Benjamin Follett-Smith

Benjamin Follett-Smith
Personal information
Born	(1994-03-09) 9 March 1994 (age 31) Harare, Zimbabwe
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Sporting nationality	Zimbabwe
Career
College	Mississippi State University
Turned professional	2018
Current tour(s)	European Tour Sunshine Tour
Former tour(s)	Asian Tour Challenge Tour Big Easy Tour
Professional wins	5
Number of wins by tour
Sunshine Tour	2
Challenge Tour	2
Other	2
Achievements and awards
Sunshine Tour Rookie of the Year 2018–19

Benjamin Follett-Smith (born 9 March 1994) is a Zimbabwean professional golfer who plays on the Sunshine Tour and the European Tour. He represented Zimbabwe in the 2018 World Cup of Golf and has won the Cape Town Open twice.

Early life and amateur career

Follett-Smith was born in Harare and educated at St. John's College. He was ranked as Zimbabwe's number one amateur golfer and won the 2012 All-Africa Junior Championship, and represented Zimbabwe in the All-Africa Team Championships. ^[1]

Follett-Smith attended Mississippi State University from 2013 to 2017, majoring in marketing, as well as playing golf with the Mississippi State Bulldogs men's golf team. ^[1]

Professional career

Follett-Smith turned professional in 2018 and joined the Sunshine Tour. In September he won Challenge 9 on the Big Easy Tour, its development circuit.

He represented Zimbabwe at the 2018 World Cup of Golf, together with Scott Vincent. ^[2]

In February 2020, Follett-Smith recorded a one-shot victory at the Final Stage of the Asian Tour Qualifying School. ^[3] However, with the 2020 and 2021 seasons largely lost to the pandemic, his first full season on the Asian Tour was 2022, where he had limited success. ^[4]

Follett-Smith won the Cape Town Open at Royal Cape Golf Club in 2019 and again in 2023, when the event was co-sanctioned by the Challenge Tour. ^[5]

Amateur wins

• 2012 All-Africa Junior Championship
• 2016 Roland Park Open
• 2017 Chattanooga Choo Choo Invitational

Source: ^[6]

Professional wins (5)

Sunshine Tour wins (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runners-up
1	10 Feb 2019	RAM Cape Town Open	−13 (68-69-72-66=275)	2 strokes	Zander Lombard, Jean-Paul Strydom
2	5 Feb 2023	Bain's Whisky Cape Town Open 1 (2)	−15 (68-68-67-70=273)	1 stroke	Ugo Coussaud, Jaco van Zyl

¹Co-sanctioned by the Challenge Tour

Challenge Tour wins (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runners-up
1	5 Feb 2023	Bain's Whisky Cape Town Open 1	−15 (68-68-67-70=273)	1 stroke	Ugo Coussaud, Jaco van Zyl
2	5 Oct 2024	D+D Real Czech Challenge	−28 (63-62-63-64=252)	5 strokes	Maxence Giboudot, Oliver Lindell

¹Co-sanctioned by the Sunshine Tour

Big Easy Tour wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runners-up
1	5 Sep 2018	Big Easy Challenge 9	−7 (65-76-68=209)	1 stroke	Kim Dong-kwan, Ruan Korb, Cameron Moralee

Clutch Pro Tour wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	29 Jun 2020	Notts Holinwell	−6 (66)	1 stroke	Andy Sullivan

Team appearances

Professional

• World Cup (representing Zimbabwe): 2018

See also

• 2024 European Tour Qualifying School graduates

References

1. "Men's Golf Roster: Ben Follett-Smith". Mississippi State Bulldogs . Retrieved 17 April 2023.
2. Coley, Ben (21 November 2018). "World Cup of Golf: Team-by-team guide to this week's event in Australia". Sporting Life. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
3. "Asian Tour card excites Follett-Smith". Daily News. Zimbabwe. 25 February 2020. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
4. "Follett-Smith finishes top of the class". The Nation Thailand. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
5. "Follett-Smith wins in Cape Town to secure maiden Challenge Tour title". Gulf News. 6 February 2023. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
6. "Benjamin Follett-Smith". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 18 April 2023.

External links

• Benjamin Follett-Smith at the Sunshine Tour official site
• Benjamin Follett-Smith at the European Tour official site
• Benjamin Follett-Smith at the Official World Golf Ranking official site