When the parents of an Olympic athlete look at a child competing on the world’s biggest stage, they’re usually overtaken with pride. When Cameron Smith’s mum looks at him this week, though, she’ll be feeling something else as well.
Tommy Fleetwood, the man whose flowing locks have earned him the nickname ‘Fairway Jesus’, has conceded that the mulleted Cam Smith would beat him to gold if the Olympics was awarding medals for hairstyles at the Tokyo Games.
Cameron Smith, the laidback lad from Queensland, is all the rage on the golf course at the moment and it has nothing to do with his sublime ball-striking.