Australian star Cameron Smith was left to rue a “irritating week” with the putter as he completed tied for sixth place on the Masters.
Smith was one of the best of the Australian contingent at Augusta with a closing rating of -2 with bolter Cam Davis one of the best of the remaining with a closing end of T12 and +1.
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Fellow Aussies Min Woo Lee and Adam Scott ended their spells on the Masters T22 whereas Jason Day completed T30 with +5 as newbie Jasper Stubbs didn’t make the lower.
Smith started his fourth spherical strongly with an eagle on the second, however a bogey on the fifth dropped him again barely on the leaderboard.
Though the proud Queenslander felt he carried out strongly, he contemplated simply how effectively he may’ve finished if his placing sport — one thing which he’s famend for — was on level.
“Yeah, it’s only a irritating week, I believe,” Smith instructed Fox Sports activities’ Paul Gow in an interview at Augusta.
“Can’t actually say way more than that. I hit the ball how I do know I wanted to and put my ball in the fitting spots on the inexperienced, simply the putt didn’t fall this week.
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“It was very irritating. I really feel like that’s nearly as good as I’ve performed round right here and the putts didn’t go in.”
Lee together with Day have been one of the best performing Aussies within the fourth spherical of the Masters as each carded three-under.
Like Smith, Lee fired an eagle on the second however was introduced again to par with a double bogey on the seventh gap, which the Aussie described as “a blemish”.
But the cult hero carded birdies on the ninth, 14th and 18th to report a rating of 69.
Lee revealed his need to make the lower for the RBC Heritage event — an occasion with a staggering purse of $20 million — that fuelled him to carry out effectively within the closing spherical at Augusta.
“I knew I needed to play for fairly a couple of issues,” Lee stated.
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“I’m attempting to get into subsequent week at Hilton, so needed to preserve my head in there.
“I performed very well. Good birdie on the final to shoot three-under, which is nice round right here.”
As for Day, he was pleased with how he completed regardless of coping with a brand new type of swinging the membership.
“It nonetheless feels all off, and attempting to try this, not to mention play in a significant championship, not to mention play with Tiger Woods and not to mention play in 40-mile-an-hour wind, is simply, like, ridiculous,” Day stated.
“So it was good to play and get by the primary two days. Regardless that it wasn’t fairly, however that’s the place you’ve acquired to make the modifications, is underneath sure forms of pressures and environments and hopefully they stick sooner or later.
“At the moment was an enormous step in the fitting path, so I’m wanting ahead now.”
FINAL AUSSIE SCORES AT THE MASTERS
T6: Cam Smith -2
T12: Cam Davis +1
T22: Min Woo Lee +4
T22: Adam Scott +4
T30: Jason Day +5
CUT: Jasper Stubbs +12