Des Smyth 

Des Smyth
Personal Information
Birth 12 February 1953 (1953-02-12) (age 55)
Drogheda, Ireland
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Nationality  Ireland
Residence Drogheda, Ireland
Career
Turned pro 1974
Current tour(s) European Seniors Tour
Champions Tour
Professional wins 20 (European Tour: 8, Other: 8, Senior: 4)
Best Results in Major Championships
Masters DNP
U.S. Open DNP
The Open 1982: T4
PGA Championship DNP

Des Smyth (born 12 February 1953) is an Irish professional golfer.

Smyth was born in in Drogheda, County Louth. He turned professional in 1974 and was a member of the European Tour for over a quarter of a century. His best finish on the European Tour Order of Merit was seventh in 1988. He won eight tournaments on the tour across four different decades, breaking Neil Coles record as the oldest man to win a European Tour event when he claimed the 2001 Madeira Island Open at the age of 48 years and 34 days.

Smyth represented Europe in the Ryder Cup in 1979 and 1981, losing on both occasions to the United States. Smyth also represented his country in the World Cup and the Alfred Dunhill Cup many times and was a member of the Irish team (alongside Eamonn Darcy and Ronan Rafferty) which won the latter in 1988. At the 2006 Ryder Cup, he was one of Ian Woosnam's vice-captains.1

Since turning fifty in 2003, Smyth has had a successful career in senior golf, winning tournaments on both the Champions Tour and the European Seniors Tour.

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Personal life

Smyth has a 24-year-old-son, Greg, a horticultural student at IT Blanchardstown. Greg won Ireland's eighth largest Lotto jackpot of €9,426,636 on 13 August 2008.2

Tournament wins

Amateur

European Tour (8)

Other wins (8)

Champions Tour (2)

European Seniors Tour (2)

Results in major championships

Note: The only major Smyth played in was The Open Championship.

Tournament 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
The Open Championship CUT CUT CUT DNP DNP
Tournament 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
The Open Championship CUT T31 T4 CUT CUT CUT CUT CUT DNP CUT
Tournament 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
The Open Championship CUT T44 CUT T27 CUT DNP DQ DNP T15 CUT
Tournament 2000 2001 2002
The Open Championship DNP T13 T28

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
DQ = Disqualified
"T" = tied
Yellow background for top-10.

Team appearances

References

  1. ^ "Des Smyth & Peter Baker named Ryder Cup assistants"
  2. ^ ""Golfer's son wins Lotto jackpot"". RTÉ (2008-08-14). Retrieved on 2008-08-14.

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