AUGUSTA, Ga. — The breeze blew in from the south, strong enough to straighten the yellow flag on the 18th green. And there, holding the lead in the Masters, stood Cam Smith, his glorious mullet whipping like a car dealer’s American flag.
You show up in Augusta with a Tennessee Waterfall like Smith’s sporting, and you’d better have some game to prevent the green jackets from bum-rushing you right back down Magnolia Lane. On Thursday, Smith did exactly that, carding an eight-birdie, 4-under round that gave him the clubhouse lead. It could have been, should have been, a better run — Smith bookended his round with double bogeys — but it was enough to give him the clubhouse lead he'd eventually relinquish to South Korea's Sungjae Im (-5).