David Smail (golfer)
David Smail is a professional golfer from New Zealand.
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.
Professional wins (7)
Japan Golf Tour wins (5)
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
1 | 20 Oct 2002 | Japan Open Golf Championship | −9 | 4 strokes | Kim Jong-duck |
2 | 1 Dec 2002 | Casio World Open | −16 | 2 strokes | Brendan Jones |
3 | 28 Nov 2004 | Casio World Open | −12 | 1 stroke | Hunter Mahan |
4 | 25 Sep 2005 | Acom International | −13 | 2 strokes | Taichi Teshima |
5 | 23 Oct 2005 | Bridgestone Open | −16 | 2 strokes | Toru Suzuki |
- The Japan Open Golf Championship is also a Japan major championship.
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)
Playoff record
Other playoff recordNo. | Year | Tournament | Opponents | Result |
1 | 2001 | WGC-World Cup | − Thomas Bjørn and Søren Hansen, − Retief Goosen and Ernie Els, − 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
CUT = missed the half-way cut"T" = tied