He returned to the U.S. and served as head pro at Seiberling Country Club in Akron, Ohio while working for Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company.
One year later, he became the first head pro at the newly opened Oak Hills Country Club in San Antonio, Texas.
Smith launched Oak Hills' Junior Program, which turned out four all-city champions, and he mentored several young golfers, including Joe Conrad, who won the British Amateur in 1955.
Smith was appointed head pro at Cherry Hills Country Club in Englewood, Colorado in 1963.
He was named the PGA Golf Professional of the Year in 1973 and was awarded a red jacket and honorary lifetime membership from the club—a distinction that, at the time, had been conferred upon only President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Arnold Palmer.
[2] His son Warren W. Smith is president of Pine Canyon, a golf course community in Flagstaff, Arizona.