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CHRIS SMITH

UNITED STATES

Height:

5 ft, 11 in

Weight:

190 lbs

Birthday:

04/15/1969

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College:Ohio State University (1991, Economics)
Turned Pro:1991
Birthplace:Indianapolis, IN
Residence:Peru, IN

PGA TOUR - Media Guide

PGA TOUR VICTORIES (1)
2002  Buick Classic. 
Nationwide Tour VICTORIES (5)
1995  NIKE Gateway Classic,  NIKE Dakota Dunes Open.  1997  NIKE Upstate Classic,  NIKE Dakota Dunes Open,  NIKE Omaha Classic. 
Current Year PGA TOUR Money and Position ()
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Current Year PGA TOUR Best Round
74 at Round 2, Puerto Rico Open presented by seepuertorico.com.
Best PGA TOUR Finishes
1-- Buick Classic.
Best Nationwide Tour Finishes
1-- NIKE Gateway Classic, NIKE Dakota Dunes Open, NIKE Upstate Classic, NIKE Dakota Dunes Open, NIKE Omaha Classic.
2011 Season PGA TOUR
Tournaments Entered--4; in money--; Top 10 finishes--
2011 Season Nationwide Tour
Tournaments Entered--10; in money--2; Top 10 finishes--
2011 Season Highlights
Career Highlights

2011: As he continued splitting time between home duties and professional golf, missed the cut in each of his four starts on the PGA TOUR, and made two of eight Nationwide Tour cuts. 2010: Splitting time between home duties and professional golf, made 10 starts on the PGA TOUR and seven on the Nationwide Tour, playing out of the Past Champion category. 2009: Made two cuts in three starts on the PGA TOUR with a best finish of T13 at the Puerto Rico Open…Made the cut in three of eight starts on the Nationwide Tour, with his lone top-10 being a T4 at the South Georgia Classic…His playing season ended after wife, Beth, died and children were injured in an auto accident in late June in Indiana…PGA TOUR and Nationwide Tour players wore ribbons at tournaments to show their support and a benefit golf tournament was held. 2008: T28 finish at the Puerto Rico Open was his only made cut in five starts on the PGA TOUR…Finished No. 57 on the Nationwide Tour money list, with top-10 finishes at the season-opening Movistar Panama Championship (fourth) and the Knoxville Open (T5). 2007: Competed in eight PGA TOUR and 22 Nationwide Tour events, with two top-10s on the Nationwide Tour. 2006: Finished outside the top 150 (No. 195) on the PGA TOUR money list for the second straight season…Made cut in 12 of 21 starts with one top-25, a T24 at the B.C. Open presented by Turning Stone Resort. 2005: Made cut in two of five Nationwide Tour events with his only top-10 of the season, a T4 at the Chitimacha Louisiana Open…Posted just one top-10 for the third straight season, a T5 at the U.S. Bank Championship in Milwaukee. 2004: His consistent play late in the season secured a spot in the top 125, after falling out in 2003. 2002: Captured first TOUR victory at the Buick Classic in his 148th TOUR start. Had sole possession of 54-hole lead. Sewed up first-place check of $630,000 with a one-stroke victory over David Gossett, Pat Perez and Loren Roberts…Fired career-low 63 during third round of the Buick Challenge. 2000: Established a Nationwide Tour record with five runner-up finishes…Sixth-place finish on money list earned his TOUR card for 2001 season. 2000: Tore tendon in left wrist at the Omaha Classic in August which sidelined him for seven weeks. 1999: Had a 427-yard drive in the final round of The Honda Classic, which at the time was the longest recorded drive at a TOUR event (surpassed by Davis Love III's 476-yarder in 2004). 1997: Earned three of his five Nationwide Tour victories in 1997, making him the first player to take advantage of a three-win promotion to the TOUR. 1995; Won the Upstate Classic, Dakota Dunes Open and the Omaha Classic en route to Player of the Year honors.

Finished seventh on 1995 Nationwide Tour money list to graduate to PGA TOUR for first time…Two-time winner, at the Gateway Classic and the Dakota Dunes Open, in a three-week period. Amateur: All-American at Ohio State in 1991 and Big Ten medalist. 1990 Indiana State Amateur Champion and Player of the Year.
Personal

Lifelong St. Louis Cardinals fan, became friends with former catcher Tom Pagnozzi the week of his 1995 Gateway Classic victory in St. Louis.

Says one of his career highlights was teaming with Bob Benson to win the 2008 Truck Cup Invitational, an informal competition held annually on the Nationwide Tour in Fort Smith, AR.
Nationwide TourPlayoff Record
1-3
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