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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Sport
Jack Snape

Elvis Smylie: golf gets all shook up over newest star ahead of Australian Open

Elvis Smylie has become an emerging threat ahead of the 2024 Australian Golf Open at Kingston Heath in Melbourne starting on Thursday.
Elvis Smylie has become an emerging threat ahead of the 2024 Australian Golf Open at Kingston Heath in Melbourne starting on Thursday. Photograph: Darrian Traynor/Getty Images

He can’t sing and is still trying to put on weight, but Australia’s golfing Elvis has found the spotlight. “Someone actually asked me on the 18th tee at the PGA last week at Royal Queensland, can I sing?,” Elvis Smylie says. “I just smiled, and I said, nowhere near as well as Elvis.”

Presley he may not be, but Elvis Smylie’s star is on the rise. The Queenslander held off his mentor Cam Smith in a memorable final round at the Australian PGA on Sunday to secure one of the sport’s most coveted local titles barely a year after his game was stagnating and his promise looked like it may go unfulfilled.

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