Cam Smith's stunning near-miss sends crowd wild

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Cameron Smith near-miss.

Superstar Aussie Cameron Smith sent the assemblage astatine Royal Queensland into raptures connected the par-3 4th spread connected Saturday erstwhile helium went wrong a whisker of a memorable hole-in-one.

"All but successful for Cameron Smith, what a shot!" said commentator Warren Smith arsenic helium watched the shot inch past.

"And the satellite No.3 making a connection early."

Smith started the 3rd circular of the Australian PGA Championship successful 2nd but aft a circular of 2-under 69 connected Saturday he'll instrumentality a three-shot pb into Sunday and is successful the container spot to assistance the trophy for a 3rd clip successful beforehand of his adoring location fans.

Smith sits astatine 11-under, with the chasing battalion of China's Yan Wei Lu (-8), Japan's Masahiro Kawamura (-8), and a fistful of players including Australia's Min Woo Lee connected 7-under with it each to bash to marque things absorbing successful the last circular connected Sunday.

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The reigning British Open champion started the time astatine nine-under and a changeable down provisional person Jason Scrivener.

While Smith had six birdies and 4 bogeys, Scrivener collapsed to seven-under and 4 down his countryman.

Smith moved to 12-under to pb by 3 strokes aft 9 holes but plunged two-shot pb an hr aboriginal resulting from a birdie connected the 4th hole.

The 29-year-old had birdied the 2nd and past aboriginal the sixth and seventh holes to physique a four-shot pb earlier helium bogeyed connected the ninth with a wayward drive.

Smith caps disconnected stunning 3rd circular Down Under

"I'd similar to beryllium six oregon 7 ahead, to beryllium honest," Smith said up of Sunday's last round.

"I felt similar I could person done that contiguous truly rather easily. But it's a bully spot to beryllium in. I can't complain. Everything is feeling truly good, I'm feeling truly assured and looking guardant to [Sunday].

"I inactive get nervous, but I deliberation I've go amended astatine astir apt handling the nerves and playing nether the nerves a small bit.

"I'll beryllium retired determination time inactive s------ myself. It means you're playing truly bully golf. It's evidently a truly chill spot to beryllium in."

Shaping up arsenic Smith's greatest threat, Lee was unintimidated by the large names surrounding him astatine the apical of the leaderboard.

"[Smith's] a apical golfer for a reason, and I'm striving to beryllium that. I'm hoping I tin larn from him and spot if my crippled puts up with his."

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