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Cameron Smith has been warned by the PGA Tour over comments he made about Patrick Reed’s alleged “cheating” at last month’s Hero World Challenge.
According to a report in Australian Golf Digest, Smith was reprimanded by the tour after he openly criticised the former Masters champion for his now infamous incident in a waste area in the Bahamas.
Reed, 29, was assessed a two-shot penalty at the end of his third round after television cameras twice caught him striking the sand behind his ball on the par-5 11th hole and, intentionally or otherwise, improving his lie.
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Whilst he insisted he didn’t cheat, many took an opposing view, Australian ace Smith among them.
“If you make a mistake maybe once, you could maybe understand but to give a bit of a bulls**t response like the camera angle… that’s pretty up there (inexcusable),” he said. “I don’t have any sympathy for anyone that cheats.
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“I know Pat pretty good and he’s always been nice to me, so I don’t want to say anything bad about him but anyone cheating the rules, I’m not up for that.”
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That apparently earned Smith – the winner of last week’s Sony Open – a caution from the tour.
“According to a source, an official from the PGA Tour spoke to Smith about the remarks, essentially issuing a warning that he would be fined in the future if he made similar statements,” the report read.
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