Bradley Smithson

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Bradley Smithson

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Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Grand Rapids, Mich.
High School:
Forest Hills Eastern

2023-24 – Senior
An Academic All-Big Ten selection ... Recipient of the Big Ten Sportsmanship Award ... Appeared in 13 tournaments and tied for second on the team with 36 rounds played ... Finished the year third on the team with a career-best 72.81 scoring average ... Had 82.9 percent of his rounds count toward the team total (29-of-35) ... Had one top-10 and four top-20 finishes ... Carried a 72.76 scoring average during the spring, with three top-20 finishes ... Shared for top team honors at the Windon Memorial at even-par 213 ... Best round of the season was a 5-under par 67 at the Colleton River Collegiate (3/4) ... Best 54-hole score was an even-par 210 at the NCAA Chapel Hill Regional (71-72-67), tying for 30th place to share top team honors.

Summer 2023
Advanced to the Round of 16 in the Michigan Amateur.

2022-23 – Senior
Academic All-Big Ten … Finished fifth on the team in scoring average at 74.03 over 11 events … Posted one top-20 finish at the Redhawk Invitational … Best 54-hole score was a 6-under par 210 (72-72-66) at the Quail Valley Collegiate … Low 18-hole score was a 66 at the Quail Valley Collegiate … Tied for 41st at the Big Ten Championships at 8-over par 152 (78-74) … Tied for 49th place at the NCAA Bath Regional with a 3-over par 219 (69-76-74).

Summer 2022
Finished in fourth place at the 101st Golf Association of Michigan Championship in August with a 2-under par 208 … Low amateur at the Michigan PGA Tournament of Champions at 7-under par 209 … Tied for co-medalist honors at the 111th Michigan Amateur at 8-under par 134 and advanced to the Round of 16 in match play … Tied for 12th place at the Michigan Open Championship at 2-over par 290 and was the low amateur.

2021-22 – Junior
Academic All-Big Ten selection ... A Golf Coaches Association of America All-American Scholar ... Fifth on the team in scoring average at 73.14 ... One of four players to appear in all 13 events and play 37 rounds ... Had three top-10 finishes ... Shared top team honors with James Piot at the Gopher Invitational ... Best finish was a tie for seventh place at the season-opening Island Resort Collegiate, shooting a 2-over par 218 (71-73-74) ... Also tied for eighth place at the Rutherford Intercollegiate, finishing at 3-over par 216 (69-70-77) ... Also tied for 10th place at the Gopher Invitational, carding a 3-under par 210 (69-68-73) ... Best 54-hole score was a 7-under par 209 (72-68-69) at the Puerto Rico Classic.

Summer 2021
Won the Michigan Open at Grand Traverse Resort in June, becoming just the fifth amateur to win the professional event in its 104-year history ... Won the event on the second extra hole with a 15-foot putt for his third consecutive birdie.

2021 (Spring) – Sophomore
Academic All-Big Ten selection … Fourth-lowest scoring average on the team with 74.9 posted over all eight team events … Placed seventh at the Hoosier Invitational with his best career finish with a 10-over-par 223 at the tournament … Shot 10-over-par 226 (74-73-79) at the Boilermaker Invitational … His lowest rounds of the year – 71 – came in the first and third rounds at the Spartan Collegiate at Sea Island.

2019-20 – Freshman
Ranked second on the team with a 73.4 scoring average and played in all eight tournaments … Took 27th place in his first career tournament – the Island Resort Intercollegiate – with a 5-over-par 221, which included a 6-under-par 66 in the final round … His 66 tied James Piot for the lowest round of the season and third-lowest in program history … Had his best finish of the season at the Challenge at Concession where he tied for 12th place with a 14-over-par 230 (76-80-74) … Tied for 22nd place at the Inverness Intercollegiate with a 5-over-par 218 (74-74-70).

Prior to MSU
Won the 2019 Division 2 MHSAA individual state championship, going 3-under-par 141 in playing at Forest Akers West … Named to the Michigan Interscholastic Golf Coaches Association (MIGCA) Super Team as a senior … Won the 2018 Michigan Boys Junior PGA Championship title at 5-under-par 139 … Three-time all All-State honoree as a sophomore, junior and senior, and was named to the All-State honorable mention team as a freshman … Three-time all-district honoree … Youngest player to ever qualify and make the cut for the Michigan Open … Played in the 2018 National Junior PGA Championship … Named the 2017 Grand Rapids Press Boys Golfer of the Year … Tied for third place at the 2017 MHSAA Division 2 state championships … Completed in the 2018 Dustin Johnson World Junior Golf Championship in Myrtle Beach, S.C.