Cameron Smith has revealed he was 'beers deep' at the pub before noticing he had made the cut at the Australian Open. Smith was back competing in his home country for the second-straight week, after winning the Australian PGA Championship late last month.
Following his win he headed to his home open but failed to replicate his heroics one week later at Victoria Golf Club. His disappointing second round saw him sat two-over for the tournament, and way off the cut mark as he made his way off the course.
The Champion Golfer of The Year decided to drown his sorrows at the pub as he headed out for drinks, seemingly left with not plans for the weekend.
Remarkably though the cut line quickly moved as the rest of the field headed into the clubhouse, meaning Smith was in fact still in the tournament ahead of Saturday third's round. The Aussie however was unaware of this.
And Smith only realised he was still in the competition after sinking a whole-host of beers in a pub in Victoria. Receiving a message from event organisers, the world No. 3 quickly found out he now had a 7:05am tee time to make in the morning.
Discussing his realisation, Smith said per Golf Digest : "Yeah, I wasn't really expecting it to be honest. I was pretty quick to get to the pub [after the second round] and I was probably a few too many beers deep.
"Then I realised we had an early tee time, so I had to get back on the waters for the rest of the night.” Despite his antics the night before, Smith went on to card a one-under-par 69 on Saturday, however his week finally came to an end after he missed the 54-hole cut later that day.
It has been quite the year for the Aussie, which has included three PGA Tour titles, a near-miss at the Masters, becoming the Open champion before making the controversial switch to LIV Golf. Looking back on his dramatic 12 months, he said last week: "Yeah... it’s been a busy last 12 months.
"I haven't really had time to sit down and actually just think about it all. It's all been work, so it’d be nice over [the holidays] to enjoy Christmas with the family again. I'm looking forward to that and I'm sure it will sink in, eventually.”
