General: Has performed solidly in limited opportunities to play in his first three years, earning a regular spot in the lineup during the spring of 2021 … No. 271 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking, No. 357 in the Scratch Players Amateur Ranking, No. 60 in the PGA Tour University ranking as the end of the spring 2022 season … One of the top junior players in the state of Michigan who qualified for the U.S. Amateur prior to his senior year of high school … Ranked as high as 158th overall, 99th in the class of 2017, and No. 2 in the state of Michigan according to the Junior Golf Scoreboard … Redshirted in 2017-18, and was named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll … Has played in six events the last two years … One of two children … Began playing golf at age 5 … Enjoys playing table tennis, video games and basketball … Hometown (suburb of Detroit) pronounced “NO-vie” … Graduated in May, 2022 with his bachelor’s degree in business administration.

2021-22: Tournament Results

Was Tech’s sixth man for the ACC Championship, NCAA regional and NCAA Championship … Subbed in for the final two rounds of the NCAA Championshp and shot 75-89 … Finished spring ranked No. 60 in the PGA Tour University ranking, No. 271 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking, No. 357 in the Scratch Players Amateur Ranking … Played four times in the spring, tying for 11^th (218, +2) most recently against a stacked field to help Tech win The Calusa Cup … Tied for 40^th in a large field at The Goodwin (210, even) … Started well at the Amer Ari Intercollegiate (71-71 competing as an individual), but fell back in the final round … Posted a high finish last fall of T-21 at the Hamptons Intercollegiate … Compiled a 73.04 stroke average over a career-high 23 rounds … Ranked No. 416 by Golfstat and No. 326 in the Golfweek/Sagarin Index.

2021 Amateur Highlights: Tied for 10th place at the Monroe Invitational (277, -3) … Tied for eighth at the Northeast Amateur (273, -3).

2020-21: Tournament Results

Competed in six spring events, playing solidly in all six, including a tie for eighth place at the NCAA Tallahassee Regional (210, -6) for his second top-10 finish in Tech’s last three events … Tied for 69^th at the NCAA Championship … Played two early spring events as an individual, and entered the starting lineup for the Calusa Cup in early April, where he tied for ninth place … Tied for 33^rd at the ACC Championship, his lowest finish outside of the NCAA Championship … Posted a tie for 20^th finish at the Camp Creek Seminole Invitational and a tie for 32^nd at the Amer Ari Intercollegiate, playing as an individual … Owned team’s fourth-best stroke average at 72.79 across 19 rounds … Made a big leap in his Golfstat ranking (No.186) and Golfweek/Sagarin rating (No. 185).

2020 Amateur Highlights: Enjoyed a strong fall playing regional amateur events, including a fifth-place finish (205, -9) in late December at the Orlando International Amateur … Tied for sixth place at the South Beach International Amateur (277, -6) in mid-December … Tied for 35th at the Southeastern Amateur in Columbus, Ga. (211, +1) … Tied for 26th place in stroke play at the Michigan Amateur Championship, and won his first round contest in match play before falling in the round of 32 … Enjoyed a solid fall in GCAA amateur events, finishing fourth at the Carolina Trace GCAA Amateur (213, -3), tying for second at the University of Louisville GCAA Amateur (208, -8) and tying for 15th at the Forest Hills GCAA Amateur in Augusta, Ga. (216, E).

2019-20: Tournament Results

Played in one spring event, tying for 67th place (230, +14) at the Southern Highlands Collegiate, competing as an individual … Earned a spot in the starting lineup three times in Tech’s four fall events, and played as an individual at the Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate Invitational (T58) … Tied for 14th at the Olympia Fields/Fighting Illini Invitational (213, +3) and tied for 48th at the Carpet Capital Collegiate (229, +13) … Went 3-0 in his matches to help Tech win the Cypress Point Classic, beating Duke’s QiWen Wong, 6 and 4, to win his singles match, and teaming with Andy Ogletree to defeat California in fourball and UCLA in foursomes.

2019 Amateur Highlights: Won the Michigan Amateur Championship at Oakland Hills Country Club … Won the 36-hole stroke-play portion by four strokes with scores of 68-65 (-7), then won six straight matches to capture the title … Picked up second win in the KCC Invitational, a two-man team event in Kalamazoo, Mich., teaming with junior golfer Braden Falk for a 6&5 victory in the final.

Novi’s Ben Smith wins 108th Michigan Amateur Championship – Oakland Press, June 23, 2019

2018-19: Tournament Results

Competed twice as an individual in the fall, tying for 58th at the Carpet Capital Collegiate and for 34th at the Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate Invitational … Compiled a stroke average of 74.17 over six rounds … Went 1-1 in his two matches at the Jack Nicklaus Invitational.

2018 Summer Highlights: Advanced to match play at the Michigan State Amateur (Country Club of Detroit) by finishing third in stroke play (70-69, -3) … T58 at the Monroe Invitational in Pittsford, N.Y.

Smith Makes Case For Spot In Starting Lineup

2017 Summer Highlights: Won the Michigan Junior State Amateur for the second year in a row, topping Eric Nunn, 2 and 1, at Eagle Eye Golf Club in Bath … Became the third golfer in state history to win the junior championship on consecutive years, and the first since match play was instituted in 2000.

Junior Golf: Qualified for 2016 U.S. Amateur at Oakland Hills in Michigan by finishing second in his sectional … Earned five top-10 finishes in 12 events in 2016 and was ranked at one time among the top 50 junior in the country by the American Junior Golf Association … Among his victories as a junior player were the 2016 Michigan Junior Amateur, the 2015 AJGA Philadelphia Runner Junior at Saucon Valley and the 2013 Michigan Optimist International.

High School: Lettered four years and served as team captain two years for coach Mike Anderson at Detroit Catholic Central … Helped lead DCC to a pair of state championships in 2015 and 2016, finishing in the top five individually both times , as well as regional and district titles in 2014 and 2016 and a conference crown in 2017 … Made the All-State Super Team three times (2015, 2016, 2017) … Four-year honor roll student.

Career Statistics

		Low Tour	Low	Par/-	Finish Top
Season	Rounds	54-holes	Round	Rounds	Events	1	5	10	W-L	W-L%	Average
2018-19	6	220	68	2	2	–	–	–	64-90	.416	74.17
2019-20	12	213	69	2	4	–	–	–	140-183	.433	74.92
2020-21	19	210	66	6	6	–	–	2	278-165	.628	72.79
2021-22	21	206	63	11	7	–	–	–	319-302	.514	72.19
Totals	58	206	63	21	19	–	–	2	801-740	.520	73.16

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