Austin Smotherman Facts: 15 Things To Know About The PGA Tour Pro
Austin Smotherman performed alongside Bryson DeChambeau at SMU earlier than incomes three wins on the Korn Ferry Tour. The California native now appears to have extra success on his return to the PGA Tour, so get to know him higher with these info…
Austin Smotherman info:
2. His canine, Cypress, is called after Cypress Point Club and his cat, Pebbles, is called after pebble beach.
3. Smotherman is usually self-taught, estimating he had acquired fewer than ten classes by his junior yr of highschool.
4. His first golf equipment had been a plastic set of Snoopy irons. His grandfather then handcrafted him extra appropriate golf equipment by duct taping a Sam Snead 7-iron and slicing in half a persimmon 5-wood.
5. He performed at Haggin Oaks Golf Complex in Sacramento, California when he was youthful.
6. He performed 4 years for Southern Methodist University. He achieved All-American Athletic Conference choice in each 2014 and 2016, in addition to being a 2013 All-Conference USA Second Team honoree.
7. Smotherman gained elevated consideration after beating Bryson DeChambeau by one stroke, with an 18th gap birdie, on the 2011 California State Junior Amateur.
8. Smotherman and Bryson DeChambeau additionally reached the spherical of 16 within the US Amateur Four-Ball Championship in 2015.
9. After turning professional in 2016, Smotherman clinched victory on the 2018 Mexican Open whereas competing on the PGA Tour Latinoamérica. He additionally completed fourth on the tour’s Order of Merit, which granted him partial eligibility for the 2019 Web.com Tour.
10. Smotherman has three skilled wins on the PGA Tour-owned Korn Ferry Tour. First in 2021 on the Simmons Bank Open earlier than two wins in June 2025 on the BMW Charity Pro-Am and the Memorial Health Championship.
11. He carded his lowest spherical so far, 62, on the 2022 Butterfield Bermuda Championship.
12. He was the primary participant to safe his 2026 PGA Tour Card and obtain ‘#TOURBound’ standing, as he was amongst 2025’s Top 20 Korn Ferry Tour Points List.
13. 2026 is the second time Smotherman has performed on the PGA Tour. He performed three seasons from 2021 to 2024 earlier than shedding his card.
14. He completed T8 on the 2026 American Express, incomes himself $250,700.
15. He is an lively ambassador for First Tee and was a Greater Sacramento participant for over ten years, profitable the Core Value Award in 2011.
Born | nineteenth May 1994 in Loomis, California. |
Height | 5’11” (1.8m) |
Former Tour | Korn Ferry Tour |
Current Tour | PGA Tour |
Lowest Finish on Tour | S8 The American Express 2026 |
date | Tournament | Winning Score |
June twenty ninth 2025 | Memorial Health Championship | – 25 (65,63,68,63) |
June eighth 2025 | BMW Charity Pro-Am | -25 (65,62,66,67) |
May ninth 2021 | Simmons Bank Open | -16 (65,69,69,69) |
March twenty fifth 2018 | The Mexican Open | -18 (66,65,66,65) |
