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Alex Smalley

United States · born , Rochester, New York

3runner-up finishes

Summary

  • Best major finish runner-up, 2026 PGA Championship
  • PGA Tour runner-up, 2024–26 2 times
  • 2026 PGA Tour (in progress) 25 events · 5 top 10s · FedEx Cup No. 27

Near misses

  1. 2026 PGA Championship Aronimink Golf Club · runner-up to Aaron Rai · 274
  2. 2026 Zurich Classic of New Orleans PGA Tour · runner-up to Alex Fitzpatrick and Matt Fitzpatrick · margin 1 stroke
  3. 2026 PGA Championship PGA Tour · runner-up to Aaron Rai · margin 3 strokes

Rivals

Beat him

Results by championship

    Best day

    2026 PGA Championship

    Runner-up to Aaron Rai · 274.

    Chosen by rule: the most recent of the best major finishes. Year page: 2026.

    Career line, 2024–2026

    PGA Championship
    2026 PGA Championship: runner-up to Aaron Rai
    PGA Tour 2024–26
    2024 PGA Tour season: 30 events2025 PGA Tour season: 28 events2026 Zurich Classic of New Orleans: runner-up2026 PGA Championship: runner-up
    2024202520262027

    5 results. Hover or tap a mark; click it for the year.

    • Runner-up
    • Tour season

    Alex Smalley was born on October 21, 1996, in Rochester, New York. Smalley's best major finish was second, at the 2026 PGA Championship. Smalley finished second 2 times on the PGA Tour from 2024 to 2026. In the 2026 PGA Tour season (in progress; data through October 11, 2026), Smalley played 25 events, had 5 top-10 finishes and stood No. 27 in the FedEx Cup standings.

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    The record

    Near misses

    1. 2026 PGA Championship Aronimink Golf Club · runner-up to Aaron Rai · 274
    2. 2026 Zurich Classic of New Orleans PGA Tour · runner-up to Alex Fitzpatrick and Matt Fitzpatrick · margin 1 stroke
    3. 2026 PGA Championship PGA Tour · runner-up to Aaron Rai · margin 3 strokes

    PGA Tour seasons, 2024–2026

    1. 2024 Season 30 events · 0 wins · 2 top 10s · 13 cuts made · $1,102,220 official money · strokes gained total -0.351 (No. 146) · driving distance 307.5 (No. 38)
    2. 2025 Season 28 events · 0 wins · 4 top 10s · 16 cuts made · $2,337,573 official money (No. 75) · strokes gained total 0.657 · driving distance 306.2 (No. 61)
    3. 2026 In progress 25 events · 0 wins · 5 top 10s · 20 cuts made · $5,817,408 official money (No. 25) · FedEx Cup No. 27 · scoring average (adjusted) 70.312 (No. 41) · strokes gained total 0.632 (No. 35) · driving distance 307.9 (No. 68)

    2026 runs through the Baycurrent Classic (ended October 11, 2026).

    Sources

    Elsewhere: Wikipedia · Wikidata.

    Every fact on this page comes from Golf Network News data sets compiled in October 2026 (Masters, PGA Championship, The Open, U.S. Women's Open, Ryder Cup, PGA Tour 2024–2026, major host sites, Champions Dinner menus, and the U.S. Open and state rooms). These are the sources those rows cite.

    1. Wikipedia: Alex Smalley
    2. Wikidata: Q122083425
    3. ESPN statistics API
    4. github.com: strokes gained.rds
    5. github.com: statdetails.rds
    6. statmuse.com: top 200 pga tour scrambling percentage 2025 minimum 50 rounds
    7. raw.githubusercontent.com: pga season stats.csv
    8. pgatour.com: stats
    9. golfdigest.com: heres prize money payout for each golfer at 2026 tour championship
    10. golfmonthly.com: fedex cup bonus money payouts 2026
    11. Wikipedia: 2026 PGA Tour
    12. Wikipedia: Zurich Classic of New Orleans
    13. Wikipedia: 2026 PGA Championship
    14. Wikipedia: PGA Championship