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Elvis Smylie had the Australian Open field, including megastar Rory McIlroy, all shook up with the Queensland young gun topping the round one leaderboard.

Tournament drawcard Rory McIlroy has mixed five birdies and six bogeys on a rollercoaster start to his Australian Open campaign.

Ryan Fox, Si Woo Kim and Joaquin Niemann make up a cosmopolitan three-ball in the morning session of round two of the Australian Open, while Rory McIlroy, Min Woo Lee and Adam Scott will again be marquee match in the afternoon. And Royal Melbourne awaits. Check out when to catch them here.

Cameron Smith is well placed to end a long run of missed cuts after a good start to the Australian Open at Royal Melbourne.

Matt Cleary was out early among the teeming masses at Royal Melbourne, straining on tippy-toes to see the great one, Rory McIlroy, take on the course he rated top 10 in the world but not the best course in Melbourne. And despite McIlroy’s card looking like an 18-marker’s in a par-comp, the appreciative galleries took Cleary back to simpler times…

Rules of Golf Review: Can you probe a bunker to see what’s really underneath your ball?

Rules of Golf Review: Can you probe a bunker to see what’s really underneath your ball?

Rules of Golf Review: Can you probe a bunker to see what’s really underneath your ball?

2025 Holiday Golf Book Gift Guide
These six highly recommended golf books will keep the golfer happy this holiday season—and four more are worth pre-ordering.

Golf superstar Rory McIlroy loves playing in Australia but isn’t sure about Royal Melbourne, the venue for the Australian Open, rating another course over it.

Rory McIlroy decided he would play this year’s Australian Open at Royal Melbourne before he won the Masters at Augusta National in April, the man himself revealed, among other things, to John Huggan in the feature piece of our December issue.

Cam Davis is aiming to win his second Australian Open, back in his happy place this week at Royal Melbourne where he still owns a course record.