Elvis Smylie

Potgieter in command at Sun City as Aussie Elvis fades

Potgieter in command at Sun City as Aussie Elvis fades

Rising South African star Aldrich Potgieter has a three-shot lead in Sun City while Australian Elvis Smylie's Nedbank Challenge hopes faded on moving day. 8 Dec 2024
Homa snares early lead in Sun City title defence

Homa snares early lead in Sun City title defence

Defending champion Max Homa has birdied his last two holes to shoot a six-under 66 and take a one-shot lead over South African Ockie Strydom after the first round of the Nedbank Golf Challenge. 6 Dec 2024
Herbert eyes Australian Open crown after hanging tough

Herbert eyes Australian Open crown after hanging tough

Unheralded American Ryggs Johnston has joined home hope and halfway frontrunner Lucas Herbert in the Australian Open lead after a wet and wild third round. 30 Nov 2024
Herbert nabs Aust Open lead as Smith also runs hot

Herbert nabs Aust Open lead as Smith also runs hot

In-form Lucas Herbert has snatched the Australian Open lead as smarting pre-tournament favourite Cameron Smith also ran hot in the first round. 28 Nov 2024
Cameron Smith slams organisers for set-up

Cameron Smith slams organisers for set-up

Cameron Smith has slammed organisers for their Australian Open course set-up, ruing how the famed Kingston Heath and Victoria sandbelt layouts have been reduced to American-style target golf. 27 Nov 2024
Elvis eyes elite company before Sun City swing

Elvis eyes elite company before Sun City swing

Rising star Elvis Smylie is looking to join an elite club who have completed the golden summer double before chasing a massive pay-day in South Africa. 26 Nov 2024
Cleary: Sky's the limit for Elvis but the tale of Jed Morgan is cautionary

Cleary: Sky's the limit for Elvis but the tale of Jed Morgan is cautionary

Elvis Smylie has won the 2024 PGA Championship in super-impressive fashion, holding off his "elders" Cam Smith and Marc Leishman over the closing holes at Royal Queensland. But a tale of another 22-year-old "Next Big Thing" is cautionary. 25 Nov 2024
All you can eat: Mexican menu fuels Smylie Euro ticket

All you can eat: Mexican menu fuels Smylie Euro ticket

Elvis Smylie can't eat enough burritos as the slender Australian golfing talent bulks up to complement the technical tweaks that have propelled him to the European tour. 25 Nov 2024
Elvis ousts Brisbane king Smith for clutch Aust PGA win

Elvis ousts Brisbane king Smith for clutch Aust PGA win

Elvis Smylie has held his nerve down the stretch to defy three-time winner Cameron Smith and claim the Australian PGA Championship at Royal Queensland. 24 Nov 2024
Smith rues blips as title drought continues

Smith rues blips as title drought continues

Cameron Smith will arrive in Melbourne with an itch to scratch after falling short in a final-round shootout for the second time in two weeks. 24 Nov 2024
Smith, Leishman duel but Elvis still in the building

Smith, Leishman duel but Elvis still in the building

Elvis Smylie has birdied his last hole to draw level with three-time champion Cameron Smith ahead of the final Australian PGA round in Brisbane. 23 Nov 2024
Day laments steady going but enjoys the Brisbane party

Day laments steady going but enjoys the Brisbane party

Jason Day will begin the final Australian PGA Championship round, his first home event in seven years, four shots back from leader Cameron Smith. 23 Nov 2024
Elvis may not be The King. But Next Big Thing? Look out

Elvis may not be The King. But Next Big Thing? Look out

Our man Matt Cleary set out to find a man in a yellow bucket hat. He came back with tales of the PGA Championship leader, Elvis Smylie. 21 Nov 2024
Elvis avoids the blues with breakthrough golf victory

Elvis avoids the blues with breakthrough golf victory

Elvis Smylie, son of former tennis star Liz, has scored his first professional golf victory, winning the Western Australia Open in a play-off. 20 Oct 2024
Smylie's tennis ties and Clayton dossier fuel Open tilt

Smylie's tennis ties and Clayton dossier fuel Open tilt

Elvis Smylie comes from a tennis family but says it was always golf that called ahead of his Open debut in a field including five other Australians. 18 Jul 2024
Let them cook: the six Aussie chances at Troon

Let them cook: the six Aussie chances at Troon

Australians have won more Open Championships than any other major title. Ten times our nation has supped from the Auld Claret Jug. And, starting Thursday, in the 152nd iteration of the oldest golf tournament in the world, there are another six men with a red hot shot. 17 Jul 2024
Smith to chase second British Open in champion company

Smith to chase second British Open in champion company

The six Australians contesting the British Open at Royal Troon have been handed their tee times, and some will be going out in the company of champions. 17 Jul 2024
Masters lessons have Aussie Stubbs 'at home' for Open

Masters lessons have Aussie Stubbs 'at home' for Open

Jasper Stubbs and Elvis Smylie will both make their Open debuts as two of six Australians in the field at Scotland's Royal Troon. 16 Jul 2024
Smylie's goosebump moment after Open qualification

Smylie's goosebump moment after Open qualification

And then there were six: Elvis Smylie will join five other Australians when he makes his major tournament debut at The Open Championship at Royal Troon. 3 Jul 2024
Lawrence gets fourth DP World Tour win Munich

Lawrence gets fourth DP World Tour win Munich

South Africa's Thriston Lawrence won his fourth DP World Tour title at the BMW International Open despite an erratic final round in Munich. 26 Jun 2023
Hole-in-one and another win for Power Horan at The National

Hole-in-one and another win for Power Horan at The National

Tom Power Horan capped the best year of his career with an ace and a victory in The National Tournament presented by BMW on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula on Sunday. 2 Apr 2023