Cameron Smith

Ask a Stanley Cup-winning hockey player how many beers fit inside the trophy, and they'll likely know the answer right away (it's 14, for those wondering).

A bottle of Jameson is right around 25 ounces, meaning two 12-ounce beers, and maybe a few more sips of another, would fit inside the jug. Earlier this week, Shane Lowry told us on the "Be Right" podcast that an entire bottle of Jameson fit in the jug when he won it in 2019. "I'll probably have about 20 Claret Jugs tonight."

The Australian produces a back-nine for the ages featuring five straight birdies to win his first major at St Andrews.

It seemed like there were a lot out there. He dragged the overnight deficit from four shots back to just one after steadily reaching the turn in two under for his round, then jagged three birdies in a row to open the front nine. After a luckless third round with the putter, when he surrendered a two-shot halfway lead, Smith promised a Sunday birdie blitz in a desperate bid to reel in McIlroy and Hovland. Nagle and Thomson are the only other Australians to have won the Open on the Old Course at the home of golf. In etching his name in the history books after winning golf's oldest and greatest championship, Smith also becomes the first player to complete The Players-British Open double since the legendary Jack Nicklaus in 1978. He won by a shot from American Cameron Young, who eagled the last for a 65 to force Smith to hole a clutch two-foot birdie to deny the American a four-hole playoff.

Cameron Smith charged his way into history on the Old Course, a Sunday stunner at St. Andrews that sent the Australian to his first major by overcoming Rory ...

He left short a 6-foot putt with about a foot of break on the 15th. The nefarious Road Hole bunker was between him and the flag on the 17th. He came up short with a wedge on the next hole. He hit a nifty pitch to 5 feet for birdie on the short 10th. He started the final round four shots behind and was still three behind when he made the turn. From 80 feet away, his pace up the slope and toward the cup was close to perfect, leaving him a tap-in birdie to finish at 20-under 268. And he got no help from Smith, whose one missed shot set up his biggest challenge. His 8-under 64 was the lowest final round by a champion in the 30 times golf's oldest championship has been played at St. Andrews. And I just couldn't. I got beaten by the better player this week. "When both Camerons — especially Smith — went on that run on the back nine, I had to dig deep to make birdies. "The putter went cold on me," McIlroy said. McIlroy couldn't make a putt early.

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"I think I said at the PGA, one of these times I'll shoot 5 under on the back and that will be enough," Young said. And it wasn't. So I guess one of these times I'll shoot 6 (under) on the back on Sunday and that will be enough." McIlroy drove the green at the par-4 10th and two-putted for his second birdie to get to 18 under before Smith's charge began. Brian Harman (66) and Dustin Johnson (69) finished at 13 under, tied for sixth. Young posted five birdies and two bogeys before his electric eagle at the last. ... Yeah, just really proud of how I kind of knuckled down today and managed to get it done." "I think I was maybe three back at the turn. But on Sunday, Hovland didn't make a birdie until No. 12 and posted a 2-over 74. Smith made two birdies on the front nine before rattling off five straight at Nos. 10-14 to pass McIlroy and touch 19 under. "It's just one of those days where I played a really controlled round of golf. Cameron Smith rose to the occasion and wrote his own chapter at the Old Course. I felt good all day, and those putts just started going in on that back nine and just got a lot of momentum going."

The PGA Tour can't be happy with Cameron Smith's response to a question about LIV Golf.

It should be noted Smith did not respond in the affirmative. Smith would rather talk about his recent conquest than the controversial subject. That would be LIV Golf, the fledgling Saudi-backed circuit that has threatened a schism at the professional level.

The question seemed inevitable and yet Cameron Smith acted miffed that he was asked during his British Open winner's press conference.

"To be honest, I planned the schedule which got up to about now, and then we'll just reassess and go again," he said. Gaining the Japanese star would be a boon for LIV's efforts to gain an international TV deal, especially in Japan, where Matsuyama is a top attraction. LIV Golf kept a low profile this week, but the Saudi-backed league is expected to ramp up its spending spree with more high-profile signings. "I just won the British Open, and you're asking about that?" I'm here to win golf tournaments." "I think that's pretty, not that good."

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland – Cameron Smith had just given up his 36-hole lead at The 150th Open. It was time for his caddie, Sam Pinfold, to give a pep talk and ...

He birdied the first four holes of TPC Sawgrass’ back nine en route to that win. He just has the balls and courage to stand up and do it.” “He loves to fight,” Pinfold said. “To win an Open Championship in itself is probably going to be a golfer's highlight in their career. Many suggested he should have called Smith off a risky shot where he attempted to hit his ball while standing in a bunker with the ball above his feet. Another of those moments came Sunday at the infamous Road Hole, which ranks as the TOUR’s toughest each time The Open comes to St. Andrews. Smith’s approach came up short, and the hole’s famous greenside bunker stood between his ball and his target. When he calmly birdied the last to post 20 under, one shot better than playing partner Cameron Young, only a McIlroy eagle could beat him. “Never a doubt,” Smith joked about the match at his pre-tournament press conference afterwards. One State of Origin game fell on The Open’s eve, and Smith insisted on playing his last nine-hole practice round early in the morning so he could stream the match on his phone at St. Andrews. At St. Andrews, he matched that mark for majors and recorded the lowest score ever shot in an Open at St. Andrews, a 20-under 268. Smith is from Queensland – the northeastern state in Australia known for its beautiful beaches, the Great Barrier Reef, and an ethos of never-say-die toughness. Starting Sunday four shots off the lead was enough of a challenge.

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When he drained a 10-footer for par, Laura Davies remarked: “If he goes on to win, that’s the best two-putt of his life.” Smith was the obvious threat, his putter cutting the air and the atmosphere like a hot knife through butterscotch. But the early vibe of hope and possibility faded momentarily as they approached the turn, and when he missed a 12-foot birdie on the 9th that he would have taken on either of the first two days, a sense of tightness fell on his shoulders. With seven and eight holes left for the main players, there were at least four possible endings to the story once Dustin Johnson squandered a birdie chance up ahead on 14. Then Smith and Young made their move on 10, cutting the deficit to two shots with rock-solid birdies that injected the closing charge with bags of electricity under cloying skies. Yet it had gone strangely cold on day three, as he struggled against the course and his own game after rounds of 67 and 64, drifting out to a 73, with just two birdies, a double bogey and bogey.

Cameron Smith's dad is kicking himself that he didn't make the journey to St. Andrews to see his son win the 150th British Open.

He’s such a nice bloke — always has been — very giving of his time to both the members and the juniors,” McKay said. McKay helped get the club’s Cameron Smith Junior Classic started in 2017 as a qualifying tournament for the Greg Norman Junior Masters event. The club was expecting more than a few beers to be poured in celebration. “It’s been a while for us to get an Open championship.” He went ahead and done it.” He was four back.

Cameron Smith came from four shots back to win The Open at St. Andrews for his first major championship title.

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Smith is a wizard on a golf course; he is also a blue-collar Queenslander who likes XXXX Gold and his F1 simulator.

He is both one of us and one of them – a golfer and a wizard. He lives in a waterside mansion in Florida. Yet Smith’s dad says there’s no “no mug” in his boy. At the post-Open press conference he was asked how many beers would fit in the Claret Jug. “I’m going to guess two cans of beer,” Smith replied. He is ranked sixth in the world with a bullet. Today he lives a high-profile life in the United States, performing each week on a massive stage. And if it cost us money, it cost us money. He had only ever wanted to be a professional. Although he would not think himself cool – his upbringing would not allow it. And so here he is, Australia’s latest golf sensation. He didn’t see it that way. To me it was a simple and great decision. And thus legions of us sat in front of televisions so very early on Monday morning and watched Smith, leading by one over local favourite Rory McIlroy, half-chunk his approach shot on the famous and difficult 17th hole.

He's got a big set of balls on him,” said Cameron Smith's caddie, Sam Pinfold. “He's a real battler and a bulldog."

He’s not afraid to play aggressively, and on Sunday that made all the difference. His creativity around the greens was born during his childhood when he used to love to take a sand wedge and make a golf ball spin to a stop on the makeshift backyard green designed by his father. He’ll hit a bad shot and it just doesn’t seem to bother him, because he knows that he’s going to hit a great next shot. The way he plays he knows he’s got to make birdies and he puts the blinkers on and goes.” “He’s got a big set of balls on him,” said Smith’s caddie, Sam Pinfold. “He’s a real battler and a bulldog. At the 2019 Presidents Cup, Smith hinted at the breakthrough that was to come with a convincing victory over Justin Thomas in his Sunday singles match.

Rory McIlroy's four-shot lead disappeared in a flash but there's no shame in losing to someone as impressive as Cameron Smith was.

Sapped of the already limited power he had earlier in his career, the milestone hit was one of just six homers he hit in 2011. The success of the two World Cup tournaments led to a series of competitions called the “ Mundialito” (Spanish for “little World Cup”), held in Italy four times between 1984 and ’88, plus a smaller version in Japan in ’81. The Mundialito, like the ’70 and ’71 World Cups, was not a FIFA-sanctioned event, but it did prove that women’s soccer could be commercially successful. The Jeter cover was one of two covers SI published that week. When a golfer blows a four-stroke lead in the final round of a major, it’s easy to look back on the tournament and say he “lost” it. Even still, the tournament was a popular event. His bogey-free 64 was tied for the lowest round of the tournament. Nick Selbe breaks down a star-studded first round of the MLB draft. Yes, he had to make birdie at the 18th to edge Young by a stroke, but a bogey there would have changed everything. He needed just 29 putts on Sunday, compared to 35 on Saturday. For McIlroy, though, it was the putter that did him in, as Michael Rosenberg wrote: Smith’s disappointing second shot came perilously close to going into a greenside bunker, and the pin location made a chip shot all but impossible. All Smith did was come out and play the round of his life. Smith fired a final-round 64 to capture his first major championship, finishing the tournament at 20 under par.

Fresh from winning the 150th edition of The Open Championship, Cameron Smith failed to put to bed rumours surrounding his possible move to rival golf tour, ...

Smith is arguably the world's best putter and his skills on the green proved the difference on Sunday. It's just unreal." Speaking to reporters following his one-stroke victory, Smith took exception to a question regarding his future and the LIV connections.

McIlroy couldn't make a 15-foot birdie putt in the group behind him — he couldn't make anything all day — and Smith effectively ended it with two putts from 80 ...

Young made a 15-foot eagle on the 18th hole for a 65, tied for the lead for as long as it took Smith to tap in for birdie. As McIlroy spoke to the media, he had to pause every now and then. There were cheers from a record crowd as Smith walked onto the green to accept the claret jug and be introduced as “champion golfer of the year.” Smith and Young were four behind and by the end of the day, one had the silver claret jug and the other had a silver medal. "Towards the end of last year, I had a lot of chances and really didn’t get over the line. Smith used his magic touch with the putter to run it along with edge of the bunker onto the green and made the 10-footer for par. His third win this year came at Kapalua on the Plantation course with its wild changes in elevation and big greens with high wind. Today kind of just is more proof that he is that good, and he is one of the very, very best players in the world.” The question put to him Sunday evening made him laugh. “I think it's just another example of why he's one of the very best,” Young added. ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) — Cameron Smith made eight birdies on the final day of the British Open. His 8-under 64 was the lowest closing round at St. Andrews by the champion golfer of the year. That was the score when Smith was on the 17th hole.

But on this Sunday, my job was to write the winner. And that winner, of course, would be Rory McIlroy, whom I first met when he was 19 and destined for golf ...

He only needed one of those two titles to be the Champion Golfer of the Year. He’s it, just like Rory was in 2014. With those two big titles, he will be at the heart of the conversation for various player of the year awards, lower-case letters. Greg Norman, the great Australian golfer, won the Open in 1986 and ’93. Until Sunday, he was the last Aussie to win the Open. Smith was born a few weeks after Norman’s win in ’93. They are both from Queensland. The R&A powers disinvited Norman from this year’s dinner for former champions, because of his role as the commissioner of the upstart league, the LIV Golf series. For three days, McIlroy was doing everything right on the course with his clubs and everything right off the course in his interviews. I asked him to compare the two courses. The ball stopped about a foot under the hole. I can’t think of a major where a 36-hole leader went south on Saturday and came back to win on Sunday. In that situation, a bad Saturday round usually dooms your Sunday, too. Everybody playing any good broke 70 on Saturday. When you consider how short the course was playing, it was essentially a par 68 on Saturday. Smith shot 73. The first is that there is not a pretentious bone in his body. As McIlroy said early in the week, the Old Course is a fiddly course. Smith looked almost Seve-like, and almost Daly-like, in his ability to assess speed and line, to negotiate the hundreds of little hillocks that make the Old Course the Old Course. Those who really, really have the gift, as Seve Ballesteros (the winner here in 1984) and John Daly (the winner here in 1995), can size up the demands of the shot in a nanosecond, even if they might use a full half-minute to make things look more dramatic. But on this Sunday, my job was to write the winner.

Cameron Smith was in no mood to talk about LIV Golf rumors after he won the Open Championship on Sunday in St. Andrews.

Is there any truth in that?” “Cam, apologies for having to bring this up in these circumstances, but your name continues to be mentioned, has been mentioned to me this week about LIV Golf,” the reporter said. Is there any truth to suggestions that you might be signing?”

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