{"id":1254646,"date":"2024-11-23T11:48:45","date_gmt":"2024-11-23T11:48:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/?p=1254646"},"modified":"2024-11-23T11:48:45","modified_gmt":"2024-11-23T11:48:45","slug":"bmw-australian-pga-championship-2024-r2-elvis-smylie-retains-share-of-the-lead-alongside-sam-smith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/bmw-australian-pga-championship-2024-r2-elvis-smylie-retains-share-of-the-lead-alongside-sam-smith\/","title":{"rendered":"Elvis Smylie retains share of the lead alongside Sam Smith"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cam Smith started his round with back-to-back birdies and signed for a 6-under 65 to take a share of the lead at 10-under at the <a href=\"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/bmw-australian-pga-championship-reduced-to-54-holes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reduced<\/a> BMW Australian PGA Championship.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Started really solid and kind of kept it going the whole way through,&#8221; said Smith. &#8220;Maybe a few kind of errant shots there at the end, but you kind of expect that throughout round of golf. So yeah, pretty solid, all in all.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;d like to think this is my home event. This tournament&#8217;s always been really nice to me and it&#8217;s always really nice to be in contention here.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Round 2 Highlights | 2025 BMW Australian PGA Championship\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lJyuLOttFvw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Elvis Smylie who held the lead after the first round started the second with a bogey and closed with a 67 to retain a share of the lead ahead of the final day.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I finished really strong,&#8221; said Smylie. &#8220;Birdie at 16 and then managed a really good two-putt on 17 from a tricky position. And then, had really nice wedge shot into the last and made a nice five footer for birdie.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think I saw I\u2019m tied for lead, which is good. So I&#8217;m obviously in a good position heading into tomorrow.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Marc Leishman lies in solo third place at 9-under after carding a 66.<\/p>\n<p>In fourth place at 8-under are David Micheluzzi and the only non-Australian in the top-5, South African Aldrich Potgieter, both of whom carded 67s.<\/p>\n<div id=\"content_link_1254637\" class=\"ct-div-block content-link_wrap\"><a class=\"ct-link content-link_image-wrap\" href=\"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/rsm-classic-2024-r2-rookie-patrick-fishburn-takes-1-shot-lead\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/open2011_royal-st-georges_thumb-2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"content-link_image wp-post-image\" alt=\"RSM Classic\" srcset=\"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/open2011_royal-st-georges_thumb-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/open2011_royal-st-georges_thumb-2-250x250.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><div class=\"ct-div-block content-link_content\"><a class=\"ct-link\" href=\"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/rsm-classic-2024-r2-rookie-patrick-fishburn-takes-1-shot-lead\/\"><h5 class=\"ct-headline content-link_title\"><strong>Related:<\/strong> Rookie Patrick Fishburn takes 1-shot lead in Georgia<\/h5><\/a><div class=\"ct-text-block content-link_text\">The RSM Classic R2<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p>For the latest <a href=\"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> in the golfing world, follow us on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GolfTodayUK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/x.com\/GolfTodayUK&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1718123050082000&amp;usg=AOvVaw21kBF4AVkP1f9mDUOnAp4_\"><strong>X<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BMW Australian PGA Championship R2<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":264060,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":11,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,29],"tags":[10147,103,98,10148,9834,6151,9016],"class_list":["post-1254646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dp-world-tour","category-the_tours","tag-bmw-australian-pga-championship","tag-cameron-smith","tag-dp-world-tour","tag-elvis-smylie","tag-royal-queensland-gc","tag-tournament-reduced","tag-weather-affected"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.1 (Yoast SEO v24.1) - 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