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Cam Smith is in the mix at LIV Golf’s season-ending tournament in Indianapolis. (Matt Turner\/AAP PHOTOS)<\/p>\n Cam Smith is in the mix at LIV Golf’s season-ending tournament in Indianapolis. (Matt Turner\/AAP PHOTOS)<\/p>\n
Cam Smith is determined to end the season on a high after shooting a two-under 68 in LIV Golf’s season finale at Indianapolis.<\/p>\n
The Australian is sitting at nine under for the tournament, two behind new leader Richard Lee at The \u200cClub at Chatham Hills in Westfield.<\/p>\n
After promising to put his “head down and bum up” after his opening-round 63, the Queenslander needed to call on all of his fighting spirit on Saturday (AEST) to remain close to the lead.<\/p>\n
Unlike his seven-under display where he found his groove and made seven birdies with the help of a hot putter, it was more of a grind in the second round.<\/p>\n
Smith made birdies on the second and fifth holes, but then found trouble on the sixth and eighth where he made bogeys.<\/p>\n
He steadied before making a birdie on the 11th, before another bogey on the par-three 15th – a hole he birdied the previous round – dropped him back in the field.<\/p>\n
But the 2022 British Open champion stormed back into contention with birdies on the 16th and last holes to jump into a tie for fifth with six others, including the day’s big mover in Michael La Sasso (60).<\/p>\n
It’s the highest Smith’s been for a while in a disappointing season, by his standards, with a tie for seventh at the PGA Championship and two tied eighths in LIV Golf at Adelaide and Singapore his best results in 2026.<\/p>\n
Leader Lee, of Canada, moved in front after a four-under 66.<\/p>\n
Lee holds a one-shot lead over Dustin Johnson (66), Belgian Thomas Detry (64) and first-round \u200cleader Laurie Canter of England (68).<\/p>\n
The 35-year-old is in his first season with LIV Golf after he won the league’s promotions event in Florida last winter.<\/p>\n
He called the \u200cseason “a dream come true” Friday, despite LIV’s uncertain future in the wake of the Saudi Public Investment Fund withdrawing their backing after this year.<\/p>\n
“Coming out here, just having everything I want and everything I need. The courses are spectacular, and the conditions are amazing,” Lee said. “People are nice. Just being on a tour like this is just a dream come true.”<\/p>\n
Lee’s opening seven-under 63 had him one behind Canter.<\/p>\n
He birdied three of his first five holes and \u200cfour of his \u200cfirst seven \u2060to surge in front. After consecutive bogeys at Nos.9-10, he regained those two strokes with birdies at Nos.\u200b13 and 14.<\/p>\n
“I don’t want to think too ahead for myself, but yeah, definitely a victory would be amazing,” said Lee, a journeyman who has only won on the Asian and Korean tours. “It’s always been a dream to play with these guys and have a big victory out there.”<\/p>\n
Marc Leishman shot a three-under 67 and is at seven under, with Lucas Herbert (69) two behind.<\/p>\n
The all-Australian Ripper are now fourth in the team standings after dropping two spots from Friday (AEST).<\/p>\n
with Reuters <\/p>\n