Christopher McClain Smith is an American professional golfer who plays on the Professional Golf Association Tour and the Web.com Tour.
Background
Smith was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, graduating from Rochester Community High School. During his sophomore season (1985), he was the Boys State High School Champion, in his senior season (1987), he finished as the state runner-up in the boys state golf championship.
Education
He attended Ohio State University, where he completed a successful collegiate career.
Career
He was awarded the Fred Keesling Award following his high school career. He was named an All-America selection in 1990 as a junior (honorable mention) and in 1991 as a senior (first team). He was inducted into the Ohio State Varsity O Hall of Fame in 2000.
In 1997, Smith became the first golfer on the Nike Tour (now known as the Webcom Tour) to immediately move up to the Professional Golf Association Tour by way of the "battlefield promotion", which is awarded to a player who wins three tournaments in one Nike Tour season.
On June 21, 2009, Smith"s wife was killed in an automobile accident. In 2013 Smith was inducted into the Indiana Golf Hall Of Fame and has been quite successful in the Indiana Golf Association.
In 2014 he finished T2 in the IGA Stroke Play Series #4 at the Delaware Country Club and was his best result in any tournament since 2002. Smith held a share of the 54-hole lead at the 2015 Puerto Rico Open, but stumbled with a final-round 73 to finish T10.
lieutenant was his first Professional Golf Association Tour top-10 in ten years.
1985 IHSAA Boys State Championship Professional Golf Association Tour wins (1) Nike Tour wins (5) Other wins (3) DNP = Did not play CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" = tied Yellow background for top-10.