Jerry Smith

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Jerry Smith (golfer)

Jerry Smith (born April 23, 1964) is an American professional golfer. He has played on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour.

Smith was born in Council Bluffs, Iowa. He played college golf at Baylor University. He turned professional in 1987.

Smith played on the Asian Tour for seven years, winning the 1998 Guam Open.

Smith played on the Nationwide Tour in 1999, 2003, and 2005. His best finishes were a pair of T-2 in 2005 at the Chattanooga Classic, which he lost in a playoff, and the Permian Basin Charity Golf Classic.

Smith played the PGA Tour from 2000 to 2002 and 2006 to 2007. His best finish was a T-3 at the 2001 National Car Rental Golf Classic Disney.

Smith has played in four U.S. Opens but never made the cut.

Smith qualified for the 2015 Champions Tour by finishing third at qualifying school in 2014.

Personal life

Smith lives in Scottsdale, Arizona. He and his wife, Jennifer (née Johnson) Smith, have two daughters, Giavanna and Olivia.

Professional wins (3)

Champions Tour wins (1)

Jerry Smith (martial artist)

Jerry Smith is a former professional full-contact fighting coach, as well as co-founder of the Black Karate Federation (BKF) and founder of The Five-Level Method/Shorin-Ju Kenpo.

In addition to being a three-time international champion (Wall 2003, p. 112-113) in semi-contact karate, and a former trainer of world-rated full-contact fighters, Senior Grandmaster Jerry Smith is one of the original founders of the Black Karate Federation (BKF) in Los Angeles California. (Corcoran and Farkas 1993, p. 379)

In the late 1960s, a group of young martial art enthusiasts including Jerry Smith came together to train and exchange techniques. These included Jerry Smith, Cliff Stewart , Ron Chapel , Steve Sanders , Donnie Williams , Karl Armelin and Curtis Pulliam.

"Smith recalls the group: 'We were the right mix of people at the right time' he says. 'We created a great and unbeatable mix of techniques.' At a follow-up meeting, several names for an organization were suggested. Jerry Smith, whose background was in graphic design, created a few logos for the group containing the initials "BKF", which stood for the Black Karate Federation. During the meeting, several logo designs were introduced to the group. The organizational structure of the BKF formed with Steve Sanders, the most prominent and visible member of the group. Therefore, he was unanimously selected to be the organization's first president. Jerry Smith became the first vice-president, Cliff Stewart the secretary, Ron Chapel the technical historian and Karl Armelin was treasurer. From this core group, which included Donnie Williams and Curtis Pulliam, the Black Karate Federation was officially founded." (Muhammad and Williams 2002, p. 51-53)