Kristie Smith
| Kristie Smith | |
|---|---|
| — Golfer — | |
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Kristie Lynn Smith |
| Born |
7 August 1988 Perth, Western Australia, Australia |
| Nationality |
 Australia |
| Career | |
| College |
Oklahoma State University (one year) |
| Turned professional | 2008 |
| Current tour(s) |
ALPG Tour Futures Tour (joined 2009) LET (joined 2010) |
| Professional wins | 4 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| Ladies European Tour | 1 |
| ALPG Tour | 2 |
| Symetra Tour | 2 |
| Best results in LPGA Major Championships | |
| Kraft Nabisco C'ship | DNP |
| LPGA Championship | DNP |
| U.S. Women's Open | DNP |
| Women's British Open | CUT: 2010, 2011 |
Kristie Lynn Smith (born 7 August 1988) is an Australian 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.[1] She won her second pro tournament on 11 April 2010 at the Daytona Beach Invitational on the Futures Tour.[2]
Smith is a 2012 member of the Golf Australia Rookie Squad.
Amateur career highlights
- 2008 North and South Women's Amateur Golf Championship - 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, Oklahoma - winner
- 2006 Duke University Junior Championship, North Carolina - 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 Baddeley Junior Championship - winner
- 2005 Jack Newton 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
Professional wins (4)
Futures Tour (2)
- 2010 (1) Daytona Beach Invitational
- 2012 (1) Tate & Lyle Players Championship
ALPG Tour (2)
- 2010 (1) Canberra Ladies Classic
- 2011 (1) Pegasus New Zealand Women's Open (co-sanctioned with the Ladies European Tour)
Ladies European Tour (1)
- 2011 (1) Pegasus New Zealand Women's Open (co-sanctioned with the ALPG Tour)
References
External links
- Kristie Smith at the Ladies European Tour official site
- Kristie Smith at the ALPG Tour official site
- Kristie Smith at the Futures Tour official site
- Kristie Smith player profile, Golf Australia
- Kristie Smith biography at Oklahoma State University
- Getting to Know Kristie Smith - LET 30 March 2010