Benjamin Follett-Smith | |
Birth Date: | 9 March 1994 |
Birth Place: | Harare, Zimbabwe |
College: | Mississippi State University |
Yearpro: | 2018 |
Tour: | Sunshine Tour Challenge Tour |
Extour: | Asian Tour Big Easy Tour |
Prowins: | 4 |
Sunwins: | 2 |
Chalwins: | 1 |
Otherwins: | 2 |
Award1: | Sunshine Tour Rookie of the Year |
Year1: | 2018–19 |
Benjamin Follett-Smith (born 9 March 1994) is a Zimbabwean professional golfer who plays on the Sunshine Tour and the Challenge Tour. He represented Zimbabwe in the 2018 World Cup of Golf and has won the Cape Town Open twice.
Follett-Smith was born in Harare and educated at St. John's College. He was ranked as Zimbabwe's number one amateur golfer and won the 2012 All-Africa Junior Championship, and represented Zimbabwe in the All-Africa Team Championships.
Follett-Smith attended Mississippi State University from 2013 to 2017, majoring in marketing, as well as playing golf with the Mississippi State Bulldogs men's golf team.[1]
Follett-Smith turned professional in 2018 and joined the Sunshine Tour. In September he won Challenge 9 on the Big Easy Tour, its development circuit.
He represented Zimbabwe at the 2018 World Cup of Golf, together with Scott Vincent.[2]
In February 2020, Follett-Smith recorded a one-shot victory at the Final Stage of the Asian Tour Qualifying School.[3] However, with the 2020 and 2021 seasons largely lost to the pandemic, his first full season on the Asian Tour was 2022, where he had limited success.[4]
Follett-Smith won the Cape Town Open at Royal Cape Golf Club in 2019 and again in 2023, when the event was co-sanctioned by the Challenge Tour.[5]
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No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runners-up | |
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1 | 10 Feb 2019 | RAM Cape Town Open | −13 (68-69-72-66=275) | 2 strokes | Zander Lombard, Jean-Paul Strydom | |
2 | 5 Feb 2023 | Bain's Whisky Cape Town Open1 (2) | −15 (68-68-67-70=273) | 1 stroke | Ugo Coussaud, Jaco van Zyl |
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