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Gary SmithTitle/Company: Glass Erectors andArkansas Door and HardwareHandicap: 11How much do you play?Once a week between April andNovember.When did you take up the game?At age 33. I enjoyed going to playwith friends from work.Where do you play? The CountryClub of Little Rock and Alotian.What’s your best score in competition(and if you want, add your best score justplaying around)?78 is about the best I can ever shoot.Career holes in one (and where, if you wantto be specific). On No. 6 at Country Clubof Little Rock; 5 iron, 175 yards.If you had to choose one state amateurpartner in a four-ball, who would that be?Ted Gammill.What PGA pro would you choose? Ernie Els.Favorite golf movie? Caddyshack.What’s your best golf memory? Having theopportunity to play so many fine golf coursesand winning the Alotian tournament withmy partner Ted Gammill.Gary Smith, right, with his playing partner Merritt Dyke on thecourse at No. 18 at Shinnecock Hills on Long Island.If you couldn’t be playing golf, you’d be . . . ?Spending time with my granddaughter.What type clubs do you play/prefer?Ping irons and Callaway or Cobra woods.What’s the best course you’ve played?Augusta National.What’s the course you’d love to play thatyou haven’t? Pine Valley.What’s the best hole in Arkansas?No. 18 at Alotian.Who is the best business exec golfer inArkansas? My partner Ted Gammill.He is the best insurance you can haveon the course.Chris WyrickTitle/Company: Vicechancellor for advancement(formerRazorback Foundationdirector), Universityof ArkansasHandicap: 17.5How much do youplay? Seven-10 times a year — mostlyscrambles.When did you take up the game?Age 13.Where do you play? Fayetteville CountryClub.What golf outings does the RazorbackFoundation sponsor or host? Our localRazorback Clubs sponsor 12-15 events ayear, our A Club sponsors an event everyyear around the spring football game,and we always host an event around ourHall of Honor weekend.What is the highlight, for you, of a Foundationgolf event? Getting to spend timewith great Razorback supporters acrossthis state and nation.What’s your best score in competition (andif you want, add your best score just playingaround)? 81 — it included a once in alifetime hole-in-one.Career holes in one (and where, if you wantto be specific). One. July 12, 1997 at EastportGolf Club in Little River, S.C.If you had to choose one state amateurpartner in a four-ball, who would that be?Tim Smith — we would lose, but “fella” isa ton of fun to be around.What PGA pro would you choose? No offense,but it would be Stacy Lewis of theLPGA.Favorite golf movie? Tin Cup.28 ARKANSAS BUSINESS EXECUTIVE GOLFER / 2013

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