Travis Smyth

Travis Smyth (born 29 December 1994) is an Australian professional golfer. He won the 2017 Northern Territory PGA Championship.[1]

Travis Smyth
Personal information
Born (1994-12-29) 29 December 1994
Shellharbour, New South Wales, Australia
Sporting nationality Australia
Career
Turned professional2017
Current tour(s)Asian Tour
PGA Tour of Australasia
Former tour(s)LIV Golf
Professional wins2
Number of wins by tour
Asian Tour1
PGA Tour of Australasia1

Career

Smyth enjoyed a strong amateur career representing Australia on several occasions. He won the 2015 Riversdale Cup and was runner-up at the 2016 Australian Amateur. [2]

Still an amateur, Smyth was runner-up at the 2016 Western Australian Open two strokes behind Curtis Luck, and won his first professional event during the 2017 PGA Tour of Australasia season, the Northern Territory PGA Championship.[3]

Smyth turned professional in late 2017 and joined the Asian Tour after tying for 3rd at the 2018 Asian Tour Qualifying School. He finishing in the top-50 on the Order of Merit in 2018 and 2019.[4]

On the PGA Tour of Australasia, Smyth lost a playoff at the 2019 New South Wales Open and tied for 3rd at the 2020 ISPS Handa Vic Open, a European Tour co-sanctioned event.[5]

Smyth recorded his best Asian Tour finish at the inaugural International Series England in June 2022, where he was second, one stroke behind Scott Vincent to collect US$220,000, the biggest check of his career.[6] The week after he finished runner-up in the team event at the inaugural LIV Golf Invitational London together with Peter Uihlein, Richard Bland and Phachara Khongwatmai to collect a total of US$525,000 at the tournament.[7]

Amateur wins
  • 2014 Queensland Stroke Play & Amateur Championship
  • 2015 Riversdale Cup
  • 2017 NSW Amateur

Source:[2]

Professional wins (2)

Asian Tour wins (1)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 25 Sep 2022 Yeangder TPC −19 (68-69-66-66=269) 2 strokes Lee Chieh-po

PGA Tour of Australasia wins (1)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 3 Sep 2017 Northern Territory PGA Championship
(as an amateur)		 −19 (64-68-66-67=265) 6 strokes Deyen Lawson

PGA Tour of Australasia playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2019 AVJennings NSW Open Josh Younger Lost to birdie on second extra hole

Team appearances

Amateur

Source:[2]

References
  1. "Travis Smyth Bio". European Tour. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  2. "Travis Smyth". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  3. Blake, Martin (30 October 2017). "Travis Smyth, Australia's highest-ranked amateur, turns professional". Golf Digest Australia. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  4. "Travis Smyth Bio". Asian Tour. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  5. "Home hero Lee wins first title Down Under". European Tour. 9 February 2020. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  6. Webeck, Tony (6 June 2022). "Aussies on Tour: Smyth falls just short on Asian Tour". PGA of Australia. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  7. "LIV Golf Invitational Final Purse, Prize Money, Payouts for Entire Field in London: Schwartzel Bags $4 Million for Victory". Sports Illustrated. 11 June 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
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