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Aussie PGA champion seeking Augusta start


Just two days after his Australian PGA Championship win, Cameron Smith was back on the golf course supporting John Senden’s charity golf day.

Just two days after his Australian PGA Championship win, Cameron Smith was back on the golf course supporting John Senden’s charity golf day.

""Playing at Keperra Country Club to raise money for Cure Brain Cancer, the peak organisation for brain cancer research, awareness and advocacy in Australia, Smith teed it up with his girlfriend Jordan Ontiveros in support of Senden.

“He only lives five minutes away from me and I grew up watching him play,” said Smith.

“I have also played practice rounds with him at Major Championships; he is a very knowledgeable guy.

“I wish him and his family all the best.”

With the win still yet to sink in, Smith will head back to the PGA TOUR the Australian PGA Champion but with one goal on his mind; The Masters.

Now ranked 61 in the Official World Golf Rankings, jumping 25 places thanks to his win, Smith will need to be inside the top-50 or record a win to tee it up at The Masters in April.

“It still really hasn’t sunk in yet, I still can’t believe that I have it (Joe Kirkwood Cup) with me. I woke up this morning and it was down the bottom of the stairs…it was like oh there it is. It is one of the best things I have ever done,” added Smith.

“It would have been nice to get inside the top-50 for The Masters start but that is something I can work on in the beginning of the year and get there in April.

“If I can get off to a decent start in the U.S. I should be able to tick it off.

“I will start the season in Hawaii, then play a couple more on the west coast and then see what happens from there.”

But before he heads back to the PGA TOUR, Smith is set to inspire the next wave of Aussie junior golfers at his own junior golf day at Wantima Golf Course.

“I remember Adam Scott was talking to us down at Kingston Heath once and how I saw him at that time, now that I am kind of there is just really weird,” added Smith, who hosted a MyGolf junior clinic at the Australian PGA Championship.

“I still look up to Adam now so to be in the same spot he is in, in front of those kids eyes is really weird.

“I have been wanting to get a junior tournament at Wantima for the last few years so to finally get it done with the help of my manager and supporters at Wantima is really cool.”


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