Cameron Smith

Cameron Smith has been one of the most talked about players in the world following his recent Open Championship victory and link to LIV Golf.

Well, it was for a "breach of Rule 14.7 (playing a ball from the wrong place) on hole No.4 during the third round as he was operating under Rule 17.1 (when ball is in penalty area)." Because it was on the line, he had not taken full relief, thus he was given a two-shot penalty. In a release by PGA Tour Communications, Smith was given "a two-stroke penalty prior to the start of the final round of the FedEx St. Jude Championship." The reason?

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – As if his week hasn't been eventful enough, Cameron Smith began the final round of the FedEx St. Jude Championship four shots off the lead ...

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The PGA Tour penalized Cameron Smith 2 shots at the FedEx St. Jude Championship on Sunday upon learning he took a drop in the wrong place after hitting into ...

"He wasn't aware that no portion of the ball could be touching the penalty-area line," Young said. He reportedly will receive a signing bonus worth more than $100 million and would debut in the next LIV event in Boston, scheduled for Sept. 2-4. He played his third shot from there and nearly chipped his ball into the hole. According to a statement from the PGA Tour, Smith played his ball from the improper spot on the fourth hole during Saturday's third round. "He thought that if a portion of the ball was in the general area of the course, he was safe to play it." "It looked like his ball was awfully close to the line, but we felt comfortable that the player knew enough that he wouldn't play a ball that was touching the line of the penalty area," Young said during an interview with NBC Sports on Sunday.

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Once he found out it was a two-stroke penalty, he just said to me, ‘The rules are the rules.’ And you know, in typical casual Cam fashion he just accepted it and left the office.” “(Smith) dropped the ball in that area but it came back to rest against the line and it was at that point he he obviously thought it was okay to play it from that position,” Young said during a discussion of the incident on Golf Channel’s broadcast Sunday. “You have to take complete relief from that penalty area. He wasn’t aware that no portion of the ball could be touching the penalty-area line. However, Smith’s ball was still in the penalty area given it was touching the line. He then placed the ball on the red penalty area line and played his third shot, before tapping in for bogey. “Smith’s score has been adjusted and he will begin the final round (at nine under). Final round pairings will not be adjusted.”

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The two strokes were applied to his fourth hole in the third round, turning his bogey into a triple and his 67 into a 69. “When I asked him the question, unfortunately, he said to me, ‘No, the ball was definitely touching the line.’ So at that point there's no turning back.” Smith would not have been penalized if he told Young that he believed his ball was outside the penalty area. When Smith told Young that, yes, the ball had been touching the line, the penalty was assessed. Players are required to take full relief from a penalty area, so Smith was playing his third shot from an improper location. The penalty was assessed Sunday morning, after rules officials further discussed the incident that occurred Saturday on TPC Southwind’s fourth hole and asked Smith about it.

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“Cam is a complete gentleman and he took it that way,” the referee said. He thought that if a portion of the ball was in the general area of the course he was safe to play it.” He wasn’t aware that no portion of the ball could be touching the penalty area line.

The Australian was penalised two shots moments before his final round at the St Jude Championship because of an infraction picked up on a late night replay ...

Austrian Sepp Straka then hit his tee shot in the water. Zalatoris took a drop and then nailed his bogey putt. “You have to take complete relief from that penalty area.

The PGA Tour penalised Smith two shots upon learning his ball was still touching the red hazard line when he was taking a penalty drop on the par 3 fourth hole ...

“When I asked him the question, unfortunately, he said to me, ‘No, the ball was definitely touching the line.’ So at that point, there’s no turning back.” The PGA Tour has a rules official watching the broadcast, but he determined it was not enough to raise any questions. The rules allow what a player sees to take precedence over a zoomed view from television. “I thought it was simply going to be a situation where I asked Cam the question and he was going to (say) that he was comfortable that his ball was outside the penalty area,” Young said. It also frustrated those taking part in daily fantasy leagues. “Just knowing the awkwardness of camera angles and that he was dropping in a really tight area there at No. 4, the geometry of the whole situation — he’s got basically a sliver he’s dropping the ball in — we felt very comfortable at that time that he was familiar with the rule,” Young said.