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Cameron Smith
Personal information
Born (1993-08-18) 18 August 1993 (age 31)
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Height5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight172 lb (78 kg)
Sporting nationality Australia
ResidenceJacksonville, Florida, U.S.
Career
Turned professional2013
Current tour(s)PGA Tour of Australasia
PGA Tour
Former tour(s)Asian Tour
Professional wins8
Highest ranking2 (17 July 2022)[1]
(as of 24 November 2024)
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour6
European Tour3
PGA Tour of Australasia2
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentT2: 2020
PGA ChampionshipT13: 2022
U.S. OpenT4: 2015
The Open ChampionshipWon: 2022

Cameron Smith (born 18 August 1993) is an Australian professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour and is the current Open champion. He has won six times on the PGA Tour, including the 2022 Players Championship and the 2022 Open Championship. He was also runner-up in the 2020 Masters Tournament.

Professional career

Smith turned professional in 2013[2] and played on the PGA Tour of Australasia. He was tied for second at the 2015 Coca-Cola Queensland PGA Championship and at the 2016 Emirates Australian Open.

2014

Smith played on the Asian Tour in 2014, finishing in the top-10 seven times and finishing 5th on the Order of Merit. His best finish was tied for second at the 2014 CIMB Niaga Indonesian Masters. Smith's first PGA Tour event was the CIMB Classic in October 2014, which was a co-sanctioned event with the Asian Tour; he tied for 5th.

2015

In April, Smith tied for 15th in the RBC Heritage, playing on a sponsor's exemption. After qualifying for the 2015 U.S. Open, his top-4 finish earned him an invitation to the 2016 Masters Tournament.[3] The finish also earned Smith Special Temporary Membership on the PGA Tour for the remainder of the 2015 season.[4] Smith earned his 2015–16 PGA Tour card by earning enough as a non-member to have been in the top 125 on the money list: his best three events would have been sufficient.[5]

2016

In 2016 Smith finished 157th in the FedEx points list. His performance in the Web.com Tour Finals, where he was runner-up in the Nationwide Children's Hospital Championship, allowed him to return to the PGA Tour for 2017.

2017

In May, Smith, partnered with Jonas Blixt, won the Zurich Classic of New Orleans, the first team event on the PGA Tour since 1981. The pair did not make a bogey during the tournament and defeated Scott Brown and Kevin Kisner in a playoff. It was Smith's first career PGA Tour win.[6] He had two top-10 finishes on the 2017 PGA Tour, tying for 6th place at the Valero Texas Open and for 7th at the Wyndham Championship and finished 46th in the FedEx Cup standings. He started the new PGA Tour season by tying for 5th place in the CIMB Classic in Malaysia and finishing 3rd in the CJ Cup in South Korea in late 2017. Smith continued his good form by finishing 4th in the Emirates Australian Open and then winning the Australian PGA Championship the following week, beating Jordan Zunic in a playoff.

2018

In December, Smith defended his title at the Australian PGA Championship, winning by two strokes over Marc Leishman.[7]

2019

In December, Smith played on the International team at the 2019 Presidents Cup at Royal Melbourne Golf Club in Australia. The U.S. team won 16–14. Smith went 1–1–1 including a win in his Sunday singles match against Justin Thomas.[8]

2020

In January, Smith won the Sony Open in Hawaii in a playoff over Brendan Steele; his first individual victory on the PGA Tour.

In finishing tied for runner-up to Dustin Johnson at the 2020 Masters in November, Smith also became the first golfer in Masters history to shoot all four rounds in the 60s (67-68-69-69).[9]

2021

In April, Smith won the Zurich Classic of New Orleans for the second time. This time he was partnered with fellow countryman Marc Leishman. The duo won in a playoff over Louis Oosthuizen and Charl Schwartzel.[10]

Smith qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and competed in the men's competition in July/August 2021. He scored −14 across the four rounds and finished tenth. In spite of shooting 66 in the third and fourth rounds, he was still out of medal contention.[11]

2022

In January, Smith won the 2022 Sentry Tournament of Champions at Kapalua Resort on Maui, Hawaii. Smith shot a PGA Tour record of 34 under par winning by one stroke over world number one Jon Rahm. 34 under par beat the previous mark of 31 under par set by Ernie Els at the same tournament in 2003.[12]

In March, Smith won The Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass, by one shot from Anirban Lahiri, becoming the fifth Australian to win the tournament. He birdied the par-3 17th "Island Green" to take a three-shot lead into the final hole. However, Smith put his second shot on 18 into the water while Lahiri also birdied the 17th, a hole back, to close the gap and set up a tense finish to the tournament. Smith managed to finish with a bogey for a final score of 13-under par, which was enough to win after Lahiri could only par the final hole to finish one shot behind.[13]

In July he won the 150th The Open Championship at St Andrews Old Course.

Amateur wins

Professional wins (7)

PGA Tour wins (5)

Legend
Players Championships (1)
Other PGA Tour (4)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 1 May 2017 Zurich Classic of New Orleans
(with Sweden Jonas Blixt) 		−27 (67-62-68-64=261) Playoff United States Scott Brown and United States Kevin Kisner
2 12 Jan 2020 Sony Open in Hawaii −11 (70-65-66-68=269) Playoff United States Brendan Steele
3 25 Apr 2021 Zurich Classic of New Orleans (2)
(with Australia Marc Leishman) 		−20 (63-72-63-70=268) Playoff South Africa Louis Oosthuizen and South Africa Charl Schwartzel
4 9 Jan 2022 Sentry Tournament of Champions −34 (65-64-64-65=258) 1 stroke Spain Jon Rahm
5 14 Mar 2022 The Players Championship −13 (69-71-69-66=275) 1 stroke India Anirban Lahiri

PGA Tour playoff record (3–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 2017 Zurich Classic of New Orleans
(with Sweden Jonas Blixt) 		United States Scott Brown and United States Kevin Kisner Won with birdie on fourth extra hole
2 2020 Sony Open in Hawaii United States Brendan Steele Won with par on first extra hole
3 2021 Zurich Classic of New Orleans
(with Australia Marc Leishman) 		South Africa Louis Oosthuizen and South Africa Charl Schwartzel Won with par on first extra hole
4 2021 The Northern Trust United States Tony Finau Lost to par on first extra hole

European Tour wins (2)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner-up
1 3 Dec 2017
(2018 season) 		Australian PGA Championship1 −18 (68-67-67-68=270) Playoff Australia Jordan Zunic
2 2 Dec 2018
(2019 season) 		Australian PGA Championship1 (2) −16 (70-65-67-70=272) 2 strokes Australia Marc Leishman

1Co-sanctioned by the PGA Tour of Australasia

European Tour playoff record (1–0)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 2017 Australian PGA Championship Australia Jordan Zunic Won with par on second extra hole

PGA Tour of Australasia wins (2)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner-up
1 3 Dec 2017 Australian PGA Championship1 −18 (68-67-67-68=270) Playoff Australia Jordan Zunic
2 2 Dec 2018 Australian PGA Championship1 (2) −16 (70-65-67-70=272) 2 strokes Australia Marc Leishman

1Co-sanctioned by the European Tour

PGA Tour of Australasia playoff record (1–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 2016 Emirates Australian Open Australia Ashley Hall, United States Jordan Spieth Spieth won with birdie on first extra hole
2 2017 Australian PGA Championship Australia Jordan Zunic Won with par on second extra hole

Results in major championships

Results not in chronological order in 2020.

Tournament 2015 2016 2017 2018
Masters Tournament T55 T5
U.S. Open T4 T59 CUT
The Open Championship CUT 78
PGA Championship T25 CUT T56
Tournament 2019 2020 2021 2022
Masters Tournament T51 T2 T10 T3
PGA Championship T64 T43 T59 T13
U.S. Open T72 T38 CUT CUT
The Open Championship T20 NT T33 1
  Win
  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
NT = No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic

Summary

Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts made
Masters Tournament 0 1 1 3 4 4 6 6
PGA Championship 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 6
U.S. Open 0 0 0 1 1 1 7 4
The Open Championship 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 3
Totals 0 1 1 4 5 8 24 19
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 11 (2018 Open – 2021 PGA)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (2020 Masters - 2021 Masters)

The Players Championship

Wins (1)

Year Championship 54 holes Winning score Margin Runner-up
2022 The Players Championship 2 shot deficit −13 (69-71-69-66=275) 1 stroke India Anirban Lahiri

Results timeline

Tournament 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
The Players Championship CUT CUT T56 C T17 1
  Win

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
C = Cancelled after the first round due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Championship T6 T22 T11
Match Play QF T61 NT1 T28
Invitational 23 T12 T59 T5
Champions T64 T54 T60 NT1 NT1

1Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic

  Top 10
  Did not play

QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
NT = No tournament
"T" = Tied

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

Recognition

See also

References

  1. ^ "Week 29 2022 Ending 17 Jul 2022" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
  2. ^ "Smith makes his Aussie debut at the QLD Open". PGA of Australia. 21 August 2013. Archived from the original on 21 August 2013. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
  3. ^ "Australian golfer Cameron Smith fires early at Pebble Beach". The Sydney Morning Herald. 12 February 2016. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
  4. ^ Gray, Will (22 June 2015). "Smith (T-4): Temporary membership, Masters invite". Golf Channel. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  5. ^ "Cameron Smith – Profile". PGA Tour. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  6. ^ "Cameron Smith-Jonas Blixt team wins Zurich Classic in a playoff". ESPN. Associated Press. 1 May 2017.
  7. ^ "Cameron Smith defends Australian PGA Championship title by two strokes". ESPN. 2 December 2018. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  8. ^ Dusek, David (15 December 2019). "Presidents Cup grades: Captains, Royal Melbourne score high marks". Golfweek.
  9. ^ Wacker, Brian (15 November 2020). "Masters 2020: Cameron Smith makes Augusta history and still doesn't get a green jacket". Golf Digest. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  10. ^ "Australian duo Cameron Smith and Marc Leishman win Zurich Classic in playoff". ESPN. Associated Press. 25 April 2021.
  11. ^ "Australian Olympic Team for Tokyo 2021". The Roar. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
  12. ^ "Cameron Smith (34 under) sets PGA Tour record, outlasts Jon Rahm at Sentry Tournament of Champions". ESPN. Associated Press. 9 January 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  13. ^ "Aussie Cam Smith seals 'wild' $5m Players Championship win after 'rollercoaster ride". Fox Sports. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
  14. ^ Powter, Anthony (16 April 2011). "Cameron Smith double Aussie titles". iseekgolf.com. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
  15. ^ "2012 Australian Men's Amateur Championship" (PDF). Golf Australia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 March 2013. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
  16. ^ "Smith and Lee crowned Amateur champions". Golf Australia. 22 January 2013. Archived from the original on 19 February 2013. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
  17. ^ "Cameron Smith comes full circle with Greg Norman Medal win". Australian Golf Media. 25 March 2021. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
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