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Cameron Smith Won a British Open. He’s Glad He Has Mostly Forgotten How.

Smith, defending a major tournament title for the first time this week, is happy not to get too worked up about much of anything.

The golfer Cameron Smith, in a blue shirt and white cap that says u2018Titleist,u2019 answering questions at a news conference.
Cameron Smith of Australia at a news conference ahead of the 151st British Open that begins on Thursday at Royal Liverpool Golf Club.Credit...Paul Ellis/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

It is possible that one of last July’s customers at the Dunvegan Hotel, which fancies itself only a 9-iron away from the Old Course, remembers more of Cameron Smith’s British Open than he does.