Smith awarded Greg Norman medal

Cameron Smith has been crowned the Greg Norman medallist for the second time in three years.

The medal is awarded to Australia's best male or female Tour Professional on the international stage.

Smith beat a field including 2021 winner and 2022 Women's US Open champion Minjee Lee.

PGA of Australia CEO Gavin Kirkman said was pleased to be recognising Smith's achievements.

“We’re very proud of Cam as someone who is home-grown, authentic and incredibly skilful at what he does,” Kirkman said.

“It must have been a really close decision for this medal in 2022 because we also had Minjee Lee winning the US Women’s Open – the biggest tournament in women’s golf. But Cam’s year was absolutely incredible.

Smith won the Sentry Tournament of Champions in Hawaii before backing it up with victory in the PLAYERS championship in March.

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