Kristie Lynn Smith (born 7 August 1988) is an Australian professional golfer who plays on the

Futures Tour The Epson Tour, previously known as the LPGA Futures Tour, and known for sponsorship reasons between 2006 and 2010 as the Duramed Futures Tour and between 2012 and 2021 as the Symetra Tour, is the official developmental golf tour of the LPGA Tour ...

and the

Ladies European Tour The Ladies European Tour is a professional golf tour for women which was founded in 1978. It is based at Buckinghamshire Golf Club near London in England. Like many UK-based sports organisations it is a company limited by guarantee, a legal stru ...

. She was the 2008 Australian Amateur Champion and was the low amateur in the 2008 MFS Women's Australian Open at

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, 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.Smith captures first Duramed Futures win
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Amateur career highlights

*2008

North and South Women's Amateur Golf Championship The North and South Women's Amateur Golf Championship is an annual golf tournament held since 1903 at the Pinehurst Resort in Pinehurst, North Carolina. An invitational tournament, participants are chosen based upon their performance in national am ...

- winner *2008

Australian Women's Amateur The Australian Women's Amateur is the national amateur golf championship of Australia. It was first played in 1894 and is organised by Golf Australia. Having traditionally been a match play event, it became a 72-hole stroke play event in 2021, h ...

- winner *2008 T5th MFS Women's Australian Open - low amateur *2007 MFS Women's Australian Open - T25th *2007 Victorian 72-Hole Stroke Play - winner *2006 World Junior Championship,

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- T8 *2006 OSSO Oak Tree Junior Championship,

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- winner *2006

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Junior Championship,

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- winner *2006 Malaysian Women's Open - T5, low amateur *2006 Course record 68 at Moonah Links, Victoria *2006 Australian Junior Championships - 3rd *2005

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Junior Championship - winner *2005

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International Junior Classic - winner *2005 Western Australia State Amateur Championship - winner (youngest ever) *2005 Burtta Cheney Cup - team member

Professional wins (4)

Futures Tour (2)

*2010 (1) Daytona Beach Invitational *2012 (1)

Tate & Lyle Players Championship The Forsyth Classic was an event on the Symetra Tour, the LPGA's developmental tour. It had been a part of the Symetra Tour's schedule since 1985. It was held at the Hickory Point Golf Course in Decatur, Illinois. Since 2006, the tournament had ...

ALPG Tour (2)

*2010 (1)

Canberra Ladies Classic Canberra ( ) is the capital city of Australia. Founded following the federation of the colonies of Australia as the seat of government for the new nation, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth-largest city overall. The ci ...

*2011 (1)

Pegasus New Zealand Women's Open The New Zealand Women's Open was a women's professional golf tournament on the ALPG Tour. It was founded in 2009 and became a co-sanctioned event on the Ladies European Tour the following year. The 2017 edition was co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour a ...

(co-sanctioned with the

)

Ladies European Tour (1)

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(1)

(co-sanctioned with the ALPG Tour)

Team appearances

Amateur *Junior Tasman Cup (representing Australia): 2006 *

Tasman Cup The Tasman Cup was an amateur women's team golf tournament, played between Australia and New Zealand from 1933 to 2016. From 2007 to 2012 it was played as part of the Trans Tasman Cup. In 2016 the trophy was contested using scores from the two qual ...

(representing Australia): 2007 *

Queen Sirikit Cup The Queen Sirikit Cup, officially the Asia-Pacific Amateur Ladies Golf Team Championship, is an annual amateur team golf championship for women organised by the Asia-Pacific Golf Confederation. The inaugural event was held in 1979. The event is na ...

(representing Australia): 2007, 2008 *

Gladys Hay Memorial Cup The Australian Women's Interstate Teams Matches were an amateur team golf competition for women between the states of Australia. From 1933 it was contested for the Gladys Hay Memorial Cup. The final format was a round-robin tournament, each team ...

(representing Western Australia): 2005, 2006, 2007

References

External links

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(archived)
Getting to Know Kristie Smith - LET 30 March 2010
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