Jackie Gallagher-Smith
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Jackie Gallagher-Smith is an American professional golfer
who played on the LPGA Tour
.
Gallagher-Smith has won once on the LPGA Tour in 1999.
Gallagher-Smith's brother, Jim Gallagher, Jr.
, has won on the PGA Tour
, making them one of two brother/sister pairs (the other is Billy Kratzert
and Cathy Gerring
) to win on both tours. Her brother, Jeff Gallagher
, has won twice on the Nationwide Tour
.
Professional golfer
In golf the distinction between amateurs and professionals is rigorously maintained. An amateur who breaches the rules of amateur status may lose his or her amateur status. A golfer who has lost his or her amateur status may not play in amateur competitions until amateur status has been reinstated;...
who played on the LPGA Tour
LPGA
The LPGA, in full the Ladies Professional Golf Association, is an American organization for female professional golfers. The organization, whose headquarters is in Daytona Beach, Florida, is best known for running the LPGA Tour, a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from...
.
Gallagher-Smith has won once on the LPGA Tour in 1999.
Gallagher-Smith's brother, Jim Gallagher, Jr.
Jim Gallagher, Jr.
James Thomas Gallagher, Jr. is an American professional golfer and sportscaster.Gallagher was born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. His father, a career club pro, started him in golf at age 6. He attended the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. Gallagher turned pro in 1983 and joined the PGA Tour in...
, has won on the PGA Tour
PGA Tour
The PGA Tour is the organizer of the main men's professional golf tours in the United States and North America...
, making them one of two brother/sister pairs (the other is Billy Kratzert
Billy Kratzert
William August Kratzert is an American professional golfer and sportscaster, who has played on both the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour....
and Cathy Gerring
Cathy Gerring
Cathy Kratzert Gerring is an American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour.Born Cathy Kratzert, in Fort Wayne, Indiana, she played college golf at Ohio State University....
) to win on both tours. Her brother, Jeff Gallagher
Jeff Gallagher
Jeffrey Gallagher is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the Nationwide Tour. He is the younger brother of five-time PGA Tour winner Jim Gallagher, Jr. and LPGA player Jackie Gallagher-Smith....
, has won twice on the Nationwide Tour
Nationwide Tour
The Nationwide Tour is the developmental tour for the U.S.-based PGA Tour, and features professional golfers who have either failed to score well enough at that level's Qualifying School to earn their PGA Tour card, or who have done so but then failed to win enough money to stay at that level...
.