THE 150TH OPEN

July 16, 2022

Cameron Smith

Mixed Zone

CAMERON SMITH: It was just one of those days. Unfortunately, the golfing gods weren't with me today. I felt as though I hit lots of good putts. Just nothing was really dropping. Yeah, quite the opposite to the first couple of days, which is pretty hard to take on the chin.

Q. Do you feel like, if you were to have a bad round, at least you are only four back going into tomorrow. That may be the silver lining for today?

CAMERON SMITH: Yeah, I think so. I think I stuck in there pretty good. I hit the ball really good today. It's probably actually the best I hit it all week. I had lots of opportunities. Like I said, just no putts were dropping. Yeah, It was quite frustrating.

Q. The 13th was a bit of a nightmare. Would you replay that differently, do you think?

CAMERON SMITH: Must have got a bit of a bad kick. Yeah, then ended up where it was. Yeah, like I said, just wasn't getting up like that after an already frustrating first 11 or 12 holes. Yeah, it was hard.

Q. Were you trying to get that seven-foot on the green? The baseball one?

CAMERON SMITH: Yeah, I was just trying to hit it up, up over the stuff, somewhere left of the pin. There was so much room up there, and I thought I could do it, but obviously not.

Q. Was it just mis-struck a little?

Cameron smith: Yeah, just mis-hit it. It was a pretty of a hard swing.

Q. Are you guys for tomorrow pretty fired up, wanting to play well given what happened today? Do you think that might be extra motivation?

CAMERON SMITH: Again, it's always hard to back up a good round. You know, to have one like that was definitely frustrating, but it will definitely motivate me tomorrow.

Q. Do you think being creative tomorrow and chasing birdies will help you?

CAMERON SMITH: Yeah, I think so. I love making birdies. I love making putts. That's what I need to go out there and do tomorrow. I need to stay aggressive. Maybe a slightly different game plan off a couple of tees and just try and make a ton of birdies.