Cameron Smith | |||||
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Personal information | |||||
Born | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | 18 August 1993||||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||||
Weight | 172 lb (78 kg) | ||||
Sporting nationality | Australia | ||||
Residence | Jacksonville, Florida, U.S. | ||||
Spouse | Shanel Naoum (m. 2023) | ||||
Career | |||||
Turned professional | 2013 | ||||
Current tour(s) | PGA Tour of Australasia LIV Golf | ||||
Former tour(s) | PGA Tour Asian Tour | ||||
Professional wins | 12 | ||||
Highest ranking | 2 (17 July 2022) [1] (as of 24 November 2024) | ||||
Number of wins by tour | |||||
PGA Tour | 6 | ||||
European Tour | 4 | ||||
PGA Tour of Australasia | 3 | ||||
LIV Golf | 3 | ||||
Best results in major championships (wins: 1) | |||||
Masters Tournament | T2: 2020 | ||||
PGA Championship | T9: 2023 | ||||
U.S. Open | 4th/T4: 2015, 2023 | ||||
The Open Championship | Won: 2022 | ||||
Achievements and awards | |||||
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Cameron Smith (born 18 August 1993) is an Australian professional golfer who currently plays on the LIV Golf League. He won the 2022 Open Championship, and has won five other tournaments on the PGA Tour, including the 2022 Players Championship. He has also won the Australian PGA Championship three times.
Smith was born in Brisbane, 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]
Smith turned professional in 2013 [8] 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. [9]
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.
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. [10] The finish also earned Smith Special Temporary Membership on the PGA Tour for the remainder of the 2015 season. [11] 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. [12]
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. [13]
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. [14] 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. [15]
In December, Smith defended his title at the Australian PGA Championship, winning by two strokes over Marc Leishman. [16]
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. [17]
In January, Smith won the Sony Open in Hawaii in a playoff over Brendan Steele; his first individual victory on the PGA Tour. [18]
In finishing tied for runner-up to Dustin Johnson 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). [19]
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. [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. [21]
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. [22] 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. [23]
In July, Smith won his first major championship at the 150th Open Championship, played at the Old Course at St Andrews. He shot a final-round 64 to come from four strokes off the lead and finish one shot ahead of Cameron Young and two ahead of joint third round leader Rory McIlroy. [24] During the FedEx Cup Playoffs in August, he struggled with a hip injury, and did not play in the second event, the BMW Championship. [25] At the end of the PGA Tour season, he won the PGA Player of the Year award. [26] In November, Smith won the Fortinet Australian PGA Championship for the third time. [27]
At the end of August, following the Tour Championship, it was announced that Smith had joined LIV Golf. [28] The move had been speculated since The Open, with him repeatedly declining to confirm or deny the rumours. [25] [29] [30]
Smith finished in a tie for 4th in his first LIV start in Boston, with Dustin Johnson winning the 3-man playoff. [31] 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. [32]
Legend |
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Major championships (1) |
Players Championships (1) |
Other PGA Tour (4) |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
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1 | 1 May 2017 | Zurich Classic of New Orleans (with Jonas Blixt) | −27 (67-62-68-64=261) | Playoff | Scott Brown and Kevin Kisner |
2 | 12 Jan 2020 | Sony Open in Hawaii | −11 (70-65-66-68=269) | Playoff | Brendan Steele |
3 | 25 Apr 2021 | Zurich Classic of New Orleans (2) (with Marc Leishman) | −20 (63-72-63-70=268) | Playoff | Louis Oosthuizen and Charl Schwartzel |
4 | 9 Jan 2022 | Sentry Tournament of Champions | −34 (65-64-64-65=258) | 1 stroke | Jon Rahm |
5 | 14 Mar 2022 | The Players Championship | −13 (69-71-69-66=275) | 1 stroke | Anirban Lahiri |
6 | 17 Jul 2022 | The Open Championship | −20 (67-64-73-64=268) | 1 stroke | Cameron Young |
PGA Tour playoff record (3–1)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result |
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1 | 2017 | Zurich Classic of New Orleans (with Jonas Blixt) | Scott Brown and Kevin Kisner | Won with birdie on fourth extra hole |
2 | 2020 | Sony Open in Hawaii | Brendan Steele | Won with par on first extra hole |
3 | 2021 | Zurich Classic of New Orleans (with Marc Leishman) | Louis Oosthuizen and Charl Schwartzel | Won with par on first extra hole |
4 | 2021 | The Northern Trust | Tony Finau | Lost to par on first extra hole |
Legend |
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Major championships (1) |
Other European Tour (3) |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
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1 | 3 Dec 2017 (2018 season) | Australian PGA Championship 1 | −18 (68-67-67-68=270) | Playoff | Jordan Zunic |
2 | 2 Dec 2018 (2019 season) | Australian PGA Championship 1 (2) | −16 (70-65-67-70=272) | 2 strokes | Marc Leishman |
3 | 17 Jul 2022 | The Open Championship | −20 (67-64-73-64=268) | 1 stroke | Cameron Young |
4 | 27 Nov 2022 (2023 season) | Fortinet Australian PGA Championship 1 (3) | −14 (68-65-69-68=270) | 3 strokes | Ryo Hisatsune, Jason Scrivener |
1Co-sanctioned by the PGA Tour of Australasia
European Tour playoff record (1–0)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
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1 | 2017 | Australian PGA Championship | Jordan Zunic | Won with par on second extra hole |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
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1 | 3 Dec 2017 | Australian PGA Championship 1 | −18 (68-67-67-68=270) | Playoff | Jordan Zunic |
2 | 2 Dec 2018 | Australian PGA Championship 1 (2) | −16 (70-65-67-70=272) | 2 strokes | Marc Leishman |
3 | 27 Nov 2022 | Fortinet Australian PGA Championship 1 (3) | −14 (68-65-69-68=270) | 3 strokes | Ryo Hisatsune, Jason Scrivener |
1Co-sanctioned by the European Tour
PGA Tour of Australasia playoff record (1–1)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result |
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1 | 2016 | Emirates Australian Open | Ashley Hall, Jordan Spieth | Spieth won with birdie on first extra hole |
2 | 2017 | Australian PGA Championship | Jordan Zunic | Won with par on second extra hole |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
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1 | 18 Sep 2022 | LIV Golf Invitational Chicago | −13 (66-68-69=203) | 3 strokes | Dustin Johnson, Peter Uihlein |
2 | 9 Jul 2023 | LIV Golf London 1 | −15 (63-67-68=198) | 1 stroke | Marc Leishman, Patrick Reed |
3 | 13 Aug 2023 | LIV Golf Bedminster 1 | −12 (66-67-68=201) | 7 strokes | Anirban Lahiri |
1Co-sanctioned by the MENA Tour
LIV Golf League playoff record (0–2)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponents | Result |
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1 | 2023 | LIV Golf Tulsa | Branden Grace, Dustin Johnson | Johnson won with birdie on first extra hole |
2 | 2024 | LIV Golf Hong Kong | Abraham Ancer, Paul Casey | Ancer won with birdie on first extra hole |
Asian Tour playoff record (0–1)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponents | Result |
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1 | 2024 | PIF Saudi International | Joaquín Niemann, Caleb Surratt | Niemann won with birdie on second extra hole |
Year | Championship | 54 holes | Winning score | Margin | Runner-up |
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2022 | The Open Championship | 4 shot deficit | −20 (67-64-73-64=268) | 1 stroke | Cameron Young |
Results not in chronological order in 2020.
Tournament | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
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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 | 2023 | 2024 |
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Masters Tournament | T51 | T2 | T10 | T3 | T34 | T6 |
PGA Championship | T64 | T43 | T59 | T13 | T9 | T63 |
U.S. Open | T72 | T38 | CUT | CUT | 4 | T32 |
The Open Championship | T20 | NT | T33 | 1 | T33 | CUT |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
NT = no tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic
Tournament | Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top-5 | Top-10 | Top-25 | Events | Cuts made |
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Masters Tournament | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 8 |
PGA Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 |
U.S. Open | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 |
The Open Championship | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 |
Totals | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 33 | 27 |
Year | Championship | 54 holes | Winning score | Margin | Runner-up |
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2022 | The Players Championship | 2 shot deficit | −13 (69-71-69-66=275) | 1 stroke | Anirban Lahiri |
Tournament | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
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The Players Championship | CUT | CUT | T56 | C | T17 | 1 |
CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
C = Cancelled after the first round due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Tournament | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
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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
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
NT = No tournament
"T" = Tied
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