Overview
- Smylie, 23, closed with an eight-under 64 to reach 24 under and beat Jon Rahm by one, as Rahm shot a nine-under 63 with four straight birdies to finish.
- The victory came in LIV’s first OWGR-accredited event, with ranking points limited to the top 10 finishers.
- Ripper GC — Smylie, Cameron Smith, Lucas Herbert and Marc Leishman — finished 69 under to top Torque GC by three for the team title.
- Smylie earned $4 million for the individual win, and Ripper GC secured the $3 million team purse.
- Projections move Smylie from roughly No. 134 to inside the top 80 in the OWGR, bolstering his path to majors as the series shifts to Adelaide.