Smith was born in Logan City, Queensland,[2] and grew up in the northern suburb of Bray Park where he attended Pine Rivers State High School throughout his upbringing.[3] As a two-year-old, Smith began playing at Wantima Country Club,[4] a small golf course in the northern suburb of Brisbane[5] while his father Des worked as a printer[6] and was a club captain at the club.[4] Smith's mother, Sharon, worked at the local department store.[6] Smith has a sister, Mel.[7] In 2010, Smith represented Australia in the boys' division of the Trans Tasman Cup alongside Ryan Peake.[8]
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.
PGA Tour
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.[11] The finish also earned Smith Special Temporary Membership on the PGA Tour for the remainder of the 2015 season.[12] 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.[13]
In January 2020, Smith won the Sony Open in Hawaii in a playoff over Brendan Steele; his first individual victory on the PGA Tour.[19] At the 2020 Masters in November, Smith became the first golfer in Masters history to shoot four rounds in the 60s (67-68-69-69).[20]
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.[22]
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.[23] In March, Smith won The Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass, becoming the fifth Australian to win the tournament; having hit his second shot on the final hole into the water, Smith managed to get up and down to make a bogey and finish one stroke ahead of Anirban Lahiri.[24]
Cameron Smith at his LIV Golf introductory press conference with Marc Leishman, August 2022.
At the end of August 2022, following the Tour Championship, it was announced that Smith had joined LIV Golf.[29] The move had been speculated since The Open, with him repeatedly declining to confirm or deny the rumours.[26][30][31]
Smith finished in a tie for 4th in his first LIV start in Boston, with Dustin Johnson winning the 3-man playoff.[32] He won in his second start, scoring rounds of 66, 68 and 69 to finish on 13-under par to win by three shots ahead of previous winner Dustin Johnson and Peter Uihlein. Smith won over $5 million from his first 4 starts on LIV Golf.[33]
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