Defending champion Cameron Smith is a reminder of the fractured world of professional golf, as he is not able to return to this year’s tournament because the PGA has suspended him for joining LIV Golf
Such are the times in golf that so much attention at The Players Championship is on a player who is not even part of the strongest field of the year.Cameron Smith is a reminder of the fractured world of professional golf. He is the defending champion of the PGA Tour’s premier tournament, not able to return this year because the tour has suspended him for joining Saudi-funded LIV Golf.The runner-up a year ago was Anirban Lahiri, followed by Paul Casey.
“I think it’ll be a pretty quiet week on the water,” Smith told Golf Digest two weeks ago at LIV Golf’s opening event in Mexico. “Yes, it’s awkward,” PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan said. “But you know, ultimately that’s a decision he made, and we’ve got an unbelievable field here this week and a history and tradition that one of these 144 is going to go seek to get.”
“It’s not going to be as big a gap as it maybe has been in the past,” Jon Rahm said, though he still noted the increase in prize money , world ranking points and FedEx Cup points.
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