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Cameron Smith Biography


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Cameron Smith Biography

Australian golfer Cameron Smith is 28 years old and already has several PGA victories to his name. He is presently ranked sixth in the world, and during the upcoming competitions and years, he plans to go up the rankings. We provide all the details you need to know about Cameron Smith.


Cameron Smith Wiki

How old is Cameron Smith? Cameron Smith, an Australian golfer, was born to Sharon and Des Smith on August 18, 1993 in Brisbane, Queensland.


Due to the fact that he played scratch golf at Brisbane's Wantima Golf Club, Cameron's father is to be given credit for sparking his interest in the game. Cameron Smith was mentored by Grant Field, one of Australia's top golf instructors, in 2004.


When Cameron, at the age of 12, broke par and defeated his father for the first time in the same round (69 to his dad's 71), Des, according to Golf Digest, "knew his son might make a career out of golf."

Cameron Smith Mullet

Where is Cameron Smith from? Cameron Smith, who now resides in Florida, keeps true to his Australian heritage by sporting a mullet, which he has worn since the Covid-19 pandemic.


Cameron Smith Career


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Cameron Smith Amateur Career

Cameron Smith added another three junior titles to his ever-growing list in 2011 with victories in The Australian Boys' Amateur, the Australian Amateur Stroke Play, and the Victorian Junior Masters.


This was only five years after he first won the Handa Junior Masters, an Australian junior golf competition that is no longer held.

Cameron Smith Professional Career

Cameron Smith played on the PGA Tour of Australasia after declaring himself to be a professional in 2013. He finished in second place at the 2015 Coca-Cola Queensland PGA Championship and the 2016 Emirates Australian Open.

Cameron Smith PGA


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A photo of Cameron Smith with fans

In order to play on the PGA Tour, Cameron Smith relocated to Jacksonville, Florida, in 2014, and he still resides there now. He tied for fifth place in his maiden PGA Tour competition, the CIMB Classic in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Smith kept up his impressive play on the golfing world stage, finishing in the top four in the 2015 U.S. Open to earn automatic entry into the 2016 Masters.

In 2017, Cameron Smith won the Zurich Classic of New Orleans with Jonas Blixt, who lived with Smith's caddie Sam Pinfold. This was his first PGA Tour victory. He finished the 2017 season with two top-10 finishes after this victory.


The Australian PGA Championship was subsequently won by Smith in both the 2017–18 and 2018–19 seasons.

Cameron Smith Masters


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Cameron Smith During Masters

After winning the Sony Open in Hawaii in 2020, Cameron Smith finally achieved his first individual PGA Tour triumph. With scorecards of 67-68-69-69, Smith tied for second place in the 2020 Masters and made history by becoming the first golfer to ever shoot all four rounds in the 60s.

In 2021, Smith again triumphed at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans, but this time he shared the victory with fellow Australian golfer Marc Leishman.

With his victory in the calendar-opening Sentry Tournament of Champions on Maui, Hawaii, Cameron got off to a strong start in 2022. Smith broke the previous mark by finishing 34 under par (the previous record was 31 under par, set by Ernie Els at the same tournament in 2003).

Following this triumph, he went on to take third place at the 2022 Masters and another victory in The Players Championship, which he defeated Anirban Lahiri by one stroke.

At the St. Andrews Old Course, regarded as the oldest golf course in the world, in St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland, Cameron Smith won The Open, which is commemorating its 150th year.

Cameron Smith - The Open

Cameron Young of America finished one stroke behind Smith in second place with a score of 20 under par. In addition, Cameron Smith's 20-under-par performance at the Open title broke Tiger Woods' previous record of 19-under-par from 2000.

Cameron Smith Golf LIV

Cameron Smith has finally declared he will play in the LIV Golf league after considerable speculation. Cameron Smith revealed his decision to leave the US PGA Tour on Tuesday, August 30, 2022 according to Fox Sports. He claimed the money on offer was a "part," but not the "primary reason," for his choice. To join LIV Golf, Cameron Smith entered into a contract worth AU$140 million.

Cameron Smith Wife


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Cameron Smith and girlfriend

Cameron Smith is presently dating Shanel Naoum, whom he met in Jacksonville, Florida, where he now resides. When Cameron won The Players Championship in 2022, the J. Cameron Smith wife was first pictured with golfer Cameron Smith together, suggesting that they had been dating since May 2021.

Cameron Smith Wedding

Smith Cameron dated Jordan Ontiveros before Shanel, they would have both been Cameron Smith wife had things gone as planned. In 2016, a few years after Smith moved to Florida, the two people became together. Ontiveros is an avid golfer as well, and the two were frequently spotted practicing together.

Campbell Smith Net Worth and Assets


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Cameron Smith Net Smith 2022

After winning The Open, Cameron Smith net worth, which is currently estimated at $6 million USD, would rise. Cameron Smith won the British Open and received US$2.5 million (or AU$3,681,525.00). Cameron Smith earnings in prize money has skyrocketed.

Cameron Smith has received official prize money worth US$24,731,271 and AU$36,413,705.14. With such performance, we expect Cameron Smith net worth in future to surpass Cameron Smith net worth 2022 considering the Cameron Smith sponsored have committed more money.

Cameron Smith House


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Where does Cameron Smith live? At the moment, Cameron Smith resides in Jacksonville, Florida. He has a "waterside property with three cars, two boats, and a mower for his yard maintenance," according to Fox Sports. He apparently owns two further vehicles, both of which are still in Australia.

As Smith has expressed to Fox Sports, "I feel like fishing and driving for me is the spot where I can just get away, put the phone down, and just enjoy tranquility," Smith also has a fondness for fishing. The weight loss routine masters contender Cameron Smith used to swim to manage his weight.

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