David Smail (golfer)

David Smail
Personal information
Born (1970-05-20) 20 May 1970
Hamilton, New Zealand
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight 80 kg (176 lb; 12 st 8 lb)
Nationality  New Zealand
Residence Hamilton, New Zealand
Career
Turned professional 1992
Current tour(s) Japan Golf Tour
PGA Tour of Australasia
Professional wins 7
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour 5
PGA Tour of Australasia 2
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
U.S. Open CUT: 2003, 2009
The Open Championship T67: 2005
PGA Championship T67: 2009

David Smail (born 20 May 1970) is a professional golfer from New Zealand.[1]

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 been the highest ranked golfer in New Zealand.

In September 2010, revelations about Smail's private life caused him to take an indefinite break from golf until 'at least mid-2011' following allegations from Sato Kurihara about an affair the pair had. Smail claims Kurihara made several threats to Smail's wife and children, and now a legal battle is underway.[2]

Professional wins (7)

PGA Tour of Australasia (2)

Japan Golf Tour (5)

Results in major championships

Tournament 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
The Masters DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
U.S. Open DNP DNP CUT DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP CUT
The Open Championship 68 DNP CUT DNP T67 CUT DNP CUT CUT
PGA Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP T67

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

Team appearances

References

  1. ↑ PGA Tour of Australasia Profile
  2. ↑ Richens, Matt (3 September 2010). "Jilted lover haunts top golfer David Smail". Waikato Times. Retrieved 27 September 2011.


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