Cameron Smith displayed the incredible talent that the PGA Tour is missing out on during a practice session ahead of his latest LIV event in Chicago.
The 2022 Open Championship winner was really zeroed in after finding the cart path.
Golf coach Ryan Moque was on hand at Bolingbrook Golf Club on Wednesday, and grabbed his phone just in time to record the 31-year-old hitting what can only be described as maybe the most flush shot ever struck off the cart path.
Cam off the cart path… sounded so flush you wouldn’t even think it was off the path
25ft pic.com/VeIzNez1vc
— Ryan Mouque (@ryanmouquegolf) September 11, 2024
There was even a picture of the iron to show what little contact was made.
He did scrap it but not much… here’s the 6 iron after pic.com/tvU4wgzsaz
— Ryan Mouque (@ryanmouquegolf) September 12, 2024
Smith has always been regarded as a putting expert, with the Australian golfer adept at navigating all types of challenging greens.
He understands the importance of sticking to what works best for him, which is why he doesn’t even use a practice stroke and instead visualizes his putt before addressing his ball.
“I wouldn’t say I really work on my tempo so much,” he once said. “I don’t take a practice stroke, so I like to kind of visualize and feel a lot, rather than feeling it through body motion. I guess I just like to visualize it.”
Smith admits that he ignores the popular putting myth of using soft hands in the stroke.
“Probably the best advice I’ve ever received, you know, I used to hold the putter quite softly, and that led to some [bad] activation and set-up stuff,” Smith said. “So I actually got told to hold the putter a little bit tighter.
“As silly as it sounds [doing this] actually activates the right muscles, and from there, the putter just kind of swings on itself,” he adds. “So stop holding the putter so soft — it’s a myth.
“I try to minimize wrist movement, and I think it happens quite naturally with a bit of a stronger grip. I don’t like to let the putter flow too much. I don’t like soft hands, and actually prefer to hold the putter quite firm and think that natural wrist hinge kind of just happens in the stroke.
“I’m not trying to bend [my wrist] too much, or be a robot here and have no wrist hinge.
“I’m not trying to actively engage the wrist. I almost want to feel like my body’s moving off the ball — which happens naturally, especially with the right wrist setting nicely [on the grip] if you get the body moving off the ball.”
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