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Payne Stewart
Payne Stewart
Bryson_NotOurs
Bryson DeChambeau
Harry Higgs
Harry Higgs
Kelly Kraft - 2018 FWI
Kelly Kraft
Austin Smotherman 2021 Simmons Bank Open
Austin Smotherman
Mac Meissner
Mac Meissner

updated through 2021 Tour Championship

SMU Players on the PGA Tour (min. 1 cut made)
Name Turned Pro Events Wins Top 10 Total Money
Payne Stewart 1979 465 11 130 $11,737,008
DeWitt Weaver, Jr. 1964 287 2 21 $273,435
Colt Knost 2007 199 0 13 $4,330,438
Kelly Kraft 2012 139 0 10 $4,646,565
Hank Kuehne 1999 133 0 8 $2,761,274
Bryson DeChambeau 2016 132 8 35 $25,999,307
Harry Higgs 2014 53 0 4 $3,080,837
Russell Beiersdorf 1986 45 0 1 $171,193
Wes Homan 2008 10 0 0 $60,241
Sam Fidone 2013 3 0 0 $21,853
Christian Chernock 1996 2 0 0 $2,613
Chris Parra 1999 1 0 0 $12,152
Austin Smotherman 2016 0 - - -
 
SMU Players who have played on tour (min. 2 events in a season)
Name Turned Pro Highest Tour(s) Best Result (according to OWGR)
Jerry Pittman 1960 PGA Tour 1st, 1964 Oklahoma Open
1st, 1965 Metropolitan Open
1st, 1965 Metropolitan PGA Championship
1st, 1968 Metropolitan Open
1st, 1968 Long Island Open
DeWitt Weaver, Jr. 1964 PGA Tour 1st, 1971 Match Play Championship
1st, 1972 Southern Open
Payne Stewart 1979 PGA Tour 1st, 1989 PGA Championship
1st, 1991 U.S. Open
1st, 1999 U.S. Open
Russell Beiersdorf 1986 PGA Tour 5th, 1994 B.C. Open
Hank Kuehne 1999 PGA Tour T2nd, 2003 Houston Open
Colt Knost 2007 PGA Tour T3rd, 2016 Players Championship
Kelly Kraft 2012 PGA Tour 2nd, 2017 Pebble Beach Pro-Am
Harry Higgs 2014 PGA Tour T4th, 2021 PGA Championship
Bryson DeChambeau 2016 PGA Tour 1st, 2020 U.S. Open
Austin Smotherman 2016 PGA Tour 1st, 2021 Simmons Bank Open *
Chip Carter 1990 Korn Ferry Tour 61st, 1997 Shreveport Open *
Nick Dekock 1991 Korn Ferry Tour T21st, 1991 Hawkeye Open *
Mike McCaffrey 1993 Korn Ferry Tour MC, seven times *
Chris Parra 1999 Korn Ferry Tour T7th, 2010 Fort Smith Classic *
Jason Enloe 2000 Korn Ferry Tour 1st, 2006 Pete Dye Classic *
1st, 2009 Fort Smith Classic *
Stephen Woodard 2000 Korn Ferry Tour 1st, 2004 Montreal Open !
1st, 2004 Edmonton Open !
Franklin Hatchett 2005 Korn Ferry Tour T50th, 2005 Wichita Open *
Will Dodson 2007 Korn Ferry Tour T10th, 2011 Chiquita Classic *
Sam Fidone 2013 Korn Ferry Tour 1st, 2018 Bayview Place Open !
1st, 2016 Honduras Open #
Alex Higgs 2018 Korn Ferry Tour T22nd, 2018 North Mississippi Classic *
Mac Meissner 2021 Korn Ferry Tour 1st, 2021 Bolingbrook Golf Club Invitational %
Christian Chernock 1996 Asian Tour 1st, 1997 Thailand Open ^
Wes Homan 2008 Mackenzie Tour 1st, 2014 Staal Foundation Open !
Brian Dwyer 2012 Mackenzie Tour T-5th, 2017 National Captial Open !
Mario Clemens 2013 Mackenzie Tour
PGA Tour Latinoamérica
T4th, 2013 Chile Open #
Max Buckley 2014 Mackenzie Tour T14th, 2018 Paradise Canyon Open !
Ryan Burgess 2016 Mackenzie Tour
PGA Tour Latinoamérica
T16th, 2017 Honduras Open #
Andrew Buchanan 2017 Mackenzie Tour T17th, 2017 Mackenzie Investments Open !
Gray Townsend 2018 PGA Tour Latinoamérica MC, four times

* - Korn Ferry Tour event (previously under several different names)
! - Mackenzie Tour event (previously Canadian Tour)
# - PGA Tour Latinoamérica event
^ - Asian Tour event
% - Forme Tour event

SMU Golfers at Valero Texas Open
Five SMU golfers were at the 2021 Valero Texas Open (left to right): Sam Fidone, Alex Higgs (caddying for Harry), Harry Higgs, Kelly Kraft and Mac Meissner