Clement Eyer Smoot (April 7, 1884 – January 19, 1963) was an American
golf
Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible.
Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping ...
er who competed in the
1904 Summer Olympics. He was born in
Illinois
Illinois ( ) is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. Other smaller metropolitan areas include, Peoria and Rockf ...
and died in
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world' ...
. In 1904 he was part of the American team which won the gold medal. He finished 6th in this competition. In the
individual competition he finished 22nd in the qualification and was eliminated in the first round of the match play. Smoot was also a successful businessman as he founded an industrial lighting company called Smoot-Holman Electrical Company.
[https://olympics.com/en/athletes/clement-e-smoot]
References
External links
Clement Smoot at Sports-Reference
American male golfers
Amateur golfers
Golfers at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Olympic gold medalists for the United States in golf
Medalists at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Golfers from Illinois
Sportspeople from Highland Park, Illinois
1884 births
1963 deaths
{{US-golf-bio-stub