Grady Smith

Height:
5-11
Weight:
165
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
San Luis Obispo, CA
High School:
San Luis Obispo HS
Prev School:
Nevada

2016-17 -- Competed in nine tournaments as a junior, averaging 72.9 strokes over 26 rounds with three top-10 finishes and eight rounds of par or better, including three rounds in the 60s ... best finish was a tie for fifth place in Big West Conference Championship ... also placed in PRO Compression Invitational at The Farms and ninth in the Del Walker Intercollegiate at the Virginia Golf Club in Long Beach ... carded a career-best 67 in PRO Compression Invitational and also posted 69s in the Del Walker Intercollegiate and Big West Conference Championship --- twice recorded 54-hole 213 totals, at the Del Walker Intercollegiate and Big West Conference Championship ... won 2016 NCGA Four-Ball Championship with Cole Nygren at Spyglass Hill Golf Course on the Monterey Peninsula ... also finished tied for third in 2016 San Diego Amateur Championship.

2015-16 -- Did not play in any tournaments ... was first alternate in qualifying for U.S. Amateur Championship, carding a pair of 69s at Bayonet Golf Course ... won 2016 San Luis Obispo County Amateur with a 68 at Chalk Mountain and a 70 at Dairy Creek.

2014-15 -- Transferred to Cal Poly in the fall of 2014 ... competed in Cal Poly Match Play Championship at Cypress Ridge and earned one win, one draw and one loss.

2013-14 -- A redshirt at the University of Nevada ... transferred to Cuesta College for the 2014 spring semester ... finished tied for second place in San Luis Obispo County Amateur Championship at Dairy Creek Golf Course with a pair of 74s ... placed fourth in 2014 Hollister Championship with a 78.

High School -- A 2013 graduate of San Luis Obispo High School ... earned first-team All-Pac 7 League honors as a senior under head coach Gary Etheredge and qualified for CIF-Southern Section Northern Division individual regionals for a second time, carding an 80 at River Ridge in Oxnard ... earned first-team All-Pac 7 honors as a junior as well, qualifying for CIF-Southern Section Northern Division individual regionals ... shot a career-best 66 ... played golf as a freshman and sophomore at Mountain View High School in Vancouver, Washington, earning first-team All-Greater St. Helen's League Class 3A honors as a sophomore ... placed second in 2011 Kris Kringle Classic ... also played baseball and basketball as a freshman and sophomore ... member of Central Coast Golf Academy.

Personal -- Son of James and Stephanie Smith ... father played football at Cal Poly while mother ran track at UC Santa Barbara ... no siblings ... member of Kappa Chi ... born December 9, 1994 ... majors in business administration.