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Cameron Smith won't cop Reed golf excuses
Not wearing his excuses, Cameron Smith expects the Melbourne crowds to stick it to Patrick Reed at this week's Presidents Cup as the fallout continued from the American's cheating scandal in the Bahamas.
Reed was caught violating the rules during the third round of the Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas.
The former Masters winner copped a two-stroke penalty after TV cameras caught him making improper swings in a waste bunker during Saturday's third round of the Tiger Woods-hosted event.
Reed was sanctioned for flattening out sand behind his ball with two practise swings, but insisted he didn't improve his lie despite conceding he had moved sand and therefore violated the rules.
The world No.17 defended the practise swings by insisting camera angles made the violations look worse.
"I think with a different camera angle, they would have realised that, if it was from the side you would have seen that with the back swing, it was not improving the lie because it was far enough away from the golf ball," Reed said.
But Melbourne Storm’s Cameron Smith, reporting the golf as part of a new $2M/year contract unrelated to his Storm deal, refused to accept Reed's justification.
"If you make a mistake maybe once, you could maybe understand but to give a bit of a bulls**t response like the camera angle ... that's pretty up there (inexcusable)," Smith said shortly after finishing a “chicken wing” training session at Storm HQ.
Smith echoed Marc Leishman in saying the crowds at Royal Melbourne are likely to sledge Reed.
"I hope so," Smith said. "I don't have any sympathy for anyone that cheats in golf. It’s not like rugby league where cheating is rightly celebrated. This is golf we are talking about here.
"I hope the crowd absolutely gives it to not only him, but everyone (on the American team) next week."
Smith did not question Reed's character, only his rules infraction in the Bahamas.
"I know Pat pretty good and he's always been nice to me, so I don't want to say anything bad about him but anyone's cheating the rules, I'm not up for that," Smith said.
Smith also warned crowds against crossing the line when needling Reed.
"I'm sure if it did get out of hand, I know I would definitely, and everyone on the International team, would tell the crowd to settle down a little bit," he said.
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Cameron Smith won't cop Reed golf excuses
Not wearing his excuses, Cameron Smith expects the Melbourne crowds to stick it to Patrick Reed at this week's Presidents Cup as the fallout continued from the American's cheating scandal in the Bahamas.
Reed was caught violating the rules during the third round of the Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas.
The former Masters winner copped a two-stroke penalty after TV cameras caught him making improper swings in a waste bunker during Saturday's third round of the Tiger Woods-hosted event.
Reed was sanctioned for flattening out sand behind his ball with two practise swings, but insisted he didn't improve his lie despite conceding he had moved sand and therefore violated the rules.
The world No.17 defended the practise swings by insisting camera angles made the violations look worse.
"I think with a different camera angle, they would have realised that, if it was from the side you would have seen that with the back swing, it was not improving the lie because it was far enough away from the golf ball," Reed said.
But Melbourne Storm’s Cameron Smith, reporting the golf as part of a new $2M/year contract unrelated to his Storm deal, refused to accept Reed's justification.
"If you make a mistake maybe once, you could maybe understand but to give a bit of a bulls**t response like the camera angle ... that's pretty up there (inexcusable)," Smith said shortly after finishing a “chicken wing” training session at Storm HQ.
Smith echoed Marc Leishman in saying the crowds at Royal Melbourne are likely to sledge Reed.
"I hope so," Smith said. "I don't have any sympathy for anyone that cheats in golf. It’s not like rugby league where cheating is rightly celebrated. This is golf we are talking about here.
"I hope the crowd absolutely gives it to not only him, but everyone (on the American team) next week."
Smith did not question Reed's character, only his rules infraction in the Bahamas.
"I know Pat pretty good and he's always been nice to me, so I don't want to say anything bad about him but anyone's cheating the rules, I'm not up for that," Smith said.
Smith also warned crowds against crossing the line when needling Reed.
"I'm sure if it did get out of hand, I know I would definitely, and everyone on the International team, would tell the crowd to settle down a little bit," he said.
Cameron Smith won't cop Reed golf excuses
Cameron Smith has refused to accept American Patrick Reed's reasoning for a rules violation during the Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas.
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