David Smail (born 20 May 1970) is a New Zealand professional golfer.[2]
| David Smail | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Born | 20 May 1970 Hamilton, New Zealand |
| Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) |
| Weight | 80 kg (176 lb; 12 st 8 lb) |
| Sporting nationality |  New Zealand |
| Residence | Hamilton, New Zealand |
| Career | |
| Turned professional | 1992 |
| Current tour(s) | PGA Tour of Australasia Japan PGA Senior Tour |
| Former tour(s) | Japan Golf Tour |
| Professional wins | 8 |
| Highest ranking | 70 (23 February 2003)[1] |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| Japan Golf Tour | 5 |
| PGA Tour of Australasia | 2 |
| Other | 1 |
| Best results in major championships | |
| Masters Tournament | DNP |
| PGA Championship | T67: 2009 |
| U.S. Open | CUT: 2003, 2009 |
| The Open Championship | T67: 2005 |
He was born in and resides in Hamilton, New Zealand. He won the New Zealand Open in 2001. He has won five titles on the Japan Golf Tour and has featured in the top 100 of the Official World Golf Rankings. He has at times in his career been the highest ranked New Zealand golfer.
Professional wins (8) edit
Japan Golf Tour wins (5) edit
| Legend |
| Flagship events (1) |
| Japan majors (1) |
| Other Japan Golf Tour (4) |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 20 Oct 2002 | Japan Open Golf Championship | −9 (71-66-67-67=271) | 4 strokes |  Kim Jong-duck
|
| 2 | 1 Dec 2002 | Casio World Open | −16 (68-68-64=200)* | 2 strokes |  Brendan Jones
|
| 3 | 28 Nov 2004 | Casio World Open (2) | −12 (70-66-69-71=276) | 1 stroke |  Hunter Mahan
|
| 4 | 25 Sep 2005 | Acom International | −13 (64-65-69-73=271) | 2 strokes |  Taichi Teshima
|
| 5 | 23 Oct 2005 | Bridgestone Open | −16 (66-72-67-67=272) | 2 strokes | Toru Suzuki
|
*Note: The 2002 Casio World Open was shortened to 54 holes due to rain.
- The Japan Open Golf Championship is also a Japan major championship.
Japan Golf Tour playoff record (0–2)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponents | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2005 | Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open | Chris Campbell, Tadahiro Takayama
|
Campbell won with birdie on second extra hole |
| 2 | 2005 | Japan Golf Tour Championship Shishido Hills Cup | Yasuharu Imano, Kazuhiko Hosokawa
|
Hosokawa won with par on second extra hole |
PGA Tour of Australasia wins (2) edit
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 21 Jan 2001 | New Zealand Open | −7 (66-68-69-70=273) | 2 strokes | Steven Alker, Michael Campbell, Roger Chapman, Nathan Gatehouse
|
| 2 | 28 Jan 2001 | Canon Challenge | −19 (69-64-69-67=269) | 1 stroke | David Gossett
|
Japan PGA Senior Tour wins (1) edit
- 2023 Starts Senior Golf Tournament
Playoff record edit
Other playoff record (0–1)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponents | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2001 | WGC-World Cup (with Michael Campbell)
|
 Denmark − Thomas Bjørn and Søren Hansen, South Africa − Retief Goosen and Ernie Els, United States − David Duval and Tiger Woods
|
South Africa won with par on second extra hole New Zealand and United States eliminated by birdie on first hole |
Results in major championships edit
| Tournament | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | |||||||||
| U.S. Open | CUT | CUT | |||||||
| The Open Championship | 68 | CUT | T67 | CUT | CUT | CUT | |||
| PGA Championship | T67 |
Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Team appearances edit
References edit
- ^ "Week 8 2003 Ending 23 Feb 2003" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
- ^ "David Smail". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 29 July 2008. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
External links edit
- David Smail at the PGA Tour of Australasia official site
- David Smail at the Japan Golf Tour official site
- David Smail at the Official World Golf Ranking official site
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