Ryan Smith

Height:
6-1
Weight:
null
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Carlsbad, Calif.
High School:
Classical Academy (Escondido, Calif.)

Low Round: 68, 2nd round, 2021-22 Ross Collegiate Classic, Southern Pines, N.C.

Low 54 Holes (strokes): 219, 2020-21 The Prestige Individual, La Quinta, Calif.

Low 54 Holes (to par): +3, 2020-21 The Prestige Individual, La Quinta, Calif.

Best Finish: T-13, 2022 Wolfpack Individual Invitational

At Carolina: Has played 39 rounds in 14 tournaments • Low round of 68 in the second round of the Ross Collegiate Classic, where he tied for 19th, in 2021-22 • Season-best 3-under-par 69 as a freshman in the second round at The Prestige Individual • Shot 72 in the second round last season in the Papago Individual in Phoenix.

Prep/Amateur: Attended Classical Academy High School in Escondido, Calif., and Santa Fe Christian High School in Solana Beach, Calif. • Was ranked No. 6 in his class in California by Junior Golf Scoreboard and No. 9 by Golfweek • Played in six USGA events, winning U.S. Amateur qualifiers in 2018 and 2019 and advancing to match play in both the 2018 and 2019 U.S. Amateurs at Pebble Beach and Pinehurst, respectively • Played in the 2020 U.S. Amateur at Bandon Dunes, Ore. • Reached the quarterfinals in the 2017 U.S. Junior Amateur and the round of 16 at that same event a year later • Was the youngest qualifier at age 14 for the 2017 U.S. Amateur Four Ball in Pinehurst.

Competed in three PGA Tour Monday Qualifiers, finishing as low amateur in the qualifying round at the 2019 Farmers Insurance Open and Waste Management Phoenix Open • In 2019, won the FCG Western States Players Cup and tied for second at the AJGA Junior at Big Sky, Montana, finished seventh at the AJGA Lake Las Vegas Junior and tied for seventh at the Arnold Palmer Invitational Junior • In 2018, won the Southern California Junior Amateur and posted numerous top-20 finishes in junior events, including five in the top 10 • Was seventh at the Aaron Baddeley International, eighth at Callaway, reached the round of 16 at the U.S. Junior Am, 10th at the Dustin Johnson World Junior and tied for 17th at both the PING Invitational and Western Junior • He also tied for 24th at the Junior Players, tied for 27th at the Rolex Tournament of Champions • Fifth in 2017 at the Rolex Tournament of Champions.

Personal: Resided in Leesburg, Va., until age nine before moving to California • Home courses are the Omni La Costa Resort and Spa in Carlsbad and the River Creek Club in Leesburg.