Player Profile

Benjamin Follett-Smith

BIRTHDATE: 09-Mar-94
BIRTHPLACE: Harare, Zimbabwe
RESIDENCE: Johannesburg, South Africa
COLLEGE: Mississippi State University, Mississippi
VICTORIES: 5 more details

PLAYOFF RECORD: 0-0
Bio details incorrect or missing? Please assist by using the form below...

Latest Results in the Last 12 Months

Date	Event	Course	Location	Tour	Pos	1	2	3	4	5	Total
2026-01-25	Cell C Challenge	Killarney (South Africa)	South Africa	Southern Africa	1	67	65	67	66		265
2025-12-21	Mauritius Open	Heritage La Reserve	Mauritius	Southern Africa	mc	73	73				146
2025-12-14	Alfred Dunhill Championship	Royal Johannesburg (East)	South Africa	Southern Africa	56	70	69	70			209
2025-12-07	Australian Open	Royal Melbourne	Australia	Australasian	61	69	73	73	72		287
2025-11-30	Australian PGA Championship	Royal Queensland	Australia	Australasian	mc	73	71				144
2025-10-26	Blu Label Unlimited Challenge	Gary Player	South Africa	Southern Africa	35	70	68	76	73		287
2025-10-19	Fortress Invitational	Glendower	South Africa	Southern Africa	15	65	73	72	70		280
2025-09-21	Italian Challenge Open	Nazionale	Italy	European Challenge	mc	71	73				144
2025-09-14	Open de Portugal	Royal Obidos	Portugal	European Challenge	mc	69	75				144
2025-09-07	Rosa Challenge Tour	Rosa	Poland	European Challenge	14	67	69	72	66		274
2025-08-31	European Masters	Crans-sur-Sierre	Switzerland	DP World	41	64	69	66	74		273
2025-08-24	Dutch Futures	The Dutch	Netherlands	European Challenge	mc	73	74				147
2025-08-17	Danish Golf Championship	Fureso	Denmark	DP World	mc	75	71				146
2025-08-10	Nexo Championship	Trump International Golf Links	Scotland	DP World	mc	78	79				157
2025-08-03	Scottish Challenge	Schloss Roxburghe	Scotland	European Challenge	mc	75	69				144
2025-07-20	German Challenge	Wittelsbacher	Germany	European Challenge	23	68	70	72	69		279
2025-07-13	Czech Challenge	Royal Beroun	Czech Republic	European Challenge	57	66	67	68	70		271
2025-07-06	Interwetten Open	Schladming Dachstein	Austria	European Challenge	61	67	67	68	69		271
2025-06-29	Italian Open	Argentario	Italy	DP World	41	74	67	69	69		279
2025-06-22	Blot Play9	Golf Blue Green de Pleneuf Val Andre	France	European Challenge	mc	77	71				148
2025-06-15	Raiffeisenbank Golf Challenge	Kaskada	Czech Republic	European Challenge	62	73	68	73	72		286
2025-06-08	KLM Open	The International (Netherlands)	Netherlands	DP World	mc	72	77				149
2025-06-01	Austrian Open	Gut Altentann	Austria	DP World	mc	74	69				143
2025-05-25	Danish Golf Challenge	Bogense	Denmark	European Challenge	25	72	72	64	74		282
2025-05-11	Turkish Airlines Open	Carya	Turkey	DP World	mc	74	70				144
2025-03-30	Indian Open	DLF (Player)	India	PGTI	mc	82	75				157
2025-03-23	Singapore Classic	Laguna National (Classic)	Singapore	DP World	mc	80	70				150
2025-03-09	Joburg Open	Houghton	South Africa	Southern Africa	78	69	70	82	75		296
2025-03-02	South African Open	Durban	South Africa	Southern Africa	mc	72	71				143
2025-02-23	Kenya Open	Muthaiga	Kenya	DP World	mc	69	74				143
2025-02-16	Dimension Data Pro-Am	Fancourt (Montagu)	South Africa	Southern Africa	mc	69	72	71			212
2025-02-09	Cape Town Open	Royal Cape	South Africa	Southern Africa	36	72	66	69	77		284
2025-02-02	MyGolfLife Open	Pecanwood	South Africa	Southern Africa	56	66	69	73	70		278

View Complete Results

Elliott Symbols

CR CT D PB F S V

Nappy Factor
No children
Awarded Symbol: False

At best in hot conditions
Five season scoring average - all tournaments: 73.09
Five season scoring average - hot conditions: 72.70
Awarded Symbol: False

Very good player in wet weather
Five season scoring average - all tournaments: 73.09
Five season scoring average - wet conditions: 71.79
Awarded Symbol: False

Excellent wind player
Five season scoring average - all tournaments: 73.09
Five season scoring average - windy conditions: 71.97
Awarded Symbol: False

Sunday supplement: proven �bottle� or appears to lack bottle?
Total score relative to contenders: 5.91
Number of times in contention: 14
Average score relative to contenders: 0.42
Awarded Symbol: No

Final Round Performance vs Average of Contenders

Year	>2 shots better	0-2 shots better	0-2 shots worse	>2 shots worse
2026	1	-	-	-
2025	-	-	-	1
2024	1	1	2	1
2023	-	1	2	2
2022	1	1	-	-

Proven front runner

Retained After 1: 0%
Retained After 2: 100%
Retained After 3: 67%
Awarded Symbol: False

Retained Leads

Year	Rounds 1 thru 2	Rounds 2 thru 3	Rounds 3 thru 4
2026	-	-	-
2025	0/1	-	-
2024	-	1/1	1/1
2023	0/1	-	1/2
2022	-	-	-

Significant Birthday

Player�s current age: 31 not significant
Awarded Symbol: False

Accurate from tee to green, but poor putter

12-month greens in regulation rank: 0
12-month putting average rank: 0
period size: 0
top ten % : 0
bottom third: 0
Awarded Symbol: True

Contention rust

Number of times in final round contention in the past 12 months: 1
Awarded Symbol: True

Comeback Trail

Current exemption status:
Awarded Symbol: False

Disappointing this season

Average score this season: 69.38
Average score last season: 73.08
Difference: -3.7
Awarded Symbol: False

Past his best

Average score this season: 69.38
Average score last season: 73.08
Average score 2 seasons ago: 72.53
Awarded Symbol: False

Plays well when fresh from a break

Average score when playing on 2+ weeks' rest: 72.43
Average score when playing on 1 week's rest: 73.82
Average score having played the previous week: 73.07
Awarded Symbol: True

Streaky player

Five season scoring average: 71.33
Standard Deviation: 3.65
Significant score is less than: 67.68
Awarded Symbol: True Streaky performances in the last five seasons

Date	Event	Course	Location	Tour	Pos	1	2	3	4	5	Total
2026-01-25	Cell C Challenge	Killarney (South Africa)	South Africa	Southern Africa	1	67	65	67	66	-	265
2024-10-06	Czech Challenge	Royal Beroun	Czech Republic	European Challenge	1	63	62	63	64	-	252

Virgin Golfer

Career Victories: 5
Awarded Symbol: False

Benjamin Follett-Smith - Further Player Analysis

Performance by Location

Region

Events

Score

Finish

Win %

Top-5 %

Top-10 %

Performance by Month

Month	Events	Score	Finish	Win %	Top-5 %	Top-10 %
Jan	6	73.98	35.50	16.67	16.67	16.67
Feb	15	72.70	39.60	6.67	6.67	13.33
Mar	14	73.95	47.64	-	-	-
Apr	9	72.74	29.89	-	-	22.22
May	9	73.50	40.00	-	-	11.11
Jun	14	72.83	41.00	-	7.14	7.14
Jul	9	72.64	38.11	-	-	22.22
Aug	13	73.54	46.31	-	-	-
Sep	11	72.28	34.82	-	-	9.09
Oct	10	73.58	36.30	10.00	10.00	10.00
Nov	7	73.45	40.29	-	-	-
Dec	9	72.54	44.56	-	11.11	11.11