Cam Smith's major admission speaks volumes as LIV Golf star keen to 'prove' he's among the best

Cam Smith was crowned Champion Golfer of The Year astatine The Open conscionable 2 years ago, but it appears the LIV Golf prima inactive feels helium has thing to beryllium connected the large stage

Cam Smith has acceptable his sights connected winning much large titles, with the LIV Golf prima admitting helium is inactive keen to beryllium helium tin vie against immoderate of the champion golfers connected the planet.

A small implicit 2 years ago, Smith became a large champion, clinching the 150th Open Championship astatine St Andrews aft pipping Rory McIlroy to the Claret Jug. At the clip the Australian was 1 the astir in-form golfers connected the planet, sitting No. 2 successful the Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR).

Just weeks aboriginal however, the Champion Golfer of The Year near the athletics successful shock, opting to permission the PGA Tour to motion for the past start-up league astatine LIV, signing a mega-money declaration with chap Australian Greg Norman.

Since then, Smith has failed to marque his people connected the large stage, and has unsurprisingly drifted down the world rankings, with LIV continuing to big events without OWGR points connected offer. Two years connected from making the leap to the breakaway league, Smith is keen to amusement helium tin inactive vie astatine the precise top.

"I privation to beryllium that I'm inactive a large subordinate and that I tin triumph each the large tournaments and the majors," Smith told Golf Monthly. "It was bully to spot Brooks [Koepka] instrumentality 1 for the squad astatine past year's PGA [Championship] and get that archetypal large for a LIV player.

"Bryson [DeChambeau] continued that arsenic good [at the US Open],” the erstwhile Open champion continued. “Hopefully we tin get into a regular present wherever we tin each sound disconnected a fewer much majors successful the future.” Whilst helium is yet to triumph the celebrated greenish jacket, Smith's grounds astatine the Masters is an awesome one.

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In April helium enactment successful his champion large showing of the play astatine Augusta National, finishing the week successful a necktie for sixth to unafraid his 4th top-10 successful his past 5 trips to the iconic Georgia course. On the LIV setup, Smith's signifier has been reasonably coagulated too, but helium has been incapable to adhd to the 3 idiosyncratic victories helium earned successful 2022 and 2023 this season.

He has enjoyed occurrence with his Ripper GC squad though, nary much truthful past erstwhile competing successful beforehand of a location assemblage astatine LIV Adelaide successful April. After playing their mode into a first-ever squad playoff connected the breakaway circuit, Smith led his squad to triumph implicit Stinger GC to the delight of the raucous Aussie assemblage watching on.

Back-to-back victories past followed successful Singapore a week later, and Smith and co person the accidental to adhd the biggest LIV prize astatine each to their postulation astatine this week's Team Championship. The all-Australian team's week volition commencement somewhat aboriginal than astir successful Dallas, having been fixed a bye into the semi-finals of the lawsuit having finished 3rd successful the year-long standings down Jon Rahm's Legion XIII and Bryson DeChambeau's Crushers GC.