MASTERS TOURNAMENT

April 10, 2022

Cameron Smith

Butler Cabin

Q. Cam, so many positives to take away from this week, but right now how do you process what happened in this final round?

CAMERON SMITH: Just too many mistakes. I feel like maybe my two bogeys on the front nine weren't quite deserved. Kind of, I guess, halted the momentum a little bit. Got off to a really good start, birdieing the first two and then two bogeys to follow that, just really slowed me down. Yeah, poor shot on 12, and that was the tournament.

Q. That birdie on 11 was amazing. The patrons were going. I have to imagine your adrenaline was going as well. Talk me through walking to the tee on 12 and then what happened on that swing.

CAMERON SMITH: Yeah, it was all fine. It was just a perfect 9-iron. It's just a really bad swing. Probably one of the worst swings of the week and just at the worst time of the week. Yeah, just unfortunate, but I'll grow from this and be stronger for it.

Q. There always tend to be learning moments here, right, and it seems, like Dottie said, it's a matter of when you put on the green jacket, not if you put it on, so what are the learning moments you can take away from playing in this final pairing on Sunday afternoon?

CAMERON SMITH: I don't know really. I feel like I've played some of my best golf around here. It just hasn't quite been my time yet. A couple of lucky breaks here and there, and I'll be putting the green jacket on, I'm sure one day. I feel really comfortable around this place. I feel like it's a place that really suits my game. Yeah, I look forward to coming back here every year and playing good golf.

Q. We appreciate the time. Thank you.

CAMERON SMITH: Thank you.