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Australia\u2019s Cameron Smith enjoyed the ideal preparation for the defence of his Open Championship title at Royal Liverpool with a second victory in the LIV Golf League.<\/p>\n

Smith carded a final round of 68 at the Centurion Club in Hemel Hempstead to finish 15 under par, a shot ahead of Ripper GC team-mate Marc Leishman and former Masters champion Patrick Reed.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s good,\u201d said Smith, who won his first major title at St Andrews last year thanks to a superb closing round of 64 on the Old Course.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s more of a confidence thing there. Just winning again I think is nice.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt really hasn\u2019t been that long, I think. In Australia at the end of the year was my last win, but it feels like forever, and especially the way I\u2019ve been playing the last couple months, I\u2019ve been knocking on the door.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s nice to get one out of the way, and hopefully it opens the floodgates a little bit.<\/p>\n

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Cameron Smith won the Open at St Andrews last year (Jane Barlow.PA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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\u201cI wouldn\u2019t say it really takes the pressure off. I think it\u2019s just nice to be playing good golf. There\u2019s nothing worse going into a big golf tournament and you\u2019re playing crappy golf.<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n

Asked how he will prepare for defending the Claret Jug on a course he has never played before, Smith added: \u201cProbably no golf for me next week.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll be heading up to Hoylake on Saturday, so I\u2019ll have a bit of a longer prep than usual, but yeah, put the clubs down for three or four days, just hang out in London, see all the sights, and yeah, just have a good time, relax.<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Australian will look to keep hold of the Claret Jug at Royal Liverpool later this month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1245946,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[103,786,82,9051],"class_list":["post-1245921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-cameron-smith","tag-centurion-club","tag-liv-golf","tag-pa-news"],"yoast_head":"\nLIV Golf - Centurion - Smith<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Cameron Smith back to winning ways ahead of Open defence with LIV Golf victory. 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