Elvis Smylie held off former Open champion Cameron Smith down the again 9 to win the Australian PGA Championship in Brisbane on Sunday.
The 22-year-old Queenslander carded a four-under-par 67 to complete on 14 underneath for the event, which was decreased to 54 holes after heavy rain washed out play on Friday.
Australian Smith, a three-time winner of this occasion, posted a closing spherical of 69 to complete two photographs again on 12 underneath, with compatriots Marc Leishman (69) and Anthony Quayle (63) a shot additional again.
Smylie, 22, was one in every of two gamers to obtain the Cameron Smith Scholarship in 2019 and the pair shared the second-round lead heading into Sunday.
The world quantity 736, son of former four-time Grand Slam tennis doubles champion Liz Smylie, solely secured his first skilled win on the PGA Tour of Australasia final month.
However after carding 4 birdies to succeed in the flip with a three-shot lead, he held his nerve to make a number of par saves and keep forward of Smith, who birdied the fifteenth and holed out for an additional on the seventeenth.
“It is a dream come true,” Smylie mentioned. “I simply mentioned to Matt [Clayton, caddie] that I will not overlook at the present time, you recognize, enjoying with Cam and Leish there.
“I’ve seemed as much as these guys since I used to be a child and simply being of their presence and to compete in opposition to them for the title, I’ve realized a lot and [I’m] simply so grateful and so honoured proper now.
“My brief recreation was nice, I positively saved myself in that division. I used to be fairly common off the tee, however golf is a recreation of imperfection and at the moment that was an indication of that.”
Smylie added: “My mum and pa have been with me each step of the way in which. I noticed my mum within the nook there, tearing up earlier than I holed that final putt – so everybody who has been on this journey with me, they understand how arduous I’ve labored to be right here and hopefully that is simply the beginning of fine issues to return.”
