Cameron Smith (golfer)

Cameron Smith
Personal information
Born (1993-08-18) 18 August 1993
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight 172 lb (78 kg)
Nationality  Australia
Residence Jacksonville, Florida
Career
Turned professional 2013
Current tour(s) PGA Tour of Australasia
PGA Tour
European Tour
Former tour(s) Asian Tour (2014)
Professional wins 2
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour 1
European Tour 1
PGA Tour of Australasia 1
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament T5: 2018
U.S. Open T4: 2015
The Open Championship 78th: 2018
PGA Championship T25: 2015

Cameron Smith (born 18 August 1993) is an Australian professional golfer. Partnered with Jonas Blixt, they won the 2017 Zurich Classic of New Orleans. He had his biggest individual success in late 2017, winning the Australian PGA Championship. Smith tied for fourth place in the 2015 U.S. Open.

Professional career

Smith turned professional in 2013.[1] He has played on the PGA Tour of Australasia since 2013. He was tied for second at the 2015 Coca-Cola Queensland PGA Championship and at the 2016 Emirates Australian Open.

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 2015, he 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.[2] The finish also earned Smith Special Temporary Membership on the PGA Tour for the remainder of the 2014–15 season.[3] 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.[4]

In 2016 Smith finished 157th in the FedEx points list. His performance in the Web.com Tour Finals allowed him to return to the Tour for 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.[5] 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.

Smith has been coached and mentored since 2004 by Golf Queensland coach Grant Field.

Amateur wins

Professional wins (2)

PGA Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin
of victory		Runners-up
1 1 May 2017 Zurich Classic of New Orleans
(with Sweden Jonas Blixt)		 67-62-68-64=261 −27 Playoff United States Scott Brown and United States Kevin Kisner

PGA Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult
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

European Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 3 Dec 2017 Australian PGA Championship
(co-sanctioned by the PGA Tour of Australasia)		 −18 (68-67-67-68=270) Playoff Australia Jordan Zunic

European Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2017 Australian PGA Championship Australia Jordan Zunic Won with par on second extra hole

PGA Tour of Australasia wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 3 Dec 2017 Australian PGA Championship
(co-sanctioned by the European Tour)		 −18 (68-67-67-68=270) Playoff Australia Jordan Zunic

Results in major championships

Tournament 2015201620172018
Masters Tournament T55 T5
U.S. Open T4 T59 CUT
The Open Championship CUT 78
PGA Championship T25 CUT T56
  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Summary

TournamentWins2nd3rdTop-5Top-10Top-25EventsCuts made
Masters Tournament00011122
U.S. Open00011132
The Open Championship00000021
PGA Championship00000132
Totals000223107
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 4 (2015 U.S. Open – 2016 U.S. Open)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (twice)

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament2015201620172018
Mexico Championship
Dell Technologies Match Play QF
Bridgestone Invitational 23
HSBC Champions T64
  Top 10
  Did not play

QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = Tied

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Smith makes his Aussie debut at the QLD Open". PGA of Australia. 21 August 2013. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
  2. ↑ "Australian golfer Cameron Smith fires early at Pebble Beach". The Sydney Morning Herald. 12 February 2016. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
  3. ↑ Gray, Will (22 June 2015). "Smith (T-4): Temporary membership, Masters invite". Golf Channel.
  4. ↑ http://www.pgatour.com/players/player.35891.cameron-smith.html/season
  5. ↑ "Cameron Smith-Jonas Blixt team wins Zurich Classic in a playoff". ESPN. Associated Press. 1 May 2017.
  6. ↑ Powter, Anthony (16 April 2011). "Cameron Smith double Aussie titles". iseekgolf.com. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
  7. ↑ "2012 Australian Men's Amateur Championship" (PDF). Golf Australia. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
  8. ↑ "Smith and Lee crowned Amateur champions". Golf Australia. 22 January 2013. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
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