2019-20 Men's Golf Roster
Smith, Brandon
Brandon Smith
- Height:
- 6-5
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Frisco, Texas
- High School:
- Frisco
Bio
PING All-America Team | 2018
PING All-Central Region Team | 2018
SEC Academic Honor Roll | 2017, 2019
SEC Community Service Team | 2018, 2019
2020-21 (Super Senior):
Ranked third on the team with a 72.95 scoring average in 21 rounds heading into the NCAA Albuquerque Regional ... Best finish was a tie for third at the Vanderbilt Legends Collegiate at 12-under (68-63-70) ... Smith tied the school record with his career-best, 8-under 63 at the Legends Collegiate, which matched the mark originally set by Jordan Russell at the 2010 Topy Cup of Japan and matched by Cameron Peck, Ben Crancer, Chandler Phillips and William Paysse.
2019-20 (Senior):
Posted a 72.17 scoring average while seeing action in seven tournaments … in his three tournaments on the scoring team, Smith’s score counted in eight of nine rounds … posted his first collegiate victory with a two-stroke win at the Pioneer Creek Collegiate. Smith took the victory at 10-under with rounds of 71-68-67 … posted six under-par rounds, including a season-best 5-under 67 twice – at the Pioneer Creek and the Lamkin Grips Individual … Smith also posted top 10 finishes at the Maridoe Intercollegiate (t8th) and Lamkin Grips (8th).
2018-19 (Junior):
Participated in 11 events ... Was named to the SEC Community Service Team ... In 34 rounds carded an average of 72.94 strokes-per-round ... Earned one top-5 and two top-10 finishes this season ... Posted a 2-under-par performance at the Fighting Illini Invitational in the fall, good for fourth place ... Shot 1-under to tie for seventh at the Shoal Creek Invitational ... Clinched a quarterfinal match play victory at SEC Championships on the final hole to help the Aggies advance to their third semifinal in the last four seasons ... Came back from three-down through seven holes to even things up and force extra holes against Arkansas in the SEC Championships semifinals ... Tied for 12th at the NCAA Pullman Regional to help the Aggies advance to their 32nd NCAA Championships ... Shot 7-under 203 (69-65-69) in Pullman to match a single round low (65) and set a new 54-hole career low … named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll … Named to the SEC Community Service Team.
2017-18 (Sophomore):
Earned Honorable Mention PING All-America honors as he became a key part of the Aggie lineup during his sophomore campaign … garnered honorable mention PING All-America as well as All-Central region honors from the Golf Coaches Association of America … has played in 12 events, compiling a 71.84 scoring average with 20 rounds of par or lower during 37 total rounds … has notched six top-10 finishes … produced his first career top-10 placing with a tie for ninth at the OFCC Fighting Illini Invitational (201, E) in mid-September … returned to the top-10 with a share of seventh at the John Burns Intercollegiate (212, -4) to tee off the spring semester … began a string of three consecutive top-10 finishes with a tie for seventh at the General Hackler Championship (213, -3) that was followed by ninth-place showings at the both the Valspar Collegiate (212, -1) and the Aggie Innovational (219, +3) … finished in a tie for 36th at the SEC Championship (217, +7) … was the hunt for medalist honors throughout the NCAA Bryan Regional (206, -10) before ultimately finishing in a tie for second, one stroke of the lead … stood out as the highest-placing Aggie during stroke play at the NCAA Championship (287, -1) where he finished tied for 11th to help A&M advance to match play … Named to the SEC Community Service Team.
2016-17 (Freshman):
Stepped up for the Aggies during his second season in the program, appearing in seven events while producing a 74.53 scoring average in 19 rounds of competition … carded six rounds of par or lower … after seeing action as an individual in three tournaments moved into the A&M lineup for the season’s final four events … highest finish came during the rain-shortened Aggie Invitational (146, +2) where he was 19th … helped the Aggies advance to the finals of the SEC Championship with a tie for 23rd during stroke play at the SEC Championship (213, +3) … his run at the SEC Championship featured a season-low 68 during the second round … finished in a tie for 56th at the NCAA Sammamish Regional (229, +16) … Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll
2015-16:
Redshirted.
BEFORE A&M
Attended Frisco High School where he lettered all four years … earned all-district honors four times, all-regional twice, and all-state once … the only three-time Frisco golf district champion … holds the lowest round in FISD history and the lowest round by a freshman … won 14 tournaments and finished 11th and 13th in the state tournament … a two-time Frisco Athlete of the Month with a low round of 64 … won the Legends Junior Tour 2013 Boys Player of the Year honors … finished second at the Junior Byron Nelson in 2013 … two-time VA Hunter Mahan Championship winner … qualified for the Texas Amateur Championship for four consecutive years … academic honors include 2012 Algebra Student of the Year and 2014 Physics Student of the Year.
PERSONAL:
Introduced to golf by his father, Bruce, a golf pro, who qualified for the 2004 and 2010 PGA Championship and was the 2001 NTPGA Player of the Year.
PING All-Central Region Team | 2018
SEC Academic Honor Roll | 2017, 2019
SEC Community Service Team | 2018, 2019
2020-21 (Super Senior):
Ranked third on the team with a 72.95 scoring average in 21 rounds heading into the NCAA Albuquerque Regional ... Best finish was a tie for third at the Vanderbilt Legends Collegiate at 12-under (68-63-70) ... Smith tied the school record with his career-best, 8-under 63 at the Legends Collegiate, which matched the mark originally set by Jordan Russell at the 2010 Topy Cup of Japan and matched by Cameron Peck, Ben Crancer, Chandler Phillips and William Paysse.
2019-20 (Senior):
Posted a 72.17 scoring average while seeing action in seven tournaments … in his three tournaments on the scoring team, Smith’s score counted in eight of nine rounds … posted his first collegiate victory with a two-stroke win at the Pioneer Creek Collegiate. Smith took the victory at 10-under with rounds of 71-68-67 … posted six under-par rounds, including a season-best 5-under 67 twice – at the Pioneer Creek and the Lamkin Grips Individual … Smith also posted top 10 finishes at the Maridoe Intercollegiate (t8th) and Lamkin Grips (8th).
2018-19 (Junior):
Participated in 11 events ... Was named to the SEC Community Service Team ... In 34 rounds carded an average of 72.94 strokes-per-round ... Earned one top-5 and two top-10 finishes this season ... Posted a 2-under-par performance at the Fighting Illini Invitational in the fall, good for fourth place ... Shot 1-under to tie for seventh at the Shoal Creek Invitational ... Clinched a quarterfinal match play victory at SEC Championships on the final hole to help the Aggies advance to their third semifinal in the last four seasons ... Came back from three-down through seven holes to even things up and force extra holes against Arkansas in the SEC Championships semifinals ... Tied for 12th at the NCAA Pullman Regional to help the Aggies advance to their 32nd NCAA Championships ... Shot 7-under 203 (69-65-69) in Pullman to match a single round low (65) and set a new 54-hole career low … named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll … Named to the SEC Community Service Team.
2017-18 (Sophomore):
Earned Honorable Mention PING All-America honors as he became a key part of the Aggie lineup during his sophomore campaign … garnered honorable mention PING All-America as well as All-Central region honors from the Golf Coaches Association of America … has played in 12 events, compiling a 71.84 scoring average with 20 rounds of par or lower during 37 total rounds … has notched six top-10 finishes … produced his first career top-10 placing with a tie for ninth at the OFCC Fighting Illini Invitational (201, E) in mid-September … returned to the top-10 with a share of seventh at the John Burns Intercollegiate (212, -4) to tee off the spring semester … began a string of three consecutive top-10 finishes with a tie for seventh at the General Hackler Championship (213, -3) that was followed by ninth-place showings at the both the Valspar Collegiate (212, -1) and the Aggie Innovational (219, +3) … finished in a tie for 36th at the SEC Championship (217, +7) … was the hunt for medalist honors throughout the NCAA Bryan Regional (206, -10) before ultimately finishing in a tie for second, one stroke of the lead … stood out as the highest-placing Aggie during stroke play at the NCAA Championship (287, -1) where he finished tied for 11th to help A&M advance to match play … Named to the SEC Community Service Team.
2016-17 (Freshman):
Stepped up for the Aggies during his second season in the program, appearing in seven events while producing a 74.53 scoring average in 19 rounds of competition … carded six rounds of par or lower … after seeing action as an individual in three tournaments moved into the A&M lineup for the season’s final four events … highest finish came during the rain-shortened Aggie Invitational (146, +2) where he was 19th … helped the Aggies advance to the finals of the SEC Championship with a tie for 23rd during stroke play at the SEC Championship (213, +3) … his run at the SEC Championship featured a season-low 68 during the second round … finished in a tie for 56th at the NCAA Sammamish Regional (229, +16) … Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll
2015-16:
Redshirted.
BEFORE A&M
Attended Frisco High School where he lettered all four years … earned all-district honors four times, all-regional twice, and all-state once … the only three-time Frisco golf district champion … holds the lowest round in FISD history and the lowest round by a freshman … won 14 tournaments and finished 11th and 13th in the state tournament … a two-time Frisco Athlete of the Month with a low round of 64 … won the Legends Junior Tour 2013 Boys Player of the Year honors … finished second at the Junior Byron Nelson in 2013 … two-time VA Hunter Mahan Championship winner … qualified for the Texas Amateur Championship for four consecutive years … academic honors include 2012 Algebra Student of the Year and 2014 Physics Student of the Year.
PERSONAL:
Introduced to golf by his father, Bruce, a golf pro, who qualified for the 2004 and 2010 PGA Championship and was the 2001 NTPGA Player of the Year.
Burgess Banquet Induction: Duke Butler III
Saturday, September 07
Aggie Invitational Preview: Brian Kortan
Wednesday, April 03
Playing Through w/Brian Kortan Ep. 1
Sunday, September 24
In Their Words: NCAA Regional Comeback
Wednesday, May 24
