BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Adam Scott and Marc Leishman were two strokes off the lead heading into Sunday's final round of the Australian PGA Championship at Royal Queensland.
The Australian veterans rarely play back home due to Scott's reduced PGA schedule and Leishman's tenure on the LIV Tour. And there are only two high-level pro tournaments left in Australia, this week's PGA and next week's Australian Open at Royal Melbourne.
The 45-year-old Scott shot a 5-under 66 Saturday and 42-year-old Leishman 67 and were tied for sixth place.
The third-round lead was held by three players — European tour regulars David Puig (65) and Ricardo Gouveia (66) and Australian Anthony Quayle (67), who had former Tiger Woods caddie Steve Williams on his bag.
The trio had a 54-hole total of 13-under 200.
“I was very consistent of the tee and I hit a lot of greens, which is important on a course like this,” said Gouveia.
Min Woo Lee (67) and second-round leader Kazuma Kobori (68) were a stroke back of the leaders and tied for fourth. Kobori, a Japanese-born New Zealander, finished his second round Friday with four consecutive birdies and had two more to start the day Saturday, but then had 16 straight pars.
Scott said he’ll need a final-round “beauty” to catch the leaders.
The former world No. 1 and 2013 Masters champion had eight birdies with three bogeys. Scott has 32 victories worldwide but hasn’t won a 72-hole event since claiming the Genesis Invitational in 2020.
“It’s hard to complain about 66,” he said. “I’m going to have to have a really good round. A strong front nine to put myself in it and then maybe, if I can get my name up the top with seven or eight to go.
“But I’ll have to close well too. I’m chasing. I can’t stall out. It’s too bunched, it’s going to have to be a beauty tomorrow. But I’ve put myself in a decent position.”
Players had to overcome yet another thunderstorm delay. After storms suspended play Thursday and forced nearly half the field to finish their first round on Friday, thunderstorms caused a two-hour suspension on Saturday.
The side benefit was that the greens were soft from the rain and lift, clean and place rules on the fairways were in effect, leading to lower scores.
Geoff Ogilvy, the 2006 U.S. Open champion who will captain the International team in next year's Presidents Cup at Medinah in Chicago, shot 66 and was at 10-under, three behind the leaders.
The Australian PGA is co-sanctioned by the PGA Tour of Australia and the European tour, which is starting its 2025-26 season just two weeks after Rory McIlroy won the Race to Dubai title.
McIlroy will highlight the field in next week's Australian Open.
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Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland poses Race to Dubai trophy in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Sunday, Nov. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
TEMPE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec 5, 2025--
Aptyx, a leading global designer, developer and manufacturer of complex devices and components for the Life Sciences industry, announced today the strategic acquisition of Argos Corporation, a Massachusetts based precision extrusion company with established expertise and technologies across materials and manufacturing processes. With this acquisition, Aptyx will combine its growing precision extrusion portfolio and launch a Precision Extrusion Center of Excellence - adding immediate capacity, enhanced capabilities, and in-house engineering expertise for Interventional innovation.
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“This marks another milestone in our growth strategy, further enhancing our ability to provide integrated expertise and innovation for our OEM Life Science customers,” said Gregg Tobin, President and CEO, Aptyx. “This new center perfectly complements our Interventional Center of Excellence in Charlotte, where we have a long history of supporting complex transcatheter implants and delivery systems from early design to finished device manufacturing.”
Building on Aptyx’s Strength in Extrusion
Aptyx has long been recognized for its capabilities in extrusion, from market-leading performance in core mandrel to specialty tubing for sleep, respiratory, and anesthesia applications. The new Precision Extrusion Center of Excellence builds on this foundation—expanding scale, technology, and catheter-grade precision to further support the development and manufacturing of complex interventional systems.
The Center will support its customers with broad capabilities including:
Accelerating Innovation for Interventional Markets
With the addition of the Boston-area Center of Excellence, Aptyx significantly expands its ability to serve the Interventional and catheter-based device markets with speed, precision, and scalability.
The new facility adds depth to Aptyx’s already extensive portfolio of capabilities - including molding, extrusion, coating solutions, and finished device assembly - further enhancing the fully integrated design & manufacturing platform that supports customers from concept through commercialization.
“We’re committed to conquering technical challenges and advancing what’s possible in medical tubing,” said Patrick Daly, Director, Global Extrusion, Aptyx. “This expansion deepens our extrusion expertise and enhances how we bring specialized strengths together across Aptyx to drive Medtech advancement.”
About Aptyx
Aptyx is a global manufacturing partner that engineers smart solutions to help customers solve tough challenges with confidence. With a broad range of specialized capabilities including engineering, extrusion, molding, coatings, and assembly, the company manufactures complex components and devices for the Life Sciences industry. Headquartered in Tempe, AZ, Aptyx has dedicated production facilities across the United States, Canada, Mexico, and China. The Aptyx name symbolizes the “aptitude meets excellence” approach found in every aspect of the company’s operations. Visit www.aptyx.com or follow us on LinkedIn.
About TruArc Partners
TruArc Partners is a private equity firm focused on middle-market control investments. TruArc focuses on companies in attractive sub-sectors across specialty manufacturing and business services. The TruArc investment team collaborates with its operating partners and portfolio management teams to create value through a transformational growth strategy led by organic or acquisition-driven growth. Visit truarcpartners.com.
About Argos
Argos is an ISO 13485–certified custom extrusion house with more than 25 years’ experience in small-diameter medical tubing and precision thermoplastic profiles. The company produces microbore catheter shafts, liners, co-extrusions, multi-lumen, profile, striping, taper tubing, and heat-shrink and cut-to-order products for reflow, jacketing, and assembly with broad expertise across advanced polymers including but not limited to TPU, TPE, Pebax®, polycarbonate, nylons, polyolefins, PVDF, and other fluoropolymers.
Single- and multi-lumen extrusions in various materials and durometers from Aptyx
