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Cameron Smith's push to reach the top of the world rankings was dealt a surreal and significant blow when he was penalised before hitting a shot in his fourth round at the FedEx St Jude Championship.
The Open champion, who is expected to join the breakaway LIV series, was due to start his final round at TPC Southwind just two strokes behind the overnight leader, JJ Spaun.
With a win in Memphis needed for Smith to replace Scottie Scheffler at the top of the global standings, he endured the pre-round gut punch of being summoned to the rules office, where he was informed he had played from the wrong place on the fourth hole a day earlier in round three.
Cameron Smith (above) was hit with a two-stroke penalty at the FedEx St Jude Championship
He was told he had played from the wrong place on the fourth hole in round three of the event
For that offence, the Australian was assessed a two-stroke penalty, which dragged him down to nine under, four shy of Spaun. The incident related to an errant tee shot into the water at
