Cameron Smith in threat of missing out on cut at Australian Open – The San Diego Union-Tribune

MELBOURNE, Australia — British Open champ Cameron Smith remained in risk of missing out on an opportunity to include the Australian Open title to his competition success overall this year. Smith was sitting at 2-over par, one shot outside the forecasted midway cut line when the afternoon groups teed off in the 2nd round of the combined males’s and females’s champions at Victoria and Kingston Heath golf clubs on Friday. Smith was irritated with his second-round 1-over 73 at Victoria after stopping working to take his opportunities on the quick greens in the calm early morning conditions. And he’s plainly tired out by a long year in which he was crowned the Open champ at St Andrews in July and included the Australian PGA title at Royal Queensland recently. “All day, type of comparable to the other day. Simply could not rather strike the ball out of the middle of the club face for some factor or another,” Smith stated. “I believe the mind was a bit foggy, clearly a bit exhausted too, recently being such a huge week. “I believe it’s simply type of all struck me at the same time and simply got a bit worn out. I require to play much better than that even when I am worn out. That was quite rubbish out there today. It’s most likely the simplest this location is going to get.” Smith’s LIV trip coworker Marc Leishman is practically particular to have the weekend off after a 75 at Kingston Heath left him at 3-over after 2 rounds. Women’s British Open champ Ashleigh Buhai made a substantial go up the field with an excellent 69 at Victoria to head into the weekend at 7-under. The South African was signed up with on that overall by South Korean So Yeon Ryu with her matching 4-under at Kingston Heath. Australian Minjee Lee and American Jennifer Kupcho set themselves up for a weekend charge with 3-under rounds at Kingston Heath. Lee is 5-under and Kupcho 3-under after 2 rounds. Males and female are playing off alternate tees at both courses over the very first 2 rounds. There will be a 36- hole cut of the top 60 and ties for both champions on Friday and a 2nd cut of the top 30 and ties following play on Saturday. The last 2 rounds will be dipped into Victoria Golf Club. ___ More AP golf: https://apnews.com/hub/golf and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports
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