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Elvis avoids the blues with breakthrough golf victory

Elvis Smylie has broken through with victory in a playoff at the West Australian Open. (Jono Searle/AAP PHOTOS)

Elvis Smylie has broken through for his first win as a professional golfer, clinching the Western Australian Open title in a thrilling play-off.

The 22-year-old Queenslander, son of Australian tennis great Liz Smylie, won the Roy Paxton Bowl with a birdie on the first play-off hole at Mandurah Country Club ahead of Jak Carter.

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