Cameron Smith beat Jordan Zunic at the second hole of a play-off to win the Australian PGA Championship.
Day four leaders
-18 Cameron Smith, Jordan Zunic (Smith won at the second extra hole)
-17 Adam Bland
-14 Marc Leishman, David Bransdon
-12 Harold Varner III
Day four report
Home favourite Cameron Smith beat Jordan Zunic in a play-off to claim a dramatic victory at the Australian PGA Championship.
The 24-year-old was in his home state of Queensland at RACV Royal Pines Resort and he delighted the crowds, recovering from a bogey on his 72nd hole to get up and down for par twice during the play-off.
A bogey on the second extra trip up the 18th from Zunic handed Smith victory after the two had done battle throughout an enthralling morning on the Gold Coast.
Smith entered the final round three shots behind fellow Australian Zunic but had caught his playing partner by the 10th and a birdie on the 17th handed him the initiative with one to play.
A miss from five feet on the final green meant extra holes were needed but Smith held his nerve to claim his first professional solo triumph after winning the Zurich Classic of New Orleans alongside Swede Jonas Blixt in May.
A delighted Smith said afterwards: "It was a bit of a grind out there today. Obviously waking up early to get away from this rain that mysteriously hasn't come. Yeah, tough day out there and congrats to Jordan as well, he played well.
"I mean I wasn't really expecting much out of that chip shot there on the play-off hole. Just wanted to get it basically inside Jordan's and ended up hitting a really good shot. Like you said, I had my chance on the 72nd and just misread the putt. Nice to get it done.
"I haven't even had time to process that but it's been a really good year. My goals this year were to win one down here and it's nice to tick that one off.
"It won't change me that much this time. It did last time. I got ahead of myself a little bit when I won last time thinking that it's the easiest game on the planet and I could go out there and win every week. Went and had a little bit of a battle through the middle of the year, didn't really play that great.
"So I think the key is to just keep doing what I'm doing and not really expect too much and not really get ahead of myself."
Australian Adam Bland finished a shot outside the play-off at 17 under, three shots ahead of countrymen David Bransdon and Marc Leishman.
England's Nathan Kimsey carded a closing 65 to finish at 10 under, four shots clear of Sergio Garcia, who ended the year when he won his first major at the Masters with a 74.
Day four collated scores
(Aus unless stated, par 72):
270 Cameron Smith 68 67 67 68 (Smith won at the second extra play-off hole) Jordan Zunic 66 69 64 71
271 Adam Bland 66 66 71 68
274 Marc Leishman 67 65 74 68, David Bransdon 69 71 66 68
276 Harold Varner III (USA) 71 66 73 66
277 Lucas Herbert 68 73 68 68, Sean Crocker (USA) 69 71 70 67
278 Nathan Kimsey (Eng) 73 67 73 65, Wade Ormsby 71 67 72 68
279 Rod Pampling 70 72 68 69, Jake McLeod 72 71 67 69, Greg Chalmers 68 66 73 72, Curtis Luck 73 66 71 69
280 Marcus Armitage (Eng) 74 68 68 70, Joachim B. Hansen (Den) 69 69 72 70, Jason Scrivener 72 70 71 67, Mike Weir (Can) 73 69 71 67, Andrew Dodt 71 70 70 69
281 Daniel Nisbet 67 72 73 69, Jack Wilson 71 70 68 72, Mark Brown (Nzl) 69 73 72 67, Travis Smyth 69 73 71 68
282 Kramer Hickok (USA) 70 69 74 69, Sergio Garcia (Spa) 67 71 70 74, Rhein Gibson 68 67 77 70, Michael Hendry (Nzl) 70 72 73 67, Oliver Farr (Wal) 71 70 70 71, Jack Munro 75 67 70 70
283 Dale Brandt-Richards 69 74 75 65, Matt Jones 71 69 75 68, Ryan Haller 70 72 71 70, Jarryd Felton 74 69 73 67, Brett Rankin 68 69 75 71, James Nitties 68 69 77 69, Jamie Arnold 72 71 72 68
284 Steve Dartnall (USA) 68 74 73 69, Nathan Holman 72 67 75 70, Peter Senior 67 71 74 72, Sam Brazel 72 70 73 69
285 Ben Eccles 71 71 76 67, Rory Bourke 69 72 74 70, Richard Green 72 67 71 75, Alexander Knappe (Ger) 72 71 73 69
286 Jason Norris 70 71 76 69, Adri Arnaus (Spa) 71 70 72 73, Jun-seok Lee 72 70 73 71, Stuart Manley (Wal) 71 72 73 70, Thomas Detry (Bel) 71 68 73 74
287 Josh Younger 69 72 75 71, Chase Koepka (USA) 73 69 74 71, Andrew Martin 69 73 76 69, Daniel Im (USA) 71 71 76 69, Ryan Evans (Eng) 70 71 75 71
288 Adrian Meronk (Pol) 70 71 76 71, Ryan Fox (Nzl) 75 67 71 75, Kim Koivu (Fin) 70 72 76 70
289 James Marchesani (USA) 72 71 75 71, Daniel Fox 76 67 76 70, Jack Singh Brar (Eng) 74 69 74 72, Michael Wright 67 76 76 70
291 Damien Jordan 73 70 75 73, Hugo Leon (USA) 72 71 69 79, Chris Hanson (Eng) 71 71 75 74, Birgir Hafthorsson (Ice) 74 69 76 72, Taylor MacDonald 71 72 72 76, Josh Geary (Nzl) 69 71 77 74
292 Michael Sim 70 73 78 71, Michael Long (Nzl) 70 73 76 73, Lincoln Tighe 72 70 77 73
293 Matthew Millar 73 68 79 73, Xue-wen Luo (Chn) 71 69 78 75, Christopher Wood 70 73 75 75
296 Johan Edfors (Swe) 74 69 78 75
299 Samuel Eaves 72 71 80 76
Day three report
Jordan Zunic fired a joint-course record round of 64 to take a three-shot lead into the final round of the Australian PGA Championship in Queensland.
The Australian, who is Sky Bet's 11/10 favourite, was in sumptuous form at the RACV Royal Pines Resort and it could have been even better had he not bogeyed the 17th and double bogeyed the last.
Still, thanks to 11 birdies in the first 16 holes he was three shots clear on 17 under, with Cameron Smith on 14 under. Sky Bet offer a Price Boosted 13/2 for Zunic to go on and win by four shots.
Smith carded seven birdies in his 67 while Adam Bland is on 13 under after a 71. It was a poor day for overnight leader Marc Leishman, who went round in a two-over-par 74.
Masters champion Sergio Garcia is on eight under after carding a 70.
Day two report
Marc Leishman hit a best-of-the-week 65 to grab a share of the lead on day two of the Australian PGA Championship in Queensland.
An eagle on the 15th and seven birdies led to a seven under par round for the Australian, who dropped shots on the 12th and 18th, as the Australian joined compatriot Adam Bland on 12 under par.
Bland made seven birdies and one bogey in a second successive round of 66.
Spain's Sergio Garcia, who is looking to cap the best year of his career with a fourth victory of 2017, slid into joint 10th after a double bogey on the ninth and bogies on the 10th and 18th saw him finish on 71, leaving him on six under overall.
Greg Chalmers carded a 66 to lie third on 10 under, with Cameron Smith (67), Jordan Zunic (69) and Rhein Gibson (67) completing an all-Australian top six on nine under.
England's Nathan Kimsey is the best placed British player after a 67 left him tied for 19th at the halfway stage, but former Masters winner Adam Scott missed the cut after a second-round 74.
Day one report
Home players Jordan Zunic and Adam Bland led the way on six under par after the opening round of the Australian PGA Championship.
The pair both went round in 66 to claim a one-shot lead over a group of five players, including Spain's Sergio Garcia, at Royal Pines Resort on the Gold Coast.
Zunic carded six birdies and an eagle alongside two bogeys, with Bland picking up seven birdies, including four in a row from the fifth, and only dropping a shot at the last.
Garcia's round included five birdies and it left him alongside Marc Leishman, Peter Senior, Daniel Nisbet and Michael Wright.
"It was a long round," said Garcia, referring to two suspensions in play due to rain.
"I played pretty solid. I wouldn't say that it was amazing but it was good. The most positive thing for me would be to go a bogey free round, which I didn't realise until we got done.
“I feel like mentally I'm not quite as sharp as I was probably a month ago or so. I guess the year is kind of draining a little bit, but it was nice to play with Scotty (Adam Scott) and with Wade (Ormsby), we had a great time."
England's Paul Maddy was the highest-placed British player in the field in a tie for 27th after an opening 70.
Our 300/1 tip Joachim B. Hansen sits three off the pace along with 175/1 fancy Sean Crocker.
Garcia and Leishman are Sky Bet's 3/1 joint-favourites.
