Cameron Smith sits in the midst of an Adelaide shopping center which he might afford to purchase.
And he says one of the best factor about being again in Australia is the standard meat pie.
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“I flew into Brisbane on Thursday and I ate my weight in meat pies already,” the Australian golfer mentioned at a meet-and-greet at Adelaide’s Rundle Mall on Wednesday.
British Open champion Smith was final 12 months paid a reported $145 million sign-on charge to hitch LIV Golfand has banked PGA Tour profession earnings of greater than $40m.
However the 29-year-old, the star Australian attraction at LIV Golf’s inaugural tournament in Adelaide starting on Fridaystays outwardly unaffected.
The Queenslander signed autographs and posed for pictures for an hour throughout a promotional look in Adelaide’s important mall.
“There’s normally a couple of mullets following me round, there’s some fairly horrendous ones… nevertheless it at all times brings a smile to folks’s faces,” he mentioned.
Moreover pies and mullets, the United States-based golfer was relishing seeing family and friends, once more – and never having to set an early morning alarm to look at his beloved Brisbane Broncos within the NRL.
“I get up and watch the Broncos play each Friday, Saturday morning when I’m over there (within the US), I find it irresistible,” Smith mentioned.
“My complete household performed rugby league principally their complete life. I performed till I used to be about 11 after which I spotted I used to be too small.”
Smith captains an all Australian LIV workforce referred to as Ripper GC that includes compatriots Matt Jones, Marc Leishman and Jed Morgan.
And he reckoned the Aussies might need a bonus within the looming event at Grange Golf Membership in Adelaide’s west.
“For all of the boys it is good to be again in Australia, see some family and friends and hopefully we will come out with a victory this weekend,” Smith mentioned.
“Aussie golf is a lot completely different to in every single place else around the globe.
“For us, it is good to get that agency and brief grass. A number of of the opposite boys won’t prefer it a lot.
“So many good reminiscences on Australian golf programs and everybody feels comfy.”
