Cam Smith lashes out at LIV Golf Collection query after successful Open

Cameron Smith didn’t wish to focus on the opportunity of signing up for the LIV Golf Collection after successful Sunday’s The Open, however definitely didn’t deny that it might occur.

The 28-year-old lifted the Claret Jug after an excellent efficiency at St Andrews with 268 playing cards over the 4 days nevertheless it was the again 9 on Sunday that actually stood out, taking simply 30 strokes to recover from the road and into the Intention to return in 20 beneath par.

It was an excellent second for the Australian, who received the a hundred and fiftieth version of the match, turning into the primary from Down Below since Greg Norman in 1993.

Nevertheless, consideration rapidly turned as to whether Smith can be participating within the Rebels’ LIV tour, which Norman was championing, as rumors had urged.

The Queensland native wasn’t completely happy about being requested about his plans, nevertheless it was removed from a refusal, which many will take as a touch that he’s certainly inclined to affix the rebels.

“I simply received the British Open and also you’re asking about it? I believe that’s fairly, not that good,” Smith snapped at a reporter when requested about LIV.

“I don’t know, mate. My crew round me worries about all this stuff. I’m right here to win golf tournaments.”

Norman, the CEO of LIV Golf, has not been invited to the Champions’ Dinner and Celebration of Champions occasion in St Andrews because of his involvement within the Breakaway Tour amid ongoing hostility in the direction of the Saudi-backed sequence.

Rory McIlroy, who needed to accept third place at The Open, backed the choice after criticizing the brand new sequence.

“It’s the a hundred and fiftieth Open Championship and that’s what we have to concentrate on,” McIlroy stated final week. “I believe the main target would have been taken away a bit bit if he had been right here.

“I supported that call and I believe proper now, with every part that’s occurring within the golf world, I believe it was the precise choice to be made.”

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