Cameron Smith

2022 - 7 - 14

Cameron Smith: Give Trump credit for drawing Democratic fire, just ... (al.com)

Generic Republican would be a heck of a candidate in 2024, but it was never going to be that simple for the GOP. We apparently love to make races closer ...

If Trump isn’t the nominee, plan on Democrats explaining how the GOP candidate is basically a Trump proxy. With a disastrous exit from Afghanistan, failure to secure the Southern border, inflation through the roof, and wild gas prices, those same voters are perfectly willing to back a Republican alternative again. Republican elected officials parroted the fiction, and voters believed it because they couldn’t stomach Trump losing to a candidate as awful as Biden. The Democratic plan for 2020 was hammering Trump as a villain and threat to democracy itself. Like it or not, Trump is the only probable Republican candidate who could turn what should be a blowout election into a nail-biter. The easy answer for Democrats might be to put the aging Biden out to pasture but an even less popular Kamala Harris is next in line.

British Open 2022: The show Cameron Smith plans to binge watch ... (GolfDigest.com)

Following his five-under 67 at the Old Course, the Aussie revealed his afternoon plans, and they sound ideal.

Could mean he's binge watching "Peaky Blinders," could mean he's literally cruising around the town and having a few beverages, or it could mean he's going to bed early. Two things: A. I don't watch "Peaky Blinders" but I do know it's based in Europe (Britain, specifically), so the fact he's watching that in Europe, at the damn Open Championship, is a little too on brand. B. "Cruisy night" is such a perfectly Australian way to describe a lowkey evening.

Cameron Smith makes best start to British Open at St Andrews (The New Daily)

Cameron Smith has raised hopes of a long overdue Australian British Open triumph with his best start yet to the links-course major.

“The one thing I haven’t been good at is bouncing back from bad shots. “It was a good recovery, a great recovery,” he said. Min Woo Lee was the next best of the Australians after taking advantage of his early tee time to post a three-under 69. Brad Kennedy was the next best of the Australian morning starters after also taking advantage of early tee times to post a four-under 68. “I’m fine now but it just felt like I got a little bit of a hyper-extension in the back of my knee,” he said. “So nice to get out there and shoot a number and get myself well under par.”

Cameron Smith makes best-ever British Open start to sit three shots ... (ABC News)

The Australian shot a stylish five-under par 67 to finish the first round in third spot, three strokes short of American leader Cameron Young.

"Standing on the first tee at St Andrews in an Open is something that I've only dreamt of doing as a kid, and for it to all come real and to have the support I did out there today was pretty cool." - Smith is just three shots off the lead after his best-ever start to The Open with a three-under-par 67 Cameron Smith is hoping to parlay his best start at a British Open into a long-overdue first Australian triumph at St Andrews in more than 60 years.

Smith eyes Jug after his best Open start (The West Australian)

Cameron Smith has made his best start to a British Open to lie in third spot following a stylish first-round, five-under-par 67 at St Andrews.

"Standing on the first tee at St Andrews in an Open is something that I've only dreamt of doing as a kid, and for it to all come real and to have the support I did out there today was pretty cool." After missing the cut in his previous three Open starts, the 48-year-old world No.135 racked up eight birdies to grab a shock share of fifth with world No.1 Scottie Scheffler and fellow heavyweights Dustin Johnson, Victor Hovland and Lee Westwood. "Maybe at the start of my professional career I was trying to play too much of the right shot rather than just sticking to kind of what I know," Smith said. "It's nice to get off to a hot start any week, really," said the world No.6. Open favourite Rory McIlroy, with a 66, is the only other player in front of Smith, who has history on his side as he steps up his pursuit of an elusive maiden major following a third at this year's Masters and a tie for 13th at the US PGA Championship. Now that he's mastered the art of links golf, Cameron Smith hopes to parlay his best British Open start into a long overdue first Australian triumph at St Andrews in more than 60 years.

Woods struggles, Smith in hunt as young American heads Open ... (The Age)

A week which started so well turned sour for Tiger Woods, whose opening-round 78 put him 14 shots adrift of leader Cameron Young, who is three clear of ...

“It didn’t feel too great to be honest because of the bad start,” said Scott, who faces a quick turnaround for his morning tee-time of 8.14am (5.14pm AEST) after taking more than six hours to complete his round. Johnson joined the group on four-under with a birdie at the 18th and Masters champion Scottie Scheffler also finished on that mark in the next three-ball. He made his first move on the second hole, draining a huge putt from the raised part of the green on the second hole. Jason Scrivener had a decent day of it, too, playing in the more difficult afternoon conditions and finishing at level par. Smith was delighted to be “well under par” at the beginning of a weekend he was honest enough to state represents his best chance of winning a British Open title. I don’t think that I played a perfect round of golf.