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TOUR Championship: Power ranking all 30 players at East Lake

By Mike Randleman

ATLANTA, GA - SEPTEMBER 24: The FedExCup trophy is displayed prior to the final round of the TOUR Championship at East Lake Golf Club on September 24, 2017 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Sam Greenwood/Getty Images)
ATLANTA, GA - SEPTEMBER 24: The FedExCup trophy is displayed prior to the final round of the TOUR Championship at East Lake Golf Club on September 24, 2017 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Sam Greenwood/Getty Images) /
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NEWTOWN SQUARE, PA – SEPTEMBER 06: Cameron Smith of Australia reacts on the tenth tee during the first round of the BMW Championship at Aronimink Golf Club on September 6, 2018 in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Cliff Hawkins/Getty Images)
NEWTOWN SQUARE, PA – SEPTEMBER 06: Cameron Smith of Australia reacts on the tenth tee during the first round of the BMW Championship at Aronimink Golf Club on September 6, 2018 in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Cliff Hawkins/Getty Images) /

Cameron Smith makes his Tour Championship debut with an outside chance at cashing the $10 million in the process. The Aussie got to East Lake on the strength of a T3 at the Northern Trust and a solo third at the Dell Technologies Championship. He came down to earth with a T65 last week.

He has five top-10s in 21 starts in 2018 and seeks his first individual PGA Tour win. He and Jonas Blixt teamed up to win the 2017 Zurich Classic of New Orleans.

Smith appeared to find playoff form out of nowhere as he hadn’t finished in the top 20 since his T5 at the Masters.

Smith looks like a mainstay on future Presidents Cup teams and has two top-fives in majors in his career. It wouldn’t be a total surprise if he won this week, but there are better options out there.

He ranks 161st in greens in regulation and 147th in fairways hit. Not a good combo when contending against East Lake’s juicy Bermuda rough.

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