It was an exciting weekend for Australian golf fans, with all eyes on Asia as the world's best took their talents around the globe.
Adam Scott returned to the Japan Open for the second straight year and put in a brilliant showing, cracking the top five alongside Japan Tour regulars Brad Kennedy and Brendan Jones.
Right in behind that quartet was South Australia's Jack Thompson who finished equal-low amateur in a share of 29th as his stocks continue to rise.
In France, Victoria's Lucas Herbert all but locked himself in for a return to the European Tour in 2020 with a strong T14 result at the French Open.
But our #AussieOfTheWeek came from Korea, where Queensland's Cam Smith found himself locked in a tense battle in Sunday's final group with Justin Thomas and Danny Lee.
Smith started the day three shots back and couldn't reel in the leaders, but a gutsy birdie-birdie-eagle finish helped him to a share of third on the standings, a healthy pay cheque and our #AussieOfTheWeek honours!
CJ CupNine Bridges, South KoreaWon by Justin Thomas at -20 by two shots |
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T3 – Cameron Smith, -15, 67-69-68-69 T20 – Matt Jones, -9, 72-70-72-65 T31 – Jason Day, -7, 66-73-71-71 T43 – Marc Leishman, -4, 72-69-72-71 T67 – Won Joon Lee, +5, 74-73-79-67 |
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Japan Open
Koga Golf Club, JapanWon by Chan Kim at +1 by one shot |
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T5 – Brad Kennedy, +4, 74-73-70-71 T5 – Adam Scott, +4, 76-69-74-69 T5 – Brendan Jones, +4, 68-75-73-72 T23 – Jack Thompson (am), +9, 76-73-72-72 T29 – Matt Griffin, +10, 74-74-75-71 MC – Adam Bland, +9, 75-76 MC – David Bransdon, +22, 82-82 |
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French OpenLe Golf National, ParisWon by Nicolas Colsaerts at -12 by one shot |
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T14 – Lucas Herbert, -5, 71-73-65-70 T26 – Jason Scrivener, -1, 69-73-71-70 T40 – Deyen Lawson, +2, 68-72-72-74 71 – Jake McLeod, +10, 73-69-73-79 MC – Sam Brazel, +4, 73-73 MC – Nick Cullen, +5, 72-75 |
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Buick LPGA Shanghai
Qizhong Garden GC, ChinaWon by Danielle Kang at -16 by one shot |
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T38 – Katherine Kirk, +2, 71-74-72-73 T38 – Su Oh, +2, 71-70-73-76 T50 – Minjee Lee, +4, 74-69-78-71 |
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Hainan Open
Sanya Luhuitou FC, ChinaWon by Francesco Laporta at -14 by one shot |
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T15 – Maverick Antcliff, -6, 71-71-71-69 T15 – Bryden Macpherson, -6, 72-67-75-68 T34 – Cory Crawford, -1, 73-66-74-74 T38 – Kade McBride, E, 74-71-70-73 T59 – Kevin Yuan, +5, 71-73-73-76 MC – Ben Eccles, +2, 76-70 MC – Simon Hawkes, +2, 77-69 MC – Linus Yip (am), +7, 73-78 MC – Jackson Dick, +22, 87-79 |
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Nexus Risk WA Open
Cottesloe Golf Club, PerthWon by Michael Sim at -15 by one shot |
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1 – Michael Sim, -15, 68-70-67-68 2 – Hayden Hopewell (am), -14, 68-67-68-71 T3 – Dale Williamson, -12, 68-73-70-65 T3 – Aaron Wilkin, -12, 69-70-69-68 T3 – Michael Wright, -12, 72-66-69-69 T3 – Daniel Fox, -12, 68-69-69-70 T7 – Jarryd Felton, -11, 70-71-67-69 T7 – Joseph Owen (am), -11, 74-66-68-69 |
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Dominion Energy Charity Classic
The Country Club of Virginia, Richmond* One round remaining |
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T27 – Stephen Leaney, -3, 71-70 T53 – David McKenzie, +3, 74-73 |
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Fujitsu Ladies
Tokyo Seven Hundred Club, ChibaWon by Ayaka Furue at -17 by two shots |
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MC – Karis Davidson, +1, 74-71 |
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Peru Open
Los Inkas GC, LImaWon by Leandro Marelli at -19 by one shot |
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MC – Ryan Ruffels, -3, 71-70 |
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