Cameron Smith and his LIV Golf teammate Marc Leishman made hay when the sun finally shone in Brisbane to set up another Australian PGA Championship shootout.
But first-round leader Elvis Smylie never left the building to ensure it wouldn’t be a two-man show at Royal Queensland on Sunday.
But the left-hander rallied to close with three birdies on his final five holes, including the last behind a laser-like approach, to draw level with three-time event winner Smith at 10 under thanks to a 67 on Saturday. Big-hitting 20-year-old Potgieter was the early leader thanks to four birdies on his first five holes.
“I didn’t think he was going to run away with it ... but you don’t want to make a mistake,” Smith, who birdied three of his first four holes, said of the South African’s early movement.“It’s a really cool environment which is probably why I play so well, but you’ve got to go out and do it.”
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