AUGUSTA, Ga. – When Cameron Smith picked apart The Players Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass in March, making 11 birdies en route to winning the PGA Tour’s flagship event in his adopted hometown, course superintendent Jeff Plotts couldn’t have felt prouder.
“Since the Fed Ex Cup (in August), I’ve been saying he was primed to get it. I told him he needed to believe and go for it,” said Plotts of Smith, who practices at the club and has become a good friend.
“I felt like a family member had won the Players. I’ve been telling him all year that he was going to win it. It was pretty special to see that come to be.”
