Australian Open golf 2022 | Cameron Smith progresses to weekend rounds
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Having earlier thought he had missed the cut, Cameron Smith has progressed into the weekend rounds at the Australian Open.
A week after his win at the Australian PGA, Smith was left anxiously waiting, but eventually pulled through right on the cutline with a two-over 73 on Friday.
After carding a one-over 71 at Victoria Golf Club on Thursday, Smith appeared on the wrong side of the cutline.
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Following his round, Smith said he « just couldn’t get anything going ».
« I’ve felt really uncomfortable the past couple of days which is really odd, » he said.
« I hit plenty of good putts that just skirted the edges, and that’s what I ended up with. »
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Starting on the 10th at Kingston Heath, Smith started his round with a bogey and two pars. He birdied the par-four 13th but gave the shot straight back on 14.
He also made bogey on 16, before starting his front nine with back-to-back birdies. He would make two more bogeys on the fourth and eighth, before finishing with a birdie on the ninth.
With his wedge game normally his strong point, Smith lamented missing several greens in a « frustrating » round.
« I hit a couple of good shots into three (but) from there it was just really not that great. I had another wedge into four and missed the green, » he said.
Cameron Smith struggles at Australian Open
« Just really poor. Not really good stuff out there, and quite frustrating because scoring conditions are obviously pretty good. »
David Micheluzzi and Adam Scott share the lead with an eight-under 134.
Scott shot a bogey-free seven-under 63 to equal the Victorian Golf Club’s course record also carded by local pro David Micheluzzi on Thursday.
After a difficult opening round for the 2013 Masters champion, Scott willed himself into form, rolling in a left-to-right eagle from off the fringe of the 18th green.
Scott and Micheluzzi will go head to head in the final group on Saturday after Micheluzzi carded a one-under-par 71 to hold a share of the opening-round lead.
Hannah Green is topping the women’s championship with an 11-under 134.
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