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.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner-up
120 Oct 2002Japan Open Golf Championship−9 4 strokes Kim Jong-duck
21 Dec 2002Casio World Open−16 2 strokes Brendan Jones
328 Nov 2004Casio World Open −12 1 stroke Hunter Mahan
425 Sep 2005Acom International−13 2 strokes Taichi Teshima
523 Oct 2005Bridgestone Open−16 2 strokes Toru Suzuki

Japan Golf Tour playoff record
No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult
12005Gateway to the Open Mizuno Open Chris Campbell, Tadahiro TakayamaCampbell won with birdie on second extra hole
22005Japan Golf Tour Championship
Shishido Hills Cup
Yasuharu Imano, Kazuhiko HosokawaHosokawa won with par on second extra hole

PGA Tour of Australasia wins (2)

Playoff record

Other playoff record
No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult
12001WGC-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

Team appearances