The transition to LIV Golf and the exclusion from the PGA Tour does not seem to affect Cameron Smith too much. Winner of his second tournament played on the dissident circuit on September 18 in Chicago, the holder of the British Open won again this Sunday, in his hometown, Brisbane.
Starting with a three-time lead and sometimes baffled by the two interruptions for thunderstorms (par coming out, with a bogeyman), the Australian from Queensland finally maintained his lead by signing a final 68 card, with three of his four birdies on the last seven holes. The world number three aims for a total of -14, three lengths ahead of Jason Scrivener (67) and Ryo Hisatsune (65).
« I really didn’t think I could impose myself here earlier in the week “, he said, the one who hadn’t played in competition for almost a month. I was a bit “rusty” but my game improved over the course of the week, apart from today’s first nine holes. »
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This is Cameron Smith’s third Australian PGA Championship title, after 2017 and 2018
The only Frenchman engaged this week in Australia didn’t shine in the last lap. Pierre Pineau loses 28 positions with his 73 finishes. The player with a small playing category in the DP World Tour finishes at -1, in 48th place.
