THE 149TH OPEN

July 18, 2021

Cameron Smith

Mixed Zone

Q. Perhaps not the finish you were looking for today, but can you reflect on your week here at the Open?

CAMERON SMITH: It's been really good. It's been nice to be back in the UK playing links golf, which we all love - love and hate.

But, no, it was a really good week. Wouldn't change it for the world. I'll learn a lot from this week, and I'll be back next year stronger.

Q. You said that you're going to learn a lot from the week. Is there anything that stands out now, just quickly, as the learnings to take away?

CAMERON SMITH: I think today perhaps I was hitting it really good on the front nine. Got a couple of -- hit a bad tee shot off 5, and, yeah, just didn't go my way and I got really frustrated. If that had happened to me earlier in the week I think I would have been more calm, but given the circumstances, it just really bugged me. Yeah, kind of felt angry, I guess, the whole day.

Yeah, we'll learn a lot from that, but I stuck in there, tried my best, and I guess that's all you can do.

Q. Just looking ahead to the Olympics, how special is it going to be to be competing for Australia very shortly?

CAMERON SMITH: Yeah, that will be awesome. I can't wait to get over to Japan. It's one of my favourite countries. I love it there. I love the golf over there. Yeah, I'm playing really good golf at the moment. Hopefully, I can go over there and just have a good week with Leish. We've had good weeks in the past, so hopefully we can go have another one.