Cameron Smith snaps back at reporter: "That's a bull---- excuse"

Cameron Smith is not happy. 

The former Open champion used the majority of his news conference ahead of the Australian Open to blast the course setup at Kingston Heath in Melbourne. 

Smith, 31, who recently confirmed his wife Shanel is expecting their first child, described the course as 'soft and slow'. 

When Golf Digest's Evin Priest put it to the golfer that that could be attributed to heavy rainfall, Smith snapped back: "That's bull----". 

"It's seems there's been a lot of water and it's not exactly what I was expecting," he told the publication. 

"The courses are in great condition but playing so much different to how they're designed and how they're meant to be played, which is pretty disappointing. 

"I had been keeping an eye on the weather here and I was really excited to play a firm and fast Sandbelt."

He added: "It's something that my [LIV] teammates and I spoke about. We love coming down here and playing these events because the golf courses are firm and fast and it's just not going to play like that. 

"It's going to play more like an American golf course, kind of target golf."

Smith contended the heavy rainfall was not a justifiable excuse. 

"The weather down here the last couple of weeks has been pretty good, I know they got some rain over the weekend and again this morning, but I’ve played down here in rain before and it’s still been like that the next day.

"So, I think that's a bull---- excuse, to be honest.

"I think it's been prepared like this for a reason and it's not how these golf courses are meant to be played." 

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