prowins year birth_date usopen nwidewins college name fullname pga birth_place pgawins height award masters open tour weight yearpro article_title otherwins
9 1988 1991 1997 1997 15 april 1969 t60 : 1007 5 ohio state university chris smith christopher mcclain smith t29 : 2001 indianapolis , indiana 1 5 11 big of the year nike tour leading money winner nike tour ten player of the year freshman of the year big ten player dnp t60 : 1007 web.com tour pga tour 190 lb kg st on 1991 chris smith -lrb- golfer -rrb-
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chris smith -lrb- golfer -rrb-

christopher mcclain smith -lrb- born april 15 , 1969 -rrb- is an american professional golfer who plays on the pga tour and the web.com tour .
smith was born in indianapolis , indiana , graduating from rochester community high school ; during his sophomore season -lrb- 1985 -rrb- , he was the boys state high school champion , in his senior season -lrb- 1987 -rrb- , he finished as the state runner-up in the boys state golf championship .
he was awarded the fred keesling award following his high school career .
he attended ohio state university , where he completed a successful collegiate career .
he won seven individual titles , including the 1990 big ten championship , the 1991 robert kepler intercollegiate and 5 other events .
he was a four-time all-conference selection in the big ten from 1988 to 1991 ; his other big ten awards include the 1988 freshman of the year , the 1990 player of the year and the 1990 les bolstad award for lowest stroke average .
he was named an all-america selection in 1990 as a junior -lrb- honorable mention -rrb- and in 1991 as a senior -lrb- first team -rrb- .
smith won the indiana state amateur championship in 1990 and competed in the sun bowl golf classic in 1990 .
he was inducted into the ohio state varsity o hall of fame in 2000 .
in 1997 , smith became the first-ever golfer on the nike tour -lrb- now known as the web.com tour -rrb- to immediately move up to the pga tour by way of the `` battlefield promotion '' , which is awarded to a player who wins three tournaments in one nike tour season .
in 1997 he was named the nike tour player of the year and also led the money list .
smith has won one tournament on the pga tour , the 2002 buick classic .
smith struggled on the pga tour after the win .
he last played a full pga tour season in 2005 and has very limited status on either the pga or web.com tour .
on june 21 , 2009 , smith 's wife was killed in an automobile accident .
his two children were also critically injured .
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 .
it was his first pga tour top ten in ten years .
