Masters 2023: Cameron Smith's best Masters finishes at Augusta explored
The Masters 2023 is already making headlines after the officials of the tournament announced that 17 LIV golfers will also be participating in the event, including Cameron Smith.
Smith, who is currently signed with LIV Golf, earlier played on the PGA Tour. In the 2022 Masters, he finished tied for third position on the leaderboard. His best performance came in the 2020 edition of the tournament, where he finished as tied runner-up with Im Sung-Jae to Dustin Johnson.
Cameron Smith's all Masters finishes and performances at Augusta
Since turning professional in 2013, Smith has competed in six Masters events so far. His first Masters tournament was in 2016, where he finished 55th in the rankings.
Since his first appearance at Augusta National, he has only missed the 2017 Masters. Otherwise, he has been a regular participant for the last five years.
2016 Masters
Cameron Smith earned his first invite to the Masters tournament in 2016. Being a rookie in the competition, he finished in a tied 55th position on the leaderboards. This is also considered to be the worst Masters of Smith's life till now.
2018 Masters
Cameron Smith had to miss out on the 2017 Masters because of being unable to meet the qualification criteria.
However, he did return to Augusta National Golf Club in 2018. He finished in the tied fifth ranking on the leaderboard. The performance was lauded by several veterans and experts.
2019 Masters
Smith participated in his second consecutive Masters in 2019. This was his second-worst outing at the Augusta National Golf Club. He scored over 2 and was ranked 55th in the tie.
2020 Masters
Finally, came the year that made Cameron Smith believe he could win the green jacket. This was Smith's best Masters performance for Smith as he ranked tied for second with a score of -69.
2021 Masters
Cameron Smith qualified for his fourth Masters tournament in 2021. This tournament was certainly fruitful for him as he took home $299,000. He ranked in tied 10th position with a score of par under 3.
2022 Masters
The fifth consecutive and last edition of the Masters that Cameron Smith attended was the 2022 Masters. He participated and ranked tied 3rd with a score of par under 5.
Masters 2023 entire field
The tournament organizers announced 90 names that will be fighting for the green jacket this year.
- Fred Couples
- Sandy Lyle
- Patrick Reed
- Jordan Spieth
- Sergio Garcia
- Hideki Matsuyama
- Scottie Scheffler
- Bubba Watson
- Dustin Johnson
- Phil Mickelson
- Mike Weir
- Zach Johnson
- Larry Mize
- Charl Schwartzel
- Tiger Woods
- Bernhard Langer
- Jose Maria Olazabal
- Adam Scott
- Vijay Singh
- Danny Willett
- Bryson DeChambeau
- Gary Woodland
- Matt Fitzpatrick
- Jon Rahm
- Brooks Koepka
- Shane Lowry
- Francesco Molinari
- Collin Morikawa
- Cameron Smith
- Justin Thomas
- Sam Bennett
- Ben Carr
- Aldrich Potgieter
- Harrison Crowe
- Matthew McClean
- Mateo Fernandez de Oliveira
- Cameron Champ
- Sungjae I'm
- Will Zalatoris
- Corey Conners
- Rory McIlroy
- Tommy Fleetwood
- Viktor Hovland
- Cameron Young
- Mito Pereira
- Keegan Bradley
- Max Homa
- Chris Kirk
- Xander Schauffele
- Adam Svensson
- Sam Burns
- Mackenzie Hughes
- Kurt Kitayama
- Patrick Cantlay
- Bill Horschel
- Tony Finau
- Kim Si Woo
- Seamus Power
- Russell Henley
- Tom Kim
- Justin Rose
- Brian Harman
- Joaquin Niemann
- Scott Stallings
- Sahith Theegala
- Tom Hoge
- JT Poston
- Sepp Straka
- Aaron Wise
- Taylor Moore
- Lee Kyoung Hoon
- Abraham Ancer
- Tyrell Hatton
- Adrian Meronk
- Louis Oosthuizen
- Ryan Fox
- Kevin Kisner
- Kevin Na
- Thomas Pieters
- Talor Gooch
- Jason Kokrak
- Alex Noren
- Harold Varner III
- Sam Burns
- Jason Day
- Harris English
- Keith Mitchell
- Min Woo Lee
- Kazuki Higa
- Gordon Sargent
Interestingly, 17 LIV Golfers, including Cameron Smith, Dustin Johnson, and Phil Mickelson, are also invited to the 87th edition of the Augusta Masters.