Alex Smith

Alex Smith
Personal information
Full name	Alex Smith
Born	1872 Carnoustie, Angus, Scotland
Died	21 April 1930(1930-04-21) (age 57 or 58) Baltimore, Maryland
Nationality	Scotland
Career
Status	Professional
Professional wins	8
Best results in Major Championships (Wins: 2)
Masters Tournament	NYF
U.S. Open	Won: 1906, 1906
The Open Championship	T16: 1905
PGA Championship	T9: 1916

Alex Smith (1872 – 21 April 1930) was a member of a famous Scottish golfing family. His brother Willie won the U.S. Open in 1899, and Alex won it in both 1906 and 1910. Like many British professionals of his era he spent much of his adult life working as a club professional in the United States.

In 1901 Smith lost to Willie Anderson in a playoff for the U.S. Open title. Smith's 1906 U.S. Open victory came at the Onwentsia Club in Lake Forest, Illinois. His 72 hole score of 295 was the lowest at either the U.S. Open or the British Open up to that time, and he won $300. The 1910 U.S. Open was played over the St. Martin's course at the Philadelphia Cricket Club. Smith won a three man playoff against American John McDermott and another of his own brothers, Macdonald Smith. Alex Smith played in eighteen U.S. Opens in total and accumulated eleven top ten placings.

Smith also won the Western Open twice and the Metropolitan Open four times.

Smith was born in Carnoustie, Angus, Scotland and died in Baltimore, Maryland.

Alex Smith (right) with Willie Anderson

Tournament wins

this list may be incomplete

• 1903 Western Open
• 1905 Metropolitan Open
• 1906 U.S. Open, Western Open
• 1909 Metropolitan Open
• 1910 U.S. Open, Metropolitan Open
• 1913 Metropolitan Open

Major championships

Wins (2)

Year	Championship	54 Holes	Winning Score	Margin	Runner(s)-up
1906	U.S. Open	3 shot lead	(73-74-73-75=295)	7 strokes	Willie Smith
1910	U.S. Open (2)	2 shot deficit	+6 (73-73-79-73=298)	Playoff1	John McDermott, Macdonald Smith

¹Defeated John McDermott and MacDonald Smith in a 18 hole playoff - A. Smith 71 (-2), McDermott 75 (+2) & M. Smith 77 (+4).

Results timeline

Smith died before the Masters Tournament was founded.

NYF = Tournament not yet founded
NT = No tournament
DNP = Did not play
WD = Withdrew
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10

See also

• Golf in Scotland

External links

• Wawashkamo Golf Club Scottish Links Course designed by Alex Smith on Mackinac Island, Michigan
• Article on early Scottish golfers in the U.S. (including the Smith brothers)

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