Spherical 3, in any other case often known as ‘Transferring Day’ is upon us on the 2024 Australian Open, with Lucas Herbert streaking clear to carry a four-shot lead within the males’s event.
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Herbert and Cameron Smith each acquired off to blazing begins in Spherical 2, however whereas Herbert was in a position to keep his stellar play to report -6 for the day to maneuver to -14, Smith capitulated on the again 9.
The 2022 British Open winner dropped 5 pictures on the again 9 to complete the day at -6 for the event, eight pictures behind Herbert.
Little-known American Ryggs Johnston is in second place at -10 with six golfers subsequent greatest at -9, together with final weekend’s Australian PGA winner Elvis Smylie.
Following a strong but unspectacular opening spherical, Smylie handed in an enormous second spherical to get again into rivalry.
The 22-year-old fired an -8 64 on Friday to be -9 for the event. He’s aiming to change into simply the seventh participant to drag off the Aus PGA-Aus Open double.
Different notables within the operating after two rounds are in style American Harry Higgs (-9) and Aussies Marc Leishman (-7) and Harrison Crowe (-7).
Defending champion Joaquin Niemann salvaged a poor opening spherical with a 66 on Friday to be on -4 for the event.
Turning to the ladies and South Korean novice Hyojin Yang is the only chief initially of Spherical 3.
Yang is -9 for the event with compatriot Jiyai Shin on -8.
The very best positioned Aussie is Justice Bosio on -8 whereas 2024 Greg Norman medallist Hannah Inexperienced is 2 pictures behind the tempo on -7.
South African Ash Buhai, who’s aiming for 3 straight wins at this event, is nicely inside attain at -4.
NOTABLE TEE TIMES (ALL AEDT)
Males’s
10:50am (tenth gap) – Rintaro Nakano (a), Andrew Kelly, Marc Leishman
11:01am (tenth gap) – Cameron Smith, Alfredo Garcia-Heredia, Filippo Celli
11:12am (1st gap) – Oliver Lindell, Elvis Smylie, Lukas Nemecz
11:23 (1st gap) – Jordan Gumberg, Ryggs Johnston, Lucas Herbert
Ladies’s
12:07pm – Hannah Inexperienced, Ashleigh Buhai, Cassie Porter
12:18pm – Hyojin Yang (a), Jiyai Shin, Justice Bosio
HOW TO WATCH
Watch all of the Australian Open motion on Kayo and Foxtel, with each large second broadcast on Fox Sports activities channel 503 – which has change into a devoted Australian Open channel for the week.
Protection begins at 12pm AEDT every day.
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