Art of balance

Kate Smith-Stroh shot a 66 in the second round of the LPGA's Portland Classic in August of 2024. Alika Jenner, Getty Images
Editor's Note: 2024 was a big year for Kate Smith-Stroh. Her year started with her January wedding to Glenn Stroh and ended with her earning her LPGA Tour card for 2025 by finishing tied for 19th in the LPGA Qualifying Tournament final. Enjoy this story first published at GGPWomen in March of 2023.
When Kate Smith sits down to do business as a graphic designer, clients don’t always realize she’s also spending half her year traveling the country to play professional golf. Likewise, pro-am partners sometimes don’t see past Smith’s game to her entrepreneurial side.
Smith, at 23, embraces her alter egos.
“I feel like Clark Kent all the time,” she said. “It’s fun to be in the background doing some of these things.”
Smith played 21 events as a rookie on the Epson Tour in 2022, making 10 cuts, and initially expected to put the graphic design degree she earned from the University of Nebraska to use in a “really small, bo...