Not even a $US15 million payday will convince Cam Smith to cut the mullet as the Queenslander prepares to give the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup finale one almighty shake.
Smith isn’t joylessly drilling 150 consecutive three footers like your favourite tour pro. He’s borrowing a page out of the Phil Mickelson Manual for Short Game Success and letting it fly, hair down, one hand on the wheel.
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.
Australian Golf Digest caught up with Cameron Smith and those close to him to see what lies behind the man with the mullet – and why he could be our next Major champion.