Kristie Smith
Encyclopedia
Kristie Lynn Smith is an Australia
n professional golfer who plays on the Futures Tour
and the Ladies European Tour
.
Prior to turning professional, Smith was a member of the Golf Australia
National Squad and travels the country, and the world, competing in amateur golf events. The West Australian is the daughter of former Australian golfer Wayne Smith.
She was the 2008 Australian Amateur Champion and was the low amateur in the 2008 MFS Women's Australian Open at Kingston Heath Golf Club
, finishing at 1 under par in equal 5th place.
Smith turned pro at the end of 2009, earning playing privileges on the Futures Tour. In December 2009 she also qualified for the Ladies European Tour. She won her first tournament as a professional in January 2010 at the Canberra Ladies Classic on the ALPG Tour. She won her second pro tournament on 11 April 2010 at the Daytona Beach Invitational on the Futures Tour.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n professional golfer who plays on the Futures Tour
FUTURES Tour
The LPGA Futures Tour, previously styled in uppercase as FUTURES Tour and known for sponsorship reasons between 2006 and 2010 as the Duramed FUTURES Tour, is the official developmental golf tour of the LPGA Tour...
and the Ladies European Tour
Ladies European Tour
The Ladies European Tour is a professional golf tour for women which was founded in 1979. It is based in England. Like many UK-based sports organisations it is a company limited by guarantee, a legal structure which enables it to focus on maximising returns to its members through prize money,...
.
Prior to turning professional, Smith was a member of the Golf Australia
Golf Australia
Golf Australia is the governing body for the sport of golf in Australia, formed in 2006 after the Australian Golf Union and Women's Golf Australia agreed to merge...
National Squad and travels the country, and the world, competing in amateur golf events. The West Australian is the daughter of former Australian golfer Wayne Smith.
She was the 2008 Australian Amateur Champion and was the low amateur in the 2008 MFS Women's Australian Open at Kingston Heath Golf Club
Kingston Heath Golf Club
Kingston Heath Golf Club is one of the premier golf clubs in Australia located in the world-renowned sandbelt region in the south east suburbs of Melbourne....
, finishing at 1 under par in equal 5th place.
Smith turned pro at the end of 2009, earning playing privileges on the Futures Tour. In December 2009 she also qualified for the Ladies European Tour. She won her first tournament as a professional in January 2010 at the Canberra Ladies Classic on the ALPG Tour. She won her second pro tournament on 11 April 2010 at the Daytona Beach Invitational on the Futures Tour.
Amateur career highlights
- 2008 North and South Women's Amateur Golf ChampionshipNorth and South Women's Amateur Golf ChampionshipThe North and South Women's Amateur Golf Championship is an annual golf tournament held since 1903 at the Pinehurst Resort in Pinehurst, North Carolina...
- winner - 2008 Australian Amateur - winner
- 2008 T5th MFS Women's Australian Open - low amateur
- 2007 Queen Sirikit Cup - team member
- 2007 Trans Tasman Cup - team member
- 2007 MFS Women's Australian Open - T25th
- 2007 Victorian 72-Hole Stroke Play - winner
- 2006 World Junior Championship, San Diego - T8
- 2006 OSSO Oak Tree Junior Championship, OklahomaOklahomaOklahoma is a state located in the South Central region of the United States of America. With an estimated 3,751,351 residents as of the 2010 census and a land area of 68,667 square miles , Oklahoma is the 28th most populous and 20th-largest state...
- winner - 2006 Duke UniversityDuke UniversityDuke University is a private research university located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco industrialist James B...
Junior Championship, North CarolinaNorth CarolinaNorth Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...
- winner - 2006 Malaysian Women's Open - T5, low amateur
- 2006 Junior Tasman Cup - team member
- 2006 Course record 68 at Moonah Links, Victoria
- 2006 Australian Junior Championships - 3rd
- 2005 Aaron BaddeleyAaron BaddeleyAaron John Baddeley is an American-Australian professional golfer. He was born in Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA and now plays on the U.S.-based PGA Tour, has joint U.S. and Australian citizenship and was raised in Australia from the age of two...
Junior Championship - winner - 2005 Jack NewtonJack NewtonJack Newton OAM is a former Australian professional golfer.-Golf career:Newton was born in Cessnock, New South Wales. He was one of Australia's most successful golfers in the 1970s and early 1980s. He turned professional in 1971 and won his first professional tournament – the Dutch Open...
International Junior Classic - winner - 2005 Western Australia State Amateur Championship - winner (youngest ever)
- 2005 Gladys Hay Cup - team member
- 2005 Burtta Cheney Cup - team member
ALPG Tour (2)
- 2010 (1) Canberra Ladies Classic
- 2011 (1) Pegasus New Zealand Women's Open (co-sanctioned with the Ladies European TourLadies European TourThe Ladies European Tour is a professional golf tour for women which was founded in 1979. It is based in England. Like many UK-based sports organisations it is a company limited by guarantee, a legal structure which enables it to focus on maximising returns to its members through prize money,...
)
Ladies European Tour (1)
- 2011 (1) Pegasus New Zealand Women's Open (co-sanctioned with the ALPG TourALPG TourThe ALPG Tour is a professional golf tour for women which is based in Australia. ALPG stands for "Australian Ladies Professional Golf".The ALPG was founded as the Ladies Professional Golf Association of Australia in 1972, and switched to its current name in 1991. The first events featured twelve...
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