THE PLAYERS Championship 2022, TPC Sawgrass, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL: 10-14 March
Cameron Smith Wins The Players Championship 2022!
From PGA TOUR Daily Wrap-up, by Associated Press:
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Cameron Smith made the longest week at THE PLAYERS Championship worth the wait.
In a dynamic conclusion to five days of bad weather and high drama, Smith one-putted eight of his last nine holes with his pure stroke and delivered one of the gutsiest shots of his career for the cushion he needed to win.
Leading by two on the par-3 17th hole, 135 yards to the hole on an island green, Smith split the difference in the 12 feet that separated the flag from the water. The ball ended up 4 feet away and the Australian made his record-tying 10th birdie of the round...
This was about more than money, more than the three-year exemption he earned to the four majors and a five-year exemption on the PGA TOUR.
This was as much about family. Smith, so unflappable in the tense pressure that featured 26 holes on Monday, choked up when he talked about his mother and sister, whom he had not seen more than two years because of travel restrictions Down Under during the pandemic. Read more
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