{"id":308244,"date":"2025-11-26T14:11:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T14:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/308244\/"},"modified":"2025-11-26T14:11:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T14:11:11","slug":"cam-smith-tears-apart-his-golf-game-after-being-told-liv-golf-move-backfired","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/308244\/","title":{"rendered":"Cam Smith tears apart his golf game after being told LIV Golf move backfired"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cameron Smith has torn apart his own golf game ahead of the BMW Australian PGA Championship, mentioning how he&#8217;s been playing after being tanked on a podcast hosted by two PGA Tour stars<\/p>\n<p>14:34 ET, 25 Nov 2025Updated 14:35 ET, 25 Nov 2025<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/0_GettyImages-2248306626.jpg\" alt=\"Cameron Smith not positive when talking about his own golf game\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Cameron Smith not positive when talking about his own golf game(Image: Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"themirror\">Since joining LIV Golf in 2022, Cameron Smith hasn\u2019t found much success elsewhere, even speaking poorly of his own game ahead of the BMW Australian PGA Championship.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"themirror\"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.themirror.com\/all-about\/cam-smith\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"SmithLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Smith<\/a> had an incredible season in <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.themirror.com\/sport\/golf\/cam-smith-open-liv-golf-1260909\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"2022 when he won the Players ChampionshipLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">2022 when he won the Players Championship<\/a> and the Open Championship, signing with <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.themirror.com\/all-about\/liv-golf\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"LIV GolfLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">LIV Golf<\/a> shortly after. This year, however, <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.themirror.com\/sport\/golf\/cam-smith-cut-open-liv-1277697\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Smith missed every single cut in 2025 at the majors for the first time in his careerLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Smith missed every single cut in 2025 at the majors for the first time in his career<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"themirror\">The Australian is coming off a missed cut at the PIF Saudi International, but is still a home favorite at the BMW Australian PGA Championship hosted by the Royal Queensland Golf Club.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.themirror.com\/sport\/baseball\/new-york-yankees-mlb-baseball-1525728\" data-tmdatatrack=\"read-more\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"1525728\" data-tmdatatrack-source=\"editorial\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Yankees owner blasted after saying it&#8217;s &#8216;not fair&#8217; to say club turns a profit and should lower payroll<\/a>READ MORE: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.themirror.com\/sport\/american-football\/jauan-jennings-49ers-panthers-fight-1525397\" data-tmdatatrack=\"read-more\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"1525397\" data-tmdatatrack-source=\"editorial\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jauan Jennings&#8217; six-word advice speaks volumes after crazy 49ers-Panthers fight<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"themirror\">He was asked about winning a home trophy with his baby boy in attendance, and didn\u2019t seem to care too much about the opportunity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"themirror\">\u201cYeah that would be cool,\u201d Smith told <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.australiangolfdigest.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Australian Golf Digest.Link opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Australian Golf Digest.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"themirror\">\u201cI haven\u2019t really thought about that because I\u2019ve been playing like c&#8212; but that would be awesome and maybe that\u2019s a good thing to think about and get me amped up for this week.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/0_GettyImages-2248305815.jpg\" alt=\"Cam Smith talks own golf game ahead of the BMW Australian PGA Championship.\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>Cam Smith talks own golf game ahead of the BMW Australian PGA Championship.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"themirror\">Smith, the former World No. 2 and major winner, is now two years and three months from his last victory.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"themirror\">\u201cI\u2019m looking forward to [the Australian PGA and Open]. I feel like the game\u2019s in a good enough spot to compete. Obviously, Royal Queensland is a course that I love and have played well at.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"themirror\">\u201cI think just being at home brings that [playfulness] back a little bit as well, and obviously having success here at RQ probably helps. I\u2019m trying to go out there and not worry about it so much.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.themirror.com\/sport\/golf\/jackson-koivun-putting-pga-tour-1526715\" data-tmdatatrack=\"read-more\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"1526715\" data-tmdatatrack-source=\"editorial\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Future PGA Tour star backed to instantly become best putter<\/a>READ MORE: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.themirror.com\/sport\/american-football\/jauan-jennings-punched-49ers-panthers-1525200\" data-tmdatatrack=\"read-more\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"1525200\" data-tmdatatrack-source=\"editorial\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MNF cameras catch moment that sparked wild Panthers-49ers postgame brawl<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"themirror\">Smith is also set to tee off at the Australian Open in Royal Melbourne early next month and added more insight on his feelings ahead of the swing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"themirror\">\u201cI\u2019ve never really played with expectations, so I don\u2019t think there\u2019s anything that I really need to do.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"themirror\">\u201cI think what I need to do is prepare well and then just forget about it to be honest. I\u2019ve got good memories from last year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/0_GettyImages-915138114-1.jpg\" alt=\"Nick O'Hern talks Smith's golf game on podcast, also tearing him to shreds\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>Nick O&#8217;Hern talks Smith&#8217;s golf game on podcast, also tearing him to shreds<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"themirror\">Smith was recently <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.themirror.com\/sport\/golf\/brooks-koepka-cam-smith-liv-1524242\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"torn apart by two PGA Tour stars, Mark Allen and former World No. 16 Nick O&#039;Hern Link opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">torn apart by two PGA Tour stars, Mark Allen and former World No. 16 Nick O&#8217;Hern <\/a>on the <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.talkbirdietome.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Talk Birdie to Me PodcastLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Talk Birdie to Me Podcast<\/a>, where the professionals dove deep on he and fellow LIV star Brooks Koepka.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"themirror\">\u201cI always feel like the guys that went to LIV\u2026 the majority of them\u2026 weren\u2019t die hard professional golfers,\u201d said Allen. \u201cFrom the outside looking in, it just looks like LIV stuffed their game.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"themirror\">O\u2019Hern then goes on to mention that Smith just isn\u2019t doing well. \u201cNo one drove it worse than him at the majors last year\u2026 he missed every cut in the majors last year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"themirror\">\u201cI&#8217;m sure it&#8217;s annoying the hell out of him too,\u201d added O\u2019Hern in the conversation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cameron Smith has torn apart his own golf game ahead of the BMW Australian PGA Championship, mentioning how&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":308245,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[443],"tags":[49,3157,48,622,6674,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-308244","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-cam-smith","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-golf","12":"tag-liv-golf","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308244","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=308244"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308244\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/308245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=308244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=308244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=308244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}