Cam Smith starts well in Singapore
Cam Smith – photo LIV Golf
Cam Smith’s form improvement from Adelaide has flowed over to the opening round of the Liv Golf event in Singapore and at the end of a rain delayed opening round at the Sentosa Golf Club he trails last week’s winner, Talor Gooch, by just one shot heading into day two after his round of 65.
“Yeah, it was really solid today,” said Smith who played with Gooch today. “I think Sam (caddy) mentioned to me on the 18th green there that he can’t remember and I definitely can’t remember the last time I hit 14 fairways.
Talor said everyone played well in the group, and I felt like we kept ourselves going there after the rain delay. Everyone was getting a little bit tired, I think. Yeah, it was a good day all in all.”
Smith was asked what had caused the form to improve so sharply in Adelaide and now here and he responded; “I think just playing more golf, to be honest. We’ve played a lot of golf recently, and I think it’s a good thing for the golf game but probably a bad thing for the body and the mind sometimes, as well.
“Yeah, I think just playing a little bit more competitive golf, hitting some proper golf shots, and yeah, just being back out here and trying to win.
“I think there’s definitely been a few less media requirements this week, so that was kind of nice. We obviously travelled on Monday and had a really easy day on Tuesday, and I think not only myself but the rest of the boys on the team, as well, were pretty tired.
“We needed those couple of days, I think, just to kind of chill out and make up on some sleep. Seems like all the other boys played really well again today.”
Smith is in a four way share of second place with Cameron Tringale, Brooks Koepka and Sergio Garcia.
Marc Leishman is tied for 16th at 2 under and five off the lead. While Matt Jones and Jed Morgan are tied for 22nd at 1 under 70.