Austin Smotherman
Height: 5'11" (1.8 m)
Weight: 155 (70 kg)
Age: 28 (May 19, 1994)
Birthplace: Loomis, California
Residence: Dallas, Texas
Family:
Wife, Jessica
Education:
Southern Methodist University (2016, Advertising)
Special Interests:
Training his dog, hiking, outdoors, The First Tee, Italian food
Turned Professional:
2016
City plays from:
Dallas, TX, United States
Exempt Status
PGA TOURTop 125 in 2021-22 FedExCup Playoffs and Eligibility Points List (thru 2022-23)
Career Victories
Korn Ferry Tour Victories (1):
2020 (1) Simmons Bank Open for the Snedeker Foundation.PGA TOUR Latinoamerica Victories (1):
2018 (1) 59 Abierto Mexicano de Golf.Player Statistics
Career Low Round:
62 - 2023 Butterfield Bermuda Championship (Round 1)Career High FedExCup Rank:
#25 : 2023 Fortinet ChampionshipCareer High Official World Golf Rank:
#285 : 2022 3M OpenCareer Largest Paycheck:
$180,180 : 2022 Farmers Insurance Open (Finished 11)2022-23 Season Highlights
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One of six players to enter the season competing out of the Top 125 in FedExCup Playoffs and Eligibility Points List category despite missing the 2022 FedExCup Playoffs because he moved up to No. 121 on the list after the TOUR Championship.
Career Records
| PGA TOUR (Playoff Record: 0 - 0) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Events | Rounds | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Top 10 | Top 25 | Cuts Made | Cuts Missed | WD | FedExCup Rank | Earnings | |
| Total: | 34 | 104 | 1 | 8 | 21 | 12 | 1 | $933,197 | |||||
| 2023 | 8 | 25 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 124 | $162,370 | |||||
| 2022 | 25 | 77 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 9 | 137 | $770,827 | |||||
| 2017 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
| (A) - Amateur | |||||||||||||
Personal
- Walk up song would be "Thunderstruck" by AC / DC.
- Proposed to his wife at Reunion Tower in Dallas. They started dating at the end of their senior year of high school.
- Earliest golf memory is hitting golf balls in his front yard with his dad. He then turned five and hit one on to the roof and eventually hit a ball over the house into the backyard. Also, it was only a one story house.
- He always mark his golf ball with a quarter eagle side up when putting for birdie or better and heads up when putting for par or worse.