ORGANISERS of the Wyndham Championships, the last tournament that Jarrod Lyle played on the US PGA Tour, produced touching gestures to honour the late golfer.

Sitting on the first tee at the Sedgefield Country Club was Lyle’s golf bag, club and signature yellow bucket cap.

It was a tribute that warmed the Australian players in the field of the tournament, which began on Thursday night WA time.

“When I hit my tee shot I turned around and saw it and I was like oh, man, I've got to get a picture of that,” Aaron Baddeley told PGATour.com.

Another Australian, Cameron Percy, told the website: “That was awesome.”

Sand artists also created a likeness of Leuk the Duck, the mascot of Challenge, the Australian charity supported by Lyle who work with children fighting cancer.

Lyle died in Victoria last week after a recurring battle with leukaemia.

Donations to a GoFundMe page set up for Jarrod Lyle’s daughters has already exceeded its $200,000 goal.