PONTE VEDRA BEACH , Fla. — Cameron Smith hails from Australia but calls Jacksonville home.
A flight of more than 18 hours from his native Brisbane limits visits with his family to twice a year in the best of times. The pandemic put even more time and distance between the Smiths.
But the 2022 Players Championship winner rose to the occasion Monday to deliver the PGA Tour’s ultimate prize during a long-awaited reunion with his “mum” Sharon and sister Melanie nearly 2½ years in the making.
