Austin Smotherman (born May 19, 1994) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. He played collegiate golf at Southern Methodist University. Smotherman won the 2021 Simmons Bank Open on the Korn Ferry Tour.
Career Smotherman, a college teammate of Bryson DeChambeau at SMU, turned professional in 2016. Playing on the PGA Tour Latinoamérica, he won the 2018 Mexican Open and finished fourth in the tour's Order of Merit, which guaranteed partial status on the Web.com Tour in 2019. In 2020, he held the 36-hole lead at the TPC San Antonio Championship before finishing solo fourth. Smotherman earned his first Korn Ferry Tour victory at the 2021 Simmons Bank Open, going wire-to-wire and winning by three strokes.
Professional wins (5) PGA Tour wins (1) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin ofvictoryRunner-up1Oct 4, 2026 Bank of Utah Championship 63-62-65-68=258−262 strokes Doug Ghim
Korn Ferry Tour wins (3) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-up1May 9, 2021Simmons Bank Open65-69-69-69=272−163 strokes Paul Haley II, Yuan Yechun2Jun 8, 2025BMW Charity Pro-Am65-62-66-67=260−253 strokes Sebastian Cappelen, Pierceson Coody, Yuan Yechun3Jun 29, 2025Memorial Health Championship65-63-68-63=259−251 stroke Álvaro Ortiz
PGA Tour Latinoamérica wins (1) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin ofvictoryRunner-up1Mar 25, 2018Abierto Mexicano de Golf66-65-66-65=262−184 strokes Juan Pablo Hernández
Results in major championships Tournament2026Masters TournamentPGA ChampionshipCUTU.S. OpenThe Open Championship
CUT = missed the half-way cut T = tied
Results in The Players Championship Tournament2023202420252026The Players ChampionshipT35T13
"T" indicates a tie for a place
See also 2021 Korn Ferry Tour Finals graduates 2025 Korn Ferry Tour graduates
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