‘The rules are the rules’: Cameron Smith’s bid for No 1 golf ranking ruined by penalty

• Australian praised for his reaction after two-shot penalty in Memphis
• World No 2 penalised for playing from the wrong place

Cameron Smith is being hailed for his sportsmanship after the Australian was handed a two-stroke penalty that scuppered his hopes of winning the FedEx St Jude Championship and claiming golf's world No 1 ranking.

In a major setback before even teeing off for Sunday's final round in Memphis, Smith was slugged with the penalty for playing from the wrong place on the fourth hole on Saturday.