(1953-02-12) 12 February 1953 (age 71) Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland
Height
5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight
168 lb (76 kg; 12.0 st)
Sporting nationality
Ireland
Residence
Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland
Career
Turned professional
1974
Former tour(s)
European Tour European Senior Tour PGA Tour Champions
Professional wins
26
Highest ranking
48 (7 May 1989)[1]
Number of wins by tour
European Tour
8
PGA Tour Champions
2
European Senior Tour
5
Other
9 (regular) 2 (senior)
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament
DNP
PGA Championship
DNP
U.S. Open
DNP
The Open Championship
T4: 1982
Desmond John Smyth (born 12 February 1953) is an Irish professional golfer. He won eight times on the European Tour between 1979 and 2001. He also had a successful senior career winning twice on the PGA Tour Champions and five times on the European Senior Tour between 2005 and 2012. He played in two Ryder Cup matches, 1979 and 1981.
^"Week 18 1989 Ending 7 May 1989" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
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Retrieved 3 June 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive. "Famous fifth for Smyth". Irish Independent. Dublin, Republic of Ireland. 6 May 1996. p. 32. Retrieved...
9 6 Jun 1982 Jersey Open −15 (69-66-68-70=273) Playoff Eamonn Darcy, DesSmyth 10 3 Jun 1984 Jersey Open (2) −14 (66-71-68-69=274) 2 strokes Sandy Lyle...
Retrieved 7 August 2014. "Smyth and Torrance named as Ryder Cup vice-captains". European Tour. 6 March 2014. "Sam Torrance and DesSmyth named as Europe's 2014...
stroke Wayne Grady 10 23 Sep 1984 Sanyo Open −7 (71-69-70-71=281) Playoff DesSmyth 11 30 Jun 1985 Johnnie Walker Monte Carlo Open −12 (69-63-62-70=264) 1...
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Ballesteros 51,324 Wentworth Club 32nd 1986 Rodger Davis 281 −7 Playoff DesSmyth 49,000 Wentworth Club 31st 1985 Paul Way 282 −6 Playoff Sandy Lyle 42...
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Senior Fuzzy Zoeller T5 Stephen Ames 67 −3 Howard Clark Glen Day Gary Evans Bernhard Langer Mark McNulty Larry Mize DesSmyth Greg Turner Wayne Westner...
Allen & David Frost Mark James & DesSmyth Gibby Gilbert & J. C. Snead 2011 Mark McNulty & David Eger Mark James & DesSmyth Gibby Gilbert & J. C. Snead 2010...
hole. Roberts beat Romero with a par at the first extra hole. Watson beat Smyth with a par at the third extra hole. Watson beat Mason with a par at the...
Nick Faldo & Peter Oosterhuis Andy Bean & Tom Kite Foursomes 1979 6 & 5 DesSmyth & José María Cañizares Bill Rogers & Bruce Lietzke Fourball 1981 6 & 5...
Gloucester, Leinster, Munster, Connaught, Ireland U-21s International. DesSmyth, professional golfer, vice-captain on the winning Ryder Cup team in 2006...
senior major championship. Tom Watson won in a playoff for the title over DesSmyth to win his second Senior British Open title. The 2005 event was Watson's...