TOUR Championship 2021, East Lake GC, Atlanta, GA: 2-5 September
Cam Smith, the Aussie bloke at the TOUR Championship
As play gets underway in Atlanta, champions from around a dozen countries are competing. Australia is represented by Cameron Smith.
From Fox Sports, by Jacob Polychrionis:
The winner will take home the season’s biggest prize of $20 million, and be crowned FedEx Cup champion.
Nonetheless, there are plenty of reasons to still be excited about Smith’s chances of becoming Australia’s first-ever winner of the tournament.
Heading into last weekend’s BMW Championship, Smith spoke of how comfortable he was in his game, those two errant tee shots aside. Read more
From The West Australian, by Mohen Govenda:
Cameron Smith will begin his quest for a maiden FedExCup title at the season-ending Tour Championship five shots behind red-hot frontrunner Patrick Cantlay, the season's only three-time winner.
But with only three other players - Tony Finau, Bryson DeChambeau and John Rahm - ahead of him in the 30-man field under the staggered "starting strokes" formula used for the finale, the Australian believes where there's a will there's a way.
"I'm just going out there to give it my best shot and hopefully walking up 18 on Sunday, I've got a shot at winning the FedExCup," said Smith... Read more
From Fox Sports, by Russell Gould:
Cameron Smith knows what has been holding him back from at least two massive paydays in the past month, and it isn’t the haircut that has become as famous as the world number 23.
As he takes his shot at the FedEx Cup and its $20m prize pool at this week’s PGA Tour Championship in Atlanta, getting one key club working in his favour is the Queenslander’s real focus.
“I’d like to hit my driver a bit straighter,” Smith said... Read more
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