Aussie Cam Smith wins Players Championship

Cameron Smith
Australian Cameron Smith has won golf's prestigious Players Championship in Florida. -EPA

Australian golf star Cameron Smith has scored the biggest win of his career, taking out The Players Championship in Florida in extraordinary, record-setting fashion.

Smith carded a birdied-filled and dramatic six-under-par 66 to record a steely one-shot victory at TPC Sawgrass and join a who's who of golf greats on the honour roll.

Apart from the prestige of winning the PGA Tour's flagship event and the game's unofficial fifth major, the 28-year-old pocketed a cheque for $3.6 million ($A5 million) and will rocket to second in the season-long FedExCup standings.