Gold Coast junior golfers predict winner of Australian PGA Championship

SOME of Gold Coast’s rising junior talent have weighed in on who they think will win this week’s Australian PGA Championship at Royal Pines.

SOME of Gold Coast’s rising junior talent have weighed in on who they think will win this week’s Australian PGA Championship at Royal Pines.

Five players from Emerald Lakes Golf Club have detailed why they believe their prediction will win the coveted Kirkwood Cup in the sixth straight year the tournament is being held at Royal Pines.

Jamie Sadler

AGE: 8

HANDICAP: No handicap yet

TIP: Marc Leishman because he has been playing so well and never won a major Australian title.

Saskia Knevitt

AGE: 9

HANDICAP: No handicap yet

TIP: Jason Scrivener because he is really accurate and good at aiming. He hits the ball so straight and far. He is very nice to all the kids.

Five juniors from Emerald Lakes coaching centre give their tips on the Australian PGA. Left to right they are Jamie Sadler, 8, Saskia Knevitt, 9, Kael Lawson 14, Sarah Hammett, 11, and Oliver Mee, 8. Picture: Glenn Hampson.

Kael Lawson

AGE: 14

HANDICAP: 18

TIP: Geoff Ogilvy. I think the 2008 winner is due to make a comeback in his first Australian PGA Championship at Royal Pines.

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Sarah Hammett

AGE: 11

HANDICAP: 7

TIP: I would like Cameron Smith to take out the win so he can have the 2018 Australian PGA Championship to his name as well as defending it. I think he deserves the title because he has been playing well this year and showed great sportsmanship. Although he doesn’t always win, he still has so much passion for what he does.

Oliver Mee

AGE: 8

HANDICAP: No handicap yet

TIP: Lucas Herbert as he comes from the same town as my dad in country Victoria.

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