Hard core golf fans knew it was only a matter of time before Alex Smalley got his first career win, but they likely didn't anticipate it could come at the PGA Championship.
Smalley has been rising up the ranks of the PGA Tour for the past two years and has finished in the top 20 in each of his past four tournaments. He started to focus on the game of golf early in his young sporting career.
“I would say when I was relatively young," he said when asked when he started focusing his career on golf. "I can't give you an age exactly. I played a few other sports growing up, but it's been strictly golf ever since I was 10. So probably somewhere in that 10, 11-year-old range, maybe a little earlier than that."
“Anybody who wants to play golf for a living dreams of winning on the PGA Tour when they're younger. I recognize that I have an opportunity to do that tomorrow. I recognize that it's on a stage that's a little bit larger than most other Tour events. I'm trying to downplay that as much as I possibly can just to make it seem like any other golf tournament, because essentially that's all it really is."
Alex Smalley Appears to be Dating Chelsea Groves
Shortly before the 2026 golf season kicked off, Duke director of social media Chelsea Groves shared a photo to social media alongside Smalley, a former golf star for the Blue Devils – where he outlasted Scottie Scheffler in one tournament.
"In the season of feeling grateful," the caption of the photo read.
It's unclear if the two met at Duke, but they share a connection with the school. Smalley was an All-ACC Honors and All-ACC Selection several times during his collegiate playing career, including ACC Student-Athlete of the Year title in 2019.
Groves, meanwhile, attended Butler University and posted a photo from the basketball court.
Smalley leads the PGA Championship by two shots of a collection of golfers at four-under including Hideki Matsuyama, Ludvig Aberg and Jon Rahm, among others.
He tees off alongside Matti Schmid at 2:35 p.m. ET.
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