Cameron Smith is having a career-high 2022 with victories at the year-opening Tournament of Champions, the Players Championship and, of course, the 150th Open Championship at St. Andrews.
It has propelled the Queenslander to No.2 in the world ranking and added nearly $10 million in prizemoney to the coffers.
His improved ball-striking this year has given Smith more opportunities to go low with his scoring and he’s grabbed those chances often.
At the Players Championship in March, he one-putted eight greens on the back nine Sunday afternoon to card a 66 and claim the title. In doing so, he set a Strokes Gained: Putting tournament record of +11.521. That’s right, he gained 11 strokes on the field on the greens. Across the four rounds, he made an incredible 401-feet, 10 inches worth of putts. Not quite his personal best, which stands at 415 feet.
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