Cam Smith has extra motivation after 'unacceptable' display and LIV Golf drought

Cameron Smith is looking to triumph a 4th BMW Australian PGA Championship rubric successful Brisbane, wherever helium missed the chopped by 9 shots 12 months ago

Cameron Smith has confessed that past year's "unacceptable" show is fueling his ambition to unafraid a 4th BMW Australian PGA Championship title.

Smith, who antecedently won the Joe Kirkwood Cup successful 2017, 2018 and 2022, missed the chopped by 9 shots past twelvemonth aft rounds of 73 and 78 astatine Royal Queensland Golf Club.

He emotionally stated astatine the time: "Australia has been truthful bully to me, there's nary crushed to execute similar that. Unacceptable." The 2022 Open champion is keen to debar a akin show successful his hometown of Brisbane, wherever chap Aussie Min Woo Lee volition beryllium defending his title.

Smith admitted: "I deliberation conscionable mentation past year, conscionable got a small spot lazy, finished a mates months aboriginal and truly didn't bash overmuch golfing. Did a small spot present and there, but I conjecture the clip spent retired connected the scope and connected the play people conscionable wasn't there. And it truly showed successful however I played archetypal week back, truthful a batch has changed since then.

"A batch much motivation, astir apt adjacent much information to get retired present and bash a amended occupation this year. And I consciousness similar I've been prepping truly hard and doing each the close worldly to vie this week and beryllium successful contention."

"It was wholly disappointing to play however I did past year. It was terrible. It was a unspeakable feeling. I deliberation being a Brisbane lad astir apt adjacent wounded a small spot much and it's not precise often I get to play successful beforehand of a location crowd."

Despite not clinching a triumph connected the LIV Golf Tour this year, Smith arrives this week caller from a necktie for 2nd successful the Ford NSW Open and a shared third-place decorativeness astatine the Queensland PGA Championship. Smith expressed his eagerness to triumph, saying: "I'd emotion for my archetypal triumph (of 2024) to travel here.

"I would've loved for it to travel a small spot earlier. I consciousness similar possibly a small spot of added unit with immoderate tournaments moving out. I consciousness similar my crippled is successful a truly bully spot. I consciousness similar I've done each the prep, I've done the things I've needed to bash - peculiarly past period - to truly beryllium competitive.

"The lone happening I privation arsenic a rival is to beryllium successful contention connected Sunday and I've been fortunate capable to bash that the past mates of weeks, conscionable haven't rather got crossed the line."