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Chris Smith Personal information Full name Christopher McClain Smith Born April 15, 1969
Indianapolis, IndianaHeight 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Weight 190 lb (86 kg; 14 st) Nationality United States
Career College Ohio State University Turned professional 1991 Current tour(s) Nationwide Tour Former tour(s) PGA Tour Professional wins 9 Number of wins by tour PGA Tour 1 Nationwide Tour 5 Other 3 Best results in Major Championships Masters Tournament DNP U.S. Open T60: 1007 The Open Championship 71st: 2003 PGA Championship T29: 2001 Achievements and awards Nike Tour
leading money winner1997 Nike Tour
Player of the Year1997 Christopher McClain Smith (born April 15, 1969) is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the Nationwide Tour.
Smith was born in Indianapolis, Indiana. He attended Ohio State University, where he was a four-time All-Conference selection in the Big Ten from 1988 to 1991, and an All-America selection as a senior. He was also the Big Ten individual champion as a senior. Smith won the Indiana State Amateur Championship in 1990. He was inducted into the Ohio State Varsity O Hall of Fame in 2000.
In 1997, Smith became the first-ever golfer on the Nike Tour (now known as the Nationwide Tour) to immediately move up to the PGA Tour by way of the "battlefield promotion", which is awarded to a player who wins three tournaments in one Nationwide Tour season. In 1997 he was named the Nationwide Tour Player of the Year and also led the money list.
Smith has won one tournament on the PGA Tour, the 2002 Buick Classic.[1]
On June 21, 2009, Smith's wife was killed in an automobile accident. His two children were also critically injured.[2]
Contents
Amateur wins (4)
- 1985 Indiana (Boys) State Junior
- 1986 Indiana (Boys) State Junior
- 1988 Western Junior
- 1990 Indiana State Amateur
Professional wins (9)
PGA Tour wins (1)
No. Date Tournament Winning Score Margin of
VictoryRunners-up 1 Jun 9, 2002 Buick Classic -12 (66-69-67-70=272) 2 strokes David Gossett,
Pat Perez,
Loren Roberts
Nationwide Tour wins (5)
- 1995 (2) NIKE Gateway Classic, NIKE Dakota Dunes Open
- 1997 (3) NIKE Upstate Classic, NIKE Dakota Dunes Open, NIKE Omaha Classic
Other wins (3)
Results in major championships
Tournament 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 The Masters DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP U.S. Open T60 DNP T62 DNP CUT DNP CUT CUT The Open Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP T76 71 DNP PGA Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP T29 T53 DNP DNP DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.See also
- List of golfers with most Nationwide Tour wins
- 2000 Buy.com Tour graduates
References
External links
- Chris Smith at the PGA Tour official site
Nationwide Tour Player of the Year 1990 Jeff Maggert · 1991 Tom Lehman† · 1992 John Flannery · 1993 Sean Murphy · 1994 Chris Perry · 1995 Jerry Kelly · 1996 Stewart Cink† · 1997 Chris Smith · 1998 Bob Burns · 1999 Carl Paulson · 2000 Spike McRoy · 2001 Chad Campbell · 2002 Patrick Moore · 2003 Zach Johnson† · 2004 Jimmy Walker · 2005 Jason Gore · 2006 Ken Duke · 2007 Nick Flanagan · 2008 Brendon de Jonge · 2009 Michael Sim · 2010 Jamie Lovemark† indicates won major sometime in their respective golfing careers Categories:- American golfers
- Ohio State Buckeyes men's golfers
- PGA Tour golfers
- People from Indianapolis, Indiana
- 1969 births
- Living people
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