Cameron Smith has won the richest prize in PGA Tour History with his 2018 Players Championship victory. In an era of golfers becoming rich, Smith is on top of the list and earning $10 million winning prize money alone.
The “who won pga last week” is a question that many people are asking. Cameron Smith was the winner of the Players Championship on Sunday and he took home the richest prize in PGA Tour history.
Cameron Smith survived the conditions and defeated the most star-studded field in golf to win the 2022 Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass after a chaotic weekend of heavy downpours, 35-mile-per-hour gusts, and freezing cold temperatures.
Throughout his final round, the Australian appeared to have a magnet attached to his golf ball, as he drilled 10 birdie putts and produced clutch par saves from all over the course on way to a tournament-clinching 66. Smith not only won his largest tournament of his career, but he also took home $3.6 million in what is currently the highest reward in PGA Tour history.
Cameron Smith wins the Players Championship with a blazing hot putter.
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Going into the last round on Monday, the 2022 Players Championship was anyone’s to win. As the delayed final round teed off, Indian underdog Anirban Lahiri had a one-stroke lead at 9-under par, but 13 players were within three shots of first.
Smith shot to the lead right away, making five birdies in his opening six holes. After finishing his front nine with three straight bogeys, he rebounded with four straight birdies to begin the back nine. As he walked nervously from the 16th green to the 17th tee, the mulleted Aussie possessed a two-stroke lead, but the hazardous island green didn’t phase him in the least.
Rather of taking the cautious path and aiming for the centre of the green, Smith went for broke and hit his tee shot to four feet. It was a magnificent show of both confidence and precision in his swing.
Smith almost squandered the event by dribbling his lay-up on the difficult 18th hole into the water to the left after calmly sinking the birdie putt. However, he hit his fourth shot to three feet and avoided a bogey to finish at 13-under par. No one was able to catch Smith from behind, and he was hoisting The Players Championship trophy a short time later.
In all, Smith made 10 birdies in his final round and only needed 24 total putts to do it. He made over 400 feet of putts throughout the weekend and gained more than 11 strokes on the field with his flatstick alone. Now that’s how to putt your way to a career victory.
Thanks to the highest prize in PGA Tour history, Smith took home $3.6 million.
After winning The Players Championship, Cameron Smith celebrates with the trophy | Sam Greenwood/Getty Images
Although PGA Tour earnings have progressively increased in recent years, major tournament winners still earn less than $2 million. The Players Championship, on the other hand, has become the Tour’s crown jewel because to its huge prize pool.
The Players Championship established a new record this year by increasing the prize to $20 million, the most on the PGA Tour. Smith’s $3.6 million paycheck is the largest in golf history.
Isn’t it rather nice for a Monday afternoon walk around the golf course?
More than $22 million has been deposited in the bank.
Smith has never been one of the most well-known players on Tour, but there’s a case to be made that he’s the finest golfer on the planet this season. The 28-year-old has five top-15 finishes and two victories in seven events this season, and he leads the Tour in total strokes gained. In addition, he has climbed to second position in the FedEx Cup standings, behind only Scottie Scheffler.
Smith now has five PGA Tour victories under his belt and has earned more over $22 million in earnings, which may surprise some. Smith will celebrate his greatest victory of his career for a while, but now it’s time to concentrate on winning a major title.
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