He shot the the lowest-ever final round to win an Open; he is also a blue-collar Queenslander who likes XXXX Gold and his F1 simulator
or the mug amateur, professional golf is borderline witchcraft. For we – the hacker, the chopper, the handicapped – it is impossible to relate to the cognition that golf’s elite have for their game. It is a dark art to simply play in, much less contend for, the Open Championship, the oldest and greatest major hosted by a royal and ancient society at the ‘home of golf’. To win on the Old Course at St Andrews? Well, this is not normal behaviour at all.
“It was about the kids enjoying their golf,” he said. “And it meant they weren’t hanging around skateboard parks and shopping centres. It was about making nice human beings. To me it was a simple and great decision. Cameron just loved it. And if it cost us money, it cost us money. And if he never made a cent out of golf it wouldn’t have bothered me either way.”Australia at something called The Thunderbird Junior Invitational in Arizona.
Smith once bought his family new cars and wrapped them in big bows. Everyone cried. At the post-Open press conference he was asked how many beers would fit in the Claret Jug. “I’m going to guess two cans of beer,” Smith replied. “I’ll probably have about 20 Claret Jugs [tonight].”
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