Cam Smith said having more time to travel home to Australia was another reason he joined LIVGetty Images
Cam Smith yesterday explained his decision to leave the PGA Tour for LIV Golf, noting that it was “‘unfair’ players joining the tour were locked out of major championships but that it was time for the PGA Tour to be ‘stirred up,'” according to Tom Minear of THE AUSTRALIAN. While the PGA Tour has been “trying to shake up its format in recent weeks to combat LIV … Smith said there was nothing they could have done to keep him.” He revealed top players and even PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan “reached out in an effort to keep him, and while there had been ‘a lot of stuff up in the air’ in recent weeks, he was ‘really excited’ to be joining LIV.” Smith said of the new tour, “This is the future of golf. I love how it is out here. I think it needs to change,…