quayle	AUS	-2	75	214
T32	Douglas Klein	AUS	-2	72	214
T32	James Morrison	ENG	-2	70	214
T32	Jarryd Felton	AUS	-2	72	214
T32	Jonathan Thomson	ENG	-2	71	214
T32	Rod Pampling	AUS	-2	71	214
T32	Ross McGowan	ENG	-2	70	214
T40	Gareth Paddison	NZL	-1	73	215
T40	Jason Scrivener	AUS	-1	74	215
T40	Oliver Farr	WAL	-1	75	215
T40	Sean Crocker	USA	-1	71	215
T40	Simon Hawkes	AUS	-1	72	215
T40	Terry Pilkadaris	AUS	-1	72	215
T40	Zach Murray	AUS	-1	71	215
T47	Alex Edge	AUS	Par	73	216
T47	Daan Huizing	NED	Par	74	216
T47	Damien Jordan	AUS	Par	74	216
T47	David Bransdon	AUS	Par	77	216
T47	Hugues Joannes	BEL	Par	72	216
T47	Jordan Zunic	AUS	Par	74	216
T47	Josh Geary	NZL	Par	73	216
T47	Renato Paratore	ITA	Par	73	216
T47	Ricardo Melo Gouveia	POR	Par	73	216
T56	Aaron Wilkin	AUS	1	75	217
T56	Gaganjeet Bhullar	IND	1	78	217
T56	Matthew Griffin	AUS	1	74	217
T56	Max McCardle	AUS	1	73	217
T60	Ashley Hall	AUS	2	74	218
T60	Austin Connelly	CAN	2	75	218
T60	Blake Proverbs	AUS	2	75	218
T60	Frazer Droop	AUS	2	76	218
T60	Jack Munro	AUS	2	74	218
T60	Michael Wright	AUS	2	76	218
T60	Ryan Evans	ENG	2	74	218
T67	Paul Hayden	AUS	4	81	220
T67	Steve Allan	AUS	4	77	220
T69	Mark Brown	NZL	6	78	222
T69	Peter Cooke	RSA	6	80	222
71	Jason Norris	AUS	9	81	225
CUT	Aaron Pike	AUS	1	-	145
CUT	Aaron Townsend	AUS	1	-	145
CUT	Adam Bland	AUS	1	-	145
CUT	Adam Burdett	AUS	1	-	145
CUT	Benjamin Clementson	AUS	1	-	145
CUT	Cameron John	AUS	1	-	145
CUT	Curtis Luck	AUS	1	-	145
CUT	Deyen Lawson	AUS	1	-	145
CUT	Gavin Green	MAS	1	-	145
CUT	Henric Sturehed	SWE	1	-	145
CUT	Jun-Seok Lee	KOR	1	-	145
CUT	Matthew Nixon	ENG	1	-	145
CUT	Nathan Green	AUS	1	-	145
CUT	Ruben Sondjaja	AUS	1	-	145
CUT	Steven Jeffress	AUS	1	-	145
CUT	Wade Ormsby	AUS	1	-	145
CUT	Adrian Otaegui	ESP	2	-	146
CUT	Aron Price	AUS	2	-	146
CUT	Brad Moules	FIJ	2	-	146
CUT	Carl Yuan	CHN	2	-	146
CUT	Dale Williamson	AUS	2	-	146
CUT	David Smail	NZL	2	-	146
CUT	Duncan Stewart	SCO	2	-	146
CUT	Geoff Ogilvy	AUS	2	-	146
CUT	James Nitties	AUS	2	-	146
CUT	Josh Younger	AUS	2	-	146
CUT	Kieran Muir	AUS	2	-	146
CUT	Min-Kyu Kim	KOR	2	-	146
CUT	Peter O'Malley	AUS	2	-	146
CUT	Richard Green	AUS	2	-	146
CUT	Ryan Lynch	AUS	2	-	146
CUT	Cameron Davis	AUS	3	-	147
CUT	Greg Chalmers	AUS	3	-	147
CUT	Jake Higginbottom	AUS	3	-	147
CUT	James Marchesani	AUS	3	-	147
CUT	Jordan Mullaney	AUS	3	-	147
CUT	Michael Hendry	NZL	3	-	147
CUT	Scott Laycock	AUS	3	-	147
CUT	Adam Blyth	AUS	4	-	148
CUT	Daniel Nisbet	AUS	4	-	148
CUT	Harry Ellis	ENG	4	-	148
CUT	Kieran Pratt	AUS	4	-	148
CUT	Mitchell A. Brown	AUS	4	-	148
CUT	Paul Maddy	ENG	4	-	148
CUT	Robert MacIntyre	SCO	4	-	148
CUT	Ryan Chisnall	NZL	4	-	148
CUT	Sam Lee	FIJ	4	-	148
CUT	Scott Hend	AUS	4	-	148
CUT	Taylor MacDonald	FIJ	4	-	148
CUT	Tim Hart	AUS	4	-	148
CUT	Zihao Chen	CHN	4	-	148
CUT	Anthony Marchesani	AUS	5	-	149
CUT	Daniel Gavins	ENG	5	-	149
CUT	David Boote	WAL	5	-	149
CUT	Ewen Ferguson	SCO	5	-	149
CUT	Jack Senior	ENG	5	-	149
CUT	Lucas Herbert	AUS	5	-	149
CUT	Nick Cullen	AUS	5	-	149
CUT	Rick Kulacz	AUS	5	-	149
CUT	John Senden	AUS	6	-	150
CUT	Matthew Lisk	AUS	6	-	150
CUT	Matthew Perry	AUS	6	-	150
CUT	Michael Hoey	NIR	6	-	150
CUT	Chris Duke	AUS	7	-	151
CUT	Cormac Sharvin	NIR	7	-	151
CUT	Daniel Pearce	NZL	7	-	151
CUT	Brett Rankin	AUS	8	-	152
CUT	Dale Brandt-Richards	AUS	8	-	152
CUT	David Cooke	USA	8	-	152
CUT	Jack Wilson	AUS	8	-	152
CUT	Marco Iten	SWE	8	-	152
CUT	Rory Bourke	AUS	8	-	152
CUT	Adam Stephens	AUS	9	-	153
CUT	Connor Syme	SCO	9	-	153
CUT	Marcus Fraser	AUS	9	-	153
CUT	Matthew Guyatt	AUS	9	-	153
CUT	Campbell Rawson	NZL	10	-	154
CUT	Cory Crawford	AUS	10	-	154
CUT	George Twyman	ENG	10	-	154
CUT	James Anstiss	NZL	10	-	154
CUT	Peter Wilson	ENG	10	-	154
CUT	Robin Dawson	IRL	11	-	155
CUT	Clement Berardo	FRA	13	-	157
CUT	Antonio Murdaca	AUS	24	-	168
RET	Troy Moses	AUS	Par	-	82

Australian PGA Championship 2018 - Round 3

Australian PGA Championship 2018

November 29 - December 02

RACV Royal Pines Resort, Queensland, Australia

A$1,500,000

November 29 - December 02

RACV Royal Pines Resort, Queensland, Australia

A$1,500,000

Round 3

Smith edges ahead Down Under

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Round 1

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