Cameron Smith REVEALS What Cost Him Top Spot In LIV Golf..
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When Cameron Smith joined Liv golf last year he thought he’d become the biggest star in the world but despite getting a paycheck of over 100 million the Australian now regrets his decision yeah imagine making more money in a single day than most golfers Mak in their entire lifetimes and still not being
Happy with it shocking right what could even prompt such a reaction though I mean as far as I can tell he was actually quite happy a few months ago most pressure I’ve been under all year in in the S of an event um I feel as though partying in Australia and
Prepping for the season so what went wrong did he get hit with a sudden wave of realization that he’s actually abandoned the PGA Tour you know the organization that made him into the golfer he is today well sort of turns out the reason behind his disappointment
Is the lack of world ranking points for live yeah who would have figured that one out right but while most other members of the Breakaway League have laughed it off Smith says that it actually hurts I mean on one hand you definitely feel for the guy being one of
The best players in the world at the peak of your career and then joining a league that sends you spiraling down the order I know I wouldn’t want that but at the same time he knew what he was getting into [Applause] right essentially the 100 plus million
Doll contract he got it was in a way compensation for the things he’d lose out on with that said I’m sure Greg Norman would have promised owgr ranking points after a few months and to be fair it is kind of bizarre just how long they’ve been trying to achieve that
Status like surely when one of the biggest leagues in the world deserves some sort of ranking points right makes another one a two at 17 yeah none of it makes any sense now as far as Smith is concerned he was at number two in the rankings when he
Joined Liv and as of now he slipped all the way down to fourth plus of course he continues to lose ground against his Rivals every single day which probably isn’t a great feeling either after all it was the Australian’s goal to become world number one yeah lofty ambition
Sure but but he was so close to getting there and perhaps that the most agonizing part about this whole thing he knows he’s got what it takes to be the best and yet he feels so powerless in fact at the Saudi International stunning view he was trying to convince himself
That it didn’t matter you know how you break up with someone and start telling yourself that they weren’t worth your time anyway it’s like that for Cameron right now he said that the only thing that matters is rocking up to a tournament and beating everyone now whether that gives you world ranking
Points or not that’s secondary stuff for him knowing that you can beat seven or eight really good players in the field is enough of a reward to not feel too distruct though I’m not sure if even those plans are going well for him either cuz guess what Smith failed to
Make the cut at the Saudi International yeah so much for thinking your you’re worthy of being number one right you know I think this is the future of golf I think um it’s been the same for I mean losing an event on the final day by a
Few points is one thing but not making the cut not a good look for old cam Smith though to be fair to him this is incredibly rare for someone like him and not to mention before this he hadn’t missed a halfway cut since last year’s
US Open oh and even his score wasn’t as bad as it seem here we go like a 73 on the opening day and a one under par 69 on day two isn’t that bad so perhaps he was unfortunate to miss out now I know what everyone’s going to say all that live
Cash has gone to his head or that he’s lost the grip of his game amidst all the partying but let’s just give them man some benefit of the doubt here he’s probably still Rusty coming into the new year and maybe by the time he rocks up
To the live opener things will be better all that being said however it’s not great for someone who literally talked about being number one before the tournament not particular I think yes it was a business decision as well but um you know like Mark though he did sort of
Take a shot at owgr amidst all this drama as well just on the because according to him the golf rankings are about to be obsolete now whether this is him coping with the loss or actually speaking the truth that’s for you to decide for him however it’s the fact that this Saga has
Dragged on for such a long time that makes everything a bit pointless I mean when when you’ve got players like Dustin Johnson dipping out of the top 30 you know something’s wrong with the system as a matter of fact cam Smith went as far as to say that live golf
Members don’t need them anyway and to be fair that’s what the majority of them have been saying as well nichelson for instance claimed recently that the owgr has lost all credibility after all top players dropping down the rankings only hurts the majors and the strength of
Their fields of this caliber that are uh moving professional golf throughout the world and the excitement he then went ahead and also predicted that the golfing world might just scrap the system all together and move on to a better ranking method not to mention other Breakaway League members have also
Echoed the same sentiment so yeah it’s definitely an Us Versus Them moment right now although you could also say that perhaps this is a case of grapes being sour but hey the whole thing is just too messy to really wrap your head around right now flag
As for cam Smith and his regret well Liv second season will help with getting over his ranking loss I mean just think about it when you’re not playing regularly you start thinking about other stuff and that sort of overthinking can bother you yeah I guess it’s just a
Little bit frustrating uh you kind of uh in the Mojo there honestly I think Cam’s just going through that phase right now so when Liv kicks off its second season everything’s going to be A- okay okay after all things are looking super exciting for 2023 in fact Smith even mentioned how
He’s been on the phone every day talking about things they could do with the team for context Liv is going to fully shift to an NFL like franchise formula this year meaning we’ve got 12 teams of four players each and guess what Smith is the captain of an all Australian team and in
All fairness 2023 could be a massive year for the a star I mean he joined Liv golf at the tail end of the PGA Tour season last year and um you know that that back n on Sunday everything just went my way and um
P and while he got paid a lot to join the controversial Breakaway League things weren’t exactly positive sure he was still playing well but the hate he was getting on social media and from the tours fans well let’s just say it wouldn’t have helped his game so now
That he’s had time to settle in and absorb everything he should be heading into season 2 with a much clearer mind not to mention he’s now leading his side too oh and I don’t just mean in the sense that he’s the captain instead he actually has a 25% stake in the
Franchise meaning he’s going to be making some cash from all the merch and all that sort of stuff too besides let’s not forget that he is the star player for Liv golf right now seriously he’s literally the only player in the league who’s still in the top 30 if he performs
Well and picks up a major or two this year that’s going to totally change the Dynamics of the golfing world who knows perhaps that would convince some other PGA Tour players to switch sides too so yeah it all hinges on him and he needs to perform in 2023 not only for his own
Sake but for the league as well on that note this was Cameron Smith’s sad admission about joining the Breakaway league and his plan thanks for watching and I’ll see you next [Applause] time for South African Charles schwartzel [Applause] hello
