Open champion Cameron Smith joined the LIV Golf Series on Tuesday.
A formal decree from LIV made official one of the worst-kept secrets in golf and comes days before the series tees it up in Boston.
Smith, from Australia, told Golf Digest on Tuesday that his decision was not all about the enormous paychecks being flung about by the LIV.
“[Money] was definitely a factor in making that decision, I won’t ignore that or say that wasn’t a reason,” Smith said. “It was obviously a business decision for one and an offer I couldn’t ignore.”
Smith, Joaquin Niemann, Harold Varner III, Marc Leishman, Cameron Tringale and Anirban Lahiri of India were welcomed by the LIV ahead of the LIV Golf Invitational Boston, the fourth event in the tour’s inaugural season….