Cameron Smith

2022 - 8 - 10

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'If money is your God, sign with LIV': Cameron Smith's simple choice (The Sydney Morning Herald)

Cameron Smith should not be judged if he takes Saudi money says sports entrepreneur and manager to the stars, James Erskine.

A true world tour where all the top players could come and play on a regular basis and play for big money in countries which can’t necessarily raise the huge amount of money required. “With Australia and New Zealand and Asia, golf can find a way forward. “It’s destabilising the fabric of professional golf. It does help those 48 players make more money than they would actually make normally, and the fact is that most of them are basically past their use-by date. They all start as amateurs somewhere and are nurtured through the pathway so they could play golf, and then they get cards and qualify professionally.” “Basically, Greg Norman is doing it for money.

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Cameron Smith refuses to deny multi-million dollar switch to LIV Golf ... (Planet Sport)

Open champion Cameron Smith has refused to comment on reports that he has agreed to join the LIV golf tour, but did not deny them either.

I'm here to win the FedEx Cup play-offs." "Like I said, I'm here to play the FedEx Cup play-offs. "That's all I'm here for.

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Cameron Smith refuses to be drawn on LIV Golf reports (The Irish Times)

On Tuesday Cameron Percy suggested his fellow Australians Smith and Marc Leishman had agreed to join the controversial Saudi-backed series. Reports suggested ...

I’m here to win the FedEx Cup play-offs.” “Like I said, I’m here to play the FedEx Cup play-offs. “That’s all I’m here for.

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Open champion Cameron Smith facing PGA ban as he 'agrees ... (Daily Express)

CAMERON SMITH has refused to deny his £118million deal to join the controversial LIV Golf series which would result in a PGA ban.

The Telegraph have reported that Smith has signed a deal worth £118million with Saudi-backed LIV Golf and will make his debut in the series at Boston next month. Fellow Australian Cam Percy told RSN Radio that Smith along with fellow Australian Marc Leishman have already joined the LIV Golf series. Open champion Cameron Smith has deflected questions about his deal to join the LIV Golf series, but in doing so failed to deny the rumours are true.

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'I'm here to win': Cam Smith stonewalls reporters amid reports he's ... (Golf.com)

Cam Smith is reportedly joining LIV Golf, but he refused to confirm those reports before the start of the FedEx Cup Playoffs this week.

And, currently ranked No. 2 in the FedEx Cup standings, he has a better chance than most. It could also prove to be his last. This time, the focus is Cameron Smith.

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Cameron Smith taking the lame way out on LIV Golf questions was ... (For The Win)

Cameron Smith has had one heck of a year on the PGA Tour. He won in a thriller in Maui back in January. He won the Players Championship in March with some gutsy ...

If he has in fact signed the deal then he should have said that he is going to LIV and let the distractions and everything else that would follow to just happen. Look, Smith has every right in the world to go to LIV. It would be an absolute bummer if he did and it would stink for professional golf but it’s a decision that he can make. Reports came out yesterday that Smith has signed to a $100 million deal with LIV Golf, the Saudi-funded golf league that had a rough day in court yesterday afternoon. And then last month he won the 150th Open Championship with one of the best final rounds in major championship history. Yesterday he had the chance to step up to the plate again and be an important figure in golf but instead he just backed away from it all with a “no comment” and a bunch of empty words about his immediate future and in doing so, tarnished a reputation that just a few weeks ago was one of the best in professional golf. Cameron Smith has had one heck of a year on the PGA Tour. He won in a thriller in Maui back in January. He won the Players Championship in March with some gutsy shots down the stretch.

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Furious Cameron Smith hits out at fellow Australian over big LIV Golf ... (Mirror.co.uk)

After Cameron Percy claimed that fellow Aussie golf star Cameron Smith had agreed to join the Saudi-backed LIV Golf Series, the Open champion has hit back ...

"It's interesting, we're still getting calls from agents of top-40 players in the world wanting to join LIV but it's too late now. Percy also criticised the Saudi state, adding: "They're not the nicest people in the world. When asked about the Saudi-backed series and the prospect of Smith and Marc Leishman joining it, Percy told RSN radio : "Unfortunately, yeah, they're gone.

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Open champion Cameron Smith refuses to deny LIV Golf deal as ... (Evening Standard)

Open champion Cameron Smith has again refused to confirm he has agreed to join LIV Golf, amid reports he has signed a $100million-plus deal to defect to the ...

But speaking ahead of the FedEx Cup St Jude Championship, Smith said: “My goal here is to win the FedEx play-offs. pen champion Cameron Smith has again refused to confirm he has agreed to join LIV Golf, amid reports he has signed a $100million-plus deal to defect to the Saudi-backed rebel series. Just a month after Smith won the Claret Jug at St Andrews, the world No2 is expected to join LIV in what would be a major coup for the controversial breakaway series.

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Cameron Smith refuses to deny LIV move with Open champion 'set ... (Mirror.co.uk)

Cameron Smith failed to deny rumours linking him with a move to the controversial LIV Golf and said news on his future would not come from Cam Percy.

I'm here to play the FedExCup Playoffs, that has been my focus the last week and a half." The more and more you look into it, some people don't care, some people have got a conscience and do care. The Australian said any news about his future would come from him and not fellow countryman Cam Percy, who claimed that Smith is moving to the rebel series.

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Cameron Smith shuts down questions about LIV Golf deal: 'I'm here ... (Fox News)

2022 British Open Champion Cameron Smith declined to comment on reports that he has already signed a deal to join LIV Golf ahead of this week's FedEx Cup ...

I’m here to win the FedEx Cup playoffs, that’s my priority," he replied. "I’m here to play the FedEx Cup playoffs, mate. I’m here to win the FedEx Cup playoffs.

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Cameron Smith gets awkward when asked about LIV Golf report (The Comeback)

Golf star Cameron Smith gets pretty awkward at an interview when asked if he's accepting $100 million to leave the PGA Tour for LIV Golf.

I’m here to win the FedEx Cup playoffs. “Like I said, I’m here to play the FedEx Cup playoffs. “My goal here is to win the FedEx Cup playoffs.

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RUMOUR: Is Cameron Young set to follow Cameron Smith over to ... (Golfmagic.com)

It's been a whirlwind 48 hours if your name is Cameron on the PGA Tour. First, Cameron Percy revealed fellow Australian and Open champion Cameron Smith has ...

He also said: "My goal here is to win the FedExCup Playoffs. That's all I'm here for. Formal apology for sharing this article earlier. And now from out of nowhere this afternoon, it has emerged in The Times that PGA Tour rookie superstar Cameron Young, who finished runner-up to Smith at The Open last month, could be following him over to the LIV Golf Tour after the Playoffs.

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Cam Smith's reported LIV defection would be different. Here's why (Golf.com)

Cameron Smith spoke with the media on Tuesday at the FedEx St. Jude Championship. “I'm a man of my word and whenever you ...

But really what Smith’s signing would cement is just the idea that neither side appears to be going anywhere. That report mentioned that in addition to a LIV event planned for Sydney in April there will be two International Series events scheduled around the same time. The International Series is a LIV-sponsored set of tournaments within the Asian Tour that will serve as a feeder tour of sorts for LIV. As a result, LIV will have done what the PGA Tour has not: Created something of an Aussie Swing. Mickelson, Johnson, DeChambeau, Koepka. Now it appears to have a red-hot golfer on the line. Matt Jones and Aussie golf fans have always resented the PGA Tour for not taking care of its golf-rich region of the world. He’ll be able to play the other majors for the next five years. And I’m not naive enough to suggest that anyone leaving for a LIV mega-contract is doing it for significant reasons other than the money. That’s a more difficult case to make should Smith, who is in the running for PGA Tour Player of the Year, make the leap. Barring drastic action from the R&A, Smith will be invited back to the Open for the next 32 years. And, were it not for the aforementioned iciness between LIV and the PGA Tour, he’d be exempt there for the next five years, too. So there’s some symbolic weight to Smith joining such historic company and then bouncing from the PGA Tour immediately thereafter. The Players is the crown jewel of the PGA Tour, boasting the largest purse and the deepest field on an iconic golf course.

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Why $140m Smith coup could be the 'tipping' point in golf's ugly civil ... (Fox Sports)

Why $140m Smith coup could be the 'tipping' point in golf's ugly civil war — World View.

“The signing of Smith is a significant riposte to that narrative. When LIV expands into a 14-tournament league next year, it is reportedly scheduled to stop in Sydney in April, where Smith is expected to feature in an all-Australian team.” “It’s destabilising the fabric of professional golf. “It has been very easy up until now to dismiss the gimmicks of LIV’s format — featuring shotgun starts, 54 holes and no cuts — as a watered-down exhibition lacking the essentials of elite competition. At one level, his departure in his prime demonstrates the scale of the Saudis’ ambitions. With his talent in the fullest bloom, he deserves to be playing in front of the largest galleries, for the highest stakes. He continued: “Smith remains LIV’s biggest coup to date and also symbolises another aspect of their revolt that could bring considerable success. “(Henrick) Stenson, a 46-year-old who has failed to reach the weekend in seven of his last nine majors, is the type of player he should be beating for breakfast. As he gave his acceptance speech on the 18th green at St Andrews, the Claret Jug in his hand, the quaver in his voice suggested he was genuinely overwhelmed. If he takes home the maximum loot of £3.93 million on his LIV debut in Boston next month, he would eclipse even the £2.98 million he earned at the Players Championship in May, in what was then the richest prize ever offered by a single golf tournament. It is a realm with all the money but none of the prestige. Even the winner himself did not look unduly bothered,” Brown wrote in The Telegraph.

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