How Cameron Smith won in 2022
In a shootout down the stretch, Cameron Smith matched Jon Rahm’s birdies on Nos. 13, 14, 15 and 18 to score a one-stroke victory. The two started the round tied for the lead, Smith gaining a two-stroke edge with a front-nine 4-under 32. Rahm birdied the 11th but could never catch Smith, who closed with an 8-under 6.
- Smith ranked first in Strokes Gained: Off-the- Tee (1.005 per round) and was also first in Strokes Gained: Putting (1.616).
- Smith was 21-under on the back nine, with streaks of at least four birdies/eagles in a row in three of the four rounds.
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- Cameron Smith set a PGA TOUR record for the most strokes under par in a 72-hole event at 34-under. Jon Rahm (-33) and Matt Jones (-32) also were ahead of the old record of 31-under by Ernie Els at the 2003 Sentry Tournament of Champions.
- Jones tied the Sentry Tournament of Champions 18-hole record with a 12-under 61 in the final round.
- The victory by Australia’s Smith snapped a string of 11 straight American winners at the event (2011-21). Before that, there had been nine straight international winners (2002-10).