Alex Smith
2 Major Championships • 48th All-Time
Major Championship Wins
About Alex Smith
Alex Smith won 2 major championships during a 4-year span, with the first coming in 1906.
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Career Highlights
- 1906 — Won U.S. Open at Onwentsia Club with record 295 score, lowest in any major championship to that date
- 1910 — Won second U.S. Open title after playoff with brother Macdonald Smith and Johnny McDermott
- Western Open — Two-time champion (1903, 1906)
- Metropolitan Open — Four-time winner (1905, 1909, 1910, 1913)
- 1901 — Lost U.S. Open playoff to Willie Anderson, finished runner-up
Did You Know?
- Family of Champions: Alex's brother Willie Smith won the 1899 U.S. Open and finished runner-up to Alex in 1906, making them the first brothers to finish 1-2 in a major championship
- Three-Way Playoff: In 1910, Alex defeated both his younger brother Macdonald and Johnny McDermott in an 18-hole playoff for his second U.S. Open title
- Carnoustie Connection: The Smith family moved to Carnoustie, Scotland, where all three brothers learned golf on one of the world's most famous links courses