Australian primary Cameron Smith hopes to earn sufficient rating factors on his dwelling tour and in subsequent 12 months’s majors to qualify for an additional Olympics at Paris subsequent 12 months.
The previous world quantity two has slipped to 18th since becoming a member of the breakaway LIV Golf circuit the place gamers are unable to earn rating factors.
Solely the highest 60 are eligible to qualify for Paris, whereas Smith additionally faces competitors for spots on Australia’s workforce from compatriots together with main winners Jason Day and Adam Scott.
That has put the onus on Smith to mount a powerful protection of his Australian PGA Championship title this week on the Royal Queensland Golf Membership to shore up his rating.
“Yeah I undoubtedly need to be there, 100%,” the previous British Open winner informed reporters of the Olympics on Tuesday.
“I do know the standards, do not know if that may change.”
Smith, who completed in a tie for tenth on the Tokyo Olympics, can even have the ability to earn factors on the Australian Open in Sydney subsequent week.
“I’ve received these couple of occasions and 4 extra appears once more within the majors, so hopefully I can preserve that rating up,” added Smith.
“To put on the coat of arms on the chest once more can be fairly particular.”
LIV’s bid to have its gamers earn rating factors was unanimously rejected final month by the Official World Golf Rating (OWGR) resulting from considerations concerning the Saudi Arabia-backed circuit’s format.
Whereas the 4 majors have allowed LIV gamers to compete, those that earned exemptions into them resulting from previous outcomes may someday be unnoticed as they don’t seem to be incomes rating factors.
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