LIV Golf

A LIV Golf rules dispute? A cliff shot? A PGA Tour pro reveal? Cam Smith's shot on Friday at Mayakoba had it all.

And we’re going to have to place the ball that’s at rest where it hit — very good chance it’s either going to be here (he pointed at the middle of the rocks) or up there.” Official: “Possible, or it could be — (he pointed at the bush) or it could be either way. Official: “Well, what’s going to happen is, is it’s going to roll outside the two club lengths, so we’re going to have to place it where it hit the ground. He was hoping he could get two club-lengths laterally and then just drop into play off the side of the rock.” [David Feherty](https://golf.com/news/david-feherty-liv-criticism-lot-of-money/) said on the broadcast — and he was going to take an unplayable. In his role, he is responsible for editing, writing and developing stories across the golf space. In short, the official told Smith that his lateral relief was two club lengths, and that included going downward. Below is a part of the conversation (and another screen grab). Theoretically, Smith could have placed his ball in the middle of the cliff, but eventually he opted for back-on-the-line and dropped behind the bush. You could make a case for all of the above, and then there’s the fact that the moments came back to back to back to back at Mayakoba. Let’s start from the top, and Smith went right off the tee, and his ball disappeared atop the cliff about 25 yards right of the fairway. Smith and his caddie scaled it, they found his ball stuck in a bush, and Smith’s caddie climbed back down.