Smith's Aus Open ends after 'too many beers'

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Cameron Smith tin get backmost connected the beers aft failing to marque the Australian Open's 2nd chopped astatine Victoria Golf Club connected Saturday.

The satellite No.3 switched from the beers to the waters astatine the Moonee Valley races connected Friday nighttime aft learning helium had made the halfway chopped aft reasoning helium had fallen short.

What followed was a one-under-par 69 successful the 3rd circular which near him floundering successful 52nd spot erstwhile helium completed his scorecard.

Only the apical 30 players and ties beforehand to Sunday's competition.

"I wasn't truly expecting it," Smith said of his qualification for the halfway cut.

"I was beauteous speedy to the pub and I was astir apt a fewer excessively galore beers heavy and past realised we had an aboriginal tee time, truthful I got backmost connected the waters and was a bully lad for the remainder of the night."

Smith's lacklustre extremity to his 2022 run followed 4 victories successful an unthinkable year.

The Queenslander won the PGA Tour's Sentry Tournament of Champions, the Players Championship, the British Open and past week's Australian PGA Championship.

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"I thought I had it successful maine contiguous and deed tons of bully play shots, but couldn't truly capitalise," Smith said.

"I deed bully putts, too, but they weren't going in.

"It conscionable wasn't my week.

"I thought it would instrumentality 3 oregon 4 nether and the strategy didn't alteration astatine all; conscionable spell retired and play immoderate truly bully golf. I thought I played coagulated enough.

"Just not capable putts went in."

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