Playing in his final event before defending his Open Championship later this month, Cameron Smith survived a closing bogey on Sunday, July 9, to win the LIV Golf event at Centurion Club in London.
The Australian shot 3–under 68 to finish at 15 under, one stroke ahead of American Patrick Reed (65 on Sunday) and Smith’s Ripper Golf Club teammate Marc Leishman (66) of Australia.
Smith made three birdies (Nos. 2, 3 and 8) and one bogey (No. 5) on the front nine. On the back nine, birdies came at Nos. 10, 13 and the par-3 17th, but bogeys at No. 12 and at the 529-yard, par-5 finishing hole took away any cushion….