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JERRY SMITH
UNITED STATES
Height:
6 ft, 1 in
Weight:
180 lbs
Birthday:
04/24/1964
College:McLennan Junior College, Baylor University (1986, Marketing/Management)
Turned Pro:1987
Birthplace:Council Bluffs, IA
Residence:Scottsdale, AZ; plays out of Golf Club of Scottsdale
PGA TOUR - Media Guide
| Best PGA TOUR Finishes | |
| T3-- National Car Rental Golf Classic Disney. | |
| Best Nationwide Tour Finishes | |
| T2-- Chattanooga Classic, Permian Basin Charity Golf Classic. | |
| Career Highlights | |
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2000: In his first season on the PGA TOUR, made the cut in 20 of 32 starts. Finished with $406,591 in earnings, good for 118th on money list. One top-10 and four top-25s all came before the start of August. Opened season with T14 at Sony Open in Hawaii after four sub-par rounds. Posted his first career top-10 at GTE Byron Nelson Golf Classic. Rounds of 68-68-70-67 earned a solo ninth-place finish and $116,000 payday. 1999: Earned his card for 2000 with a seventh-place finish at the PGA TOUR Qualifying Tournament. Posted five top-10s as a member of the BUY.COM TOUR, including a season-best third-place finish at the Cleveland Open. 1998: Winner of the Guam Open on the Omega Tour. |
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| Personal | |
| He is the fourth generation in his family to be in the golf industry. Credits his father, a golf course superintendent for more than 35 years, for getting him involved in golf. | |
| Nationwide TourPlayoff Record | |
| 0-1 | |
| Other Information | |
| Member of the PGA TOUR in 2000-02 and 2006, and Nationwide Tour in 1999, 2003 and 2005. Back on TOUR in 2006 after a three-year hiatus, finished 137th on the money list with 17 made cuts and three top-25s in 29 starts. Opened with a 5-under 67 to sit one back of eventual winner Stuart Appleby at the Shell Houston Open. Entered final round trailing by four and finished solo fifth, nine behind winner Stuart Appleby after an even-par 72. It was his first top-10 on TOUR since a T5 at the 2002 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. Earned TOUR card after finishing sixth on the 2005 Nationwide Tour money list. Although he did not win on the Nationwide Tour in 2005, posted two seconds and three thirds on the way to earning $267,757. Finished season with a third at the Gila River Golf Classic, T2 at the Permian Basin Charity Golf Classic and third at the season-ending Nationwide Tour Championship, moving from 24th on the money list to sixth. Led the Gateway Tour Desert Series money list in 2004 with three victories and a scoring average of 68.02. In 2003, made just two cuts in 18 starts on Nationwide Tour. Made the cut in 12 of 33 starts on the 2002 TOUR, with lone top-10 at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am (T5). Finished strong in the 2001 season with a T3 at the National Car Rental Golf Classic at Walt Disney World Resort thanks to a final-round, career-best 63, which secured his card for the 2002 season. In his first season on TOUR in 2000, made the cut in 20 of 32 starts. Finished with $406,591 in earnings, good for 118th on money list. Earned his TOUR card for 2000 with a seventh-place finish at the 1999 Qualifying Tournament. Has also played on the Asian Omega Tour (1988-89 and 1994-98) and the South American Tour (1995). Winner of the 1998 Guam Open on the Omega Tour. Father, a course superintendent for more than 35 years, introduced him to the game. | |
