Margaritas on ice as Smith makes Open cut

After two "rubbish" rounds, drawcard Cameron Smith scraped through the Australian Open halfway cut. (Con Chronis/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

The beach and margaritas will have to wait after Cameron Smith dramatically survived the Australian Open halfway cut.

Smith looked headed for the Open exit gates after posting a second successive lacklustre one-over-par round on Melbourne's sandbelt.