David Smail (golfer)

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David Smail
Personal information
Born (1970-05-20) 20 May 1970 (age 54)
Hamilton, New Zealand
Height1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight80 kg (176 lb; 12 st 8 lb)
Sporting nationalityFlag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Residence Hamilton, New Zealand
Career
Turned professional1992
Current tour(s) PGA Tour of Australasia
Japan PGA Senior Tour
Former tour(s) Japan Golf Tour
Professional wins8
Highest ranking 70 (23 February 2003) [1]
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour5
PGA Tour of Australasia2
Other1
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
PGA Championship T67: 2009
U.S. Open CUT: 2003, 2009
The Open Championship T67: 2005

David Smail (born 20 May 1970) is a New Zealand professional golfer. [2]

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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)

Japan Golf Tour wins (5)

Legend
Flagship events (1)
Japan majors (1) [a]
Other Japan Golf Tour (4)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
120 Oct 2002 Japan Open Golf Championship −9 (71-66-67-67=271)4 strokes Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg Kim Jong-duck
21 Dec 2002 Casio World Open −16 (68-68-64=200)*2 strokes Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brendan Jones
328 Nov 2004 Casio World Open (2)−12 (70-66-69-71=276)1 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Hunter Mahan
425 Sep 2005 Acom International −13 (64-65-69-73=271)2 strokes Flag of Japan.svg Taichi Teshima
523 Oct 2005 Bridgestone Open −16 (66-72-67-67=272)2 strokes Flag of Japan.svg Toru Suzuki

*Note: The 2002 Casio World Open was shortened to 54 holes due to rain.

Japan Golf Tour playoff record (0–2)

No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult
1 2005 Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open Flag of Australia (converted).svg Chris Campbell, Flag of Japan.svg Tadahiro Takayama Campbell won with birdie on second extra hole
22005 Japan Golf Tour Championship Shishido Hills Cup Flag of Japan.svg Yasuharu Imano, Flag of Japan.svg Kazuhiko Hosokawa Hosokawa won with par on second extra hole

PGA Tour of Australasia wins (2)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
121 Jan 2001 New Zealand Open −7 (66-68-69-70=273)2 strokes Flag of New Zealand.svg Steven Alker, Flag of New Zealand.svg Michael Campbell,
Flag of England.svg Roger Chapman, Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nathan Gatehouse
228 Jan 2001 Canon Challenge −19 (69-64-69-67=269)1 stroke Flag of the United States.svg David Gossett

Japan PGA Senior Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runners-up
118 Jun 2023Starts Senior Golf Tournament−18 (65-64-66=195)5 strokes Flag of Japan.svg Hiroyuki Fujita, Flag of Thailand.svg Prayad Marksaeng

Playoff record

Other playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult
12001 WGC-World Cup
(with Flag of New Zealand.svg Michael Campbell)		Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark − Thomas Bjørn and Søren Hansen,
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa − Retief Goosen and Ernie Els,
Flag of the United States (23px).png  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

Tournament200120022003200420052006200720082009
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open CUTCUT
The Open Championship 68CUTT67CUTCUTCUT
PGA Championship T67
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Team appearances

Notes

  1. ↑ The 2002 Japan Open Golf Championship was also a Japan major championship.

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References

  1. ↑ "Week 8 2003 Ending 23 Feb 2003" (pdf). OWGR . Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  2. ↑ "David Smail". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 29 July 2008. Retrieved 30 January 2024.


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