Ben Smith (golfer)
Ben Smith | |
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Benjamin Sandipher Smith | |
Born | University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, University of Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor | March 16, 1921
Occupation | American golfer |
Benjamin Sandipher Smith (March 16, 1921 – July 21, 2009) was an American golfer.[1]
Smith was born in
In 1950, he won the Michigan Amateur at Gull Lake.[2] He also won the GAM Championship five times and qualified for six USGA Championships.[1]
In 1943, Smith was the president of the National Intercollegiate Golf Association and worked with Chick Evans in his caddy scholarship program.[3]
After he graduated from Michigan, Smith served three and a half years in the US Navy, and then returned to Detroit. He joined Fife Electric Supply Company in 1946 and became the owner in 1973. He was also the president of the National Association of Electrical Distributors in 1975–1976.[3]
In 1985, Ben was inducted into the University of Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor.[4] In 1990, he was inducted into the Michigan Golf Hall of Fame.[5] Finally, In 1995, he was inducted into the inaugural Fort Myers High School Green Wave Golf Hall of Fame.[3]
On July 21, 2009, Smith died at the age of 88 in the Naples Community Hospital in Naples, Florida.[3]
References
- ^ a b c d "Ben Smith". Michigan Golf Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2011-08-18.
- ^ "History of the Michigan Amateur Championship" (PDF). Golf Association of Michigan. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-10-01.
- ^ a b c d "Michigan Alpha Alumni Association". Phi Delta Theta at the University of Michigan.
- ^ "Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor". Bentley Historical Library.
- ^ "Michigan Golf Hall of Fame Members". Michigan Golf Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 2011-09-13. Retrieved 2011-08-18.