Who Is Austin Smotherman’s Caddie? -Meet Zak Williamson
Austin Smotherman was teammates with Bryson DeChambeau at SMU earlier than turning skilled in 2016.
After spells on the PGA Tour Latinamerica and Korn Ferry Tour, Smotherman earned his PGA Tour card for the 2021/22 season, earlier than dropping again all the way down to the Korn Ferry Tour in 2025.
However, he set concerning the process of regaining his PGA Tour card brilliantly, with two wins and 5 different top-10s, finally ending third on the factors able to make a fast return. Along the way in which, he had the assistance of caddy Zak Williamson.
Williamson has huge expertise within the recreation, in addition to success, together with serving to Jonas Blixt declare his maiden PGA Tour win on the Frys.com Open in 2012.
On that event, Blixt mistakenly thought the win would e-book his place at The Masters, till Williamson needed to inform him that Fall Series winners did not robotically make it to the Augusta National Major.
Undeterred, Blixt made it to The Masters in 2014, and, helped by Williamson, he did brilliantly, ending T2 behind Bubba Watson.
Zak Williamson helped Jonas Blixt end T2 on the 2014 Masters
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The Swede carried out admirably on the 2015 version, too, the place Williamson was nonetheless on his bag as he completed T28.
Eventually, the pair parted methods, with Williamson happening to caddie for the likes of Bud Cauley and Sam Ryder earlier than linking up long-term with Doc Redman.
Smotherman beforehand caddied for Doc Redman
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By 2022, Smotherman’s caddie was Austin Gaugert, however finally, he started working with Williamson, and so they have not regarded again.
After Smotherman’s good Korn Ferry Tour season in 2025, he acknowledged Williamson’s function on the finish of the yr, writing on Instagram: “Special shoutout to my coach @cmccormickgolf, @altusperformance, my caddy @zakwilliamson, and Richard Zulick at @noblesportsgroup – y’all are the real MVPs.”
With Williamson’s assist, Smoetherman has carried that type into 2026, together with sitting proudly on the prime of the leaderboard on the midway level of the 2026 Cognizant Classicthe place, with a two-shot benefit, he was eyeing his maiden PGA Tour title.
