Cameron Smith and his all-Australian Ripper GC team were were treated like touring rockstars by the 35,000-strong crowds on day one of LIV Golf Adelaide, but it was qualifying school graduate Jinichiro Kozuma who upstaged the home favourites with a scintillating round.
Cameron Smith has warned critics to write him off at their own peril, declaring himself “still in the golf tournament” as the Masters builds towards a grandstand finish.
So who wants to win a green jacket? Australians, anyone? Cam Davis, how about you? Cam Smith, want to add a green jacket to that Open Championship claret jug you’ve got at home, mate?
Cam Davis upstaged big-name fellow Australians Cam Smith, Adam Scott and Jason Day to lead the Australian contingent after a windy second round at the Masters at Augusta National.
Cameron Smith says his “body shut down” after food poisoning while Min Woo Lee also copped the flu and a broken finger as two of Australia’s hopes at the Masters battle an injury and illness cloud while preparing for the year’s first major.
The Cathedral Invitational was always going to mark the end of Adam Scott’s competitive year, and far from coasting through, the Queenslander showed up to win. Scott did just that and picked up some inspiration for 2024 along the way.
It’s hard to imagine a first day going better at the Cathedral Invitational than what transpired today at Cathedral Lodge & Golf Club, where Adam Scott leads the tournament on eight-under, one clear of Cameron Smith.
The Min Woo Lee showreel continues to roll as golf’s newest showman produced a spectacular eagle from the pinestraw on his final hole to grab a three-stroke lead at the halfway mark of the ISPS Handa Australian Open in Sydney.
The tournament favourite spent the past few days working with coach Grant Field on tweaking his swing for the ISPS Handa Australian Open being staged this week in Sydney at The Australian and The Lakes.
A devastated Cameron Smith has choked back tears after enduring his “worst day as a professional” golfer having missed the cut as the defending champion at the Australian PGA Championship at Royal Queensland.
Min Woo Lee has ridden a wave of crowd support that included T-shirts dedicated to the Perth golf star during a blistering first round, upstaging big names Adam Scott and Cameron Smith to sit near the clubhouse lead on day one at the Australian PGA Championship.
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