Cameron Smith revealed his old man missed out on his magical Open triumph because he couldn’t be bothered travelling from Australia to St Andrews for a week.
The Queenslander was the daddy at the 150th Championship with a blistering final-round of 64 to shatter home favourite Rory McIlroy and the rest at the Old Course. Smith claimed the Claret Jug by a shot from American Cameron Young to carve his name into the folklore of the game with a searing triumph at the Home of Golf.
The 28-year-old wished his father Des was in attendance to see him seal his greatest-ever success. But he was left kicking himself after deciding against a long flight as the Champion explained: “Actually, I don’t have any family here. My dad was meant to come over and he pulled out at the last minute, basically. I had a quick chat with him before. It was kind of the thought of doing all that travel for one week, basically.
