Cameron Smith dodges question on LIV series amid reports he will join rebel tour in $100m deal

Open champion Cameron Smith has refused to comment on reports that he has agreed to join the LIV golf tour.

On Tuesday Cameron Percy suggested his fellow Australians Smith and Marc Leishman had agreed to join the controversial Saudi-backed series.

‘Unfortunate, yeah, they’re gone,’ Percy told RSN.

He has since elaborated on the comment, telling Australian Golf Digest: ‘Look, I was just conveying what was said in the locker room during the many rain delays we’ve had on tour the past few weeks.’ 

Reports suggested Smith could receive £82.8million for making the switch.

Speaking at a press conference ahead of the FedExCup St Jude Championship in Memphis, Smith did not deny the report as he refused to be drawn on his future.

‘My goal here is to win the FedEx Cup play-offs,’ said the 28-year-old. ‘That’s all I’m here for.

‘If there’s something I need to say regarding the PGA Tour or LIV, it will come from Cameron Smith, not Cameron Percy.

‘I’m a man of my word and whenever you guys need to know anything it will be said by me.

‘Like I said, I’m here to play the FedEx Cup play-offs. That’s been my focus the last week and a half, that’s what I’m here to do. I’m here to win the FedEx Cup play-offs.’

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Smith did say he intended to play in the President’s Cup in September, which might at least suggest any move to the LIV series is not imminent as such a move would put his participation in Charlotte, North Carolina next month at risk.

‘That’s something that we’ve been looking forward to for the last three