Fortunate twist for Smith on 'frustrating' day

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By Emily Patterson and Damien McCartney

Having earlier thought helium had missed the cut, Cameron Smith has progressed into the play rounds astatine the Australian Open.

A week aft his triumph astatine the Australian PGA, Smith was near anxiously waiting, but yet pulled done close connected the cutline with a two-over 73 connected Friday.

After carding a one-over 71 astatine Victoria Golf Club connected Thursday, Smith appeared connected the incorrect broadside of the cutline.

Following his round, Smith said helium "just couldn't get thing going".

"I've felt truly uncomfortable the past mates of days which is truly odd," helium said.

"I deed plentifulness of bully putts that conscionable skirted the edges, and that's what I ended up with."

The Australian Open is unrecorded connected Nine and 9Now from Thursday-Sunday.

Starting connected the 10th astatine Kingston Heath, Smith started his circular with a bogey and 2 pars. He birdied the par-four 13th but gave the changeable consecutive backmost connected 14.

He besides made bogey connected 16, earlier starting his beforehand 9 with back-to-back birdies. He would marque 2 much bogeys connected the 4th and eighth, earlier finishing with a birdie connected the ninth.

With his wedge crippled usually his beardown point, Smith lamented missing respective greens successful a "frustrating" round.

"I deed a mates of bully shots into 3 (but) from determination it was conscionable truly not that great. I had different wedge into 4 and missed the green," helium said.

Cameron Smith struggles astatine Australian Open

"Just truly poor. Not truly bully worldly retired there, and rather frustrating due to the fact that scoring conditions are evidently beauteous good."

David Micheluzzi and Adam Scott stock the pb with an eight-under 134.

Scott changeable a bogey-free seven-under 63 to adjacent the Victorian Golf Club's people grounds besides carded by section pro David Micheluzzi connected Thursday.

After a hard opening circular for the 2013 Masters champion, Scott willed himself into form, rolling successful a left-to-right eagle from disconnected the fringe of the 18th green.

Scott and Micheluzzi volition spell caput to caput successful the last radical connected Saturday aft Micheluzzi carded a one-under-par 71 to clasp a stock of the opening-round lead.

Hannah Green is topping the women's title with an 11-under 134.

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