David Smail (golfer)

David Smail
David Smail
Personal information
Born	20 May 1970 (age 54); 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)
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

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

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)

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.

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

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

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runners-up
1	18 Jun 2023	Starts Senior Golf Tournament	−18 (65-64-66=195)	5 strokes	Hiroyuki Fujita, Prayad Marksaeng

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

Did not play

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

^ "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.