Cydney Clanton
Cydney Clanton (born July 18, 1989)[1] is an American professional golfer who has played on the LPGA Tour and the Epson Tour.[2] She has won three times on the Epson Tour and once on the LPGA Tour.
Cydney Clanton | |
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Personal information | |
Born | Winston-Salem, North Carolina, U.S. | July 18, 1989
Sporting nationality | United States |
Residence | Rockwell, North Carolina, U.S.[1] |
Career | |
College | Auburn University |
Turned professional | 2011 |
Current tour(s) | LPGA Tour Epson Tour |
Professional wins | 4 |
Number of wins by tour | |
LPGA Tour | 1 |
Epson Tour | 3 |
Best results in LPGA major championships | |
Chevron Championship | T60: 2018 |
Women's PGA C'ship | T9: 2021 |
U.S. Women's Open | CUT: 2008, 2012, 2016, 2018, 2020 |
Women's British Open | T14: 2020 |
Evian Championship | CUT: 2016, 2017, 2018 |
Amateur career
Clanton played college golf at Auburn University where she won twice.[2] She also won the North and South Women's Amateur.[2] She played on the winning 2010 Curtis Cup team where she won two matches and halved a third. She also played on the U.S. team at the 2010 Espirito Santo Trophy that finished second to the South Korea team.[3]
Professional career
Clanton turned professional in 2011 and played on the Symetra Tour that year.[2][4] She earned her LPGA Tour card for 2012 through the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament.[2] She has played on both tours since: winning the 2013 Four Winds Invitational and 2019 Murphy USA El Dorado Shootout on the Symetra Tour and the 2019 Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational on the LPGA Tour. The Dow tournament was a team event where she partnered with Jasmine Suwannapura.[1]
Professional wins
LPGA Tour wins (1)
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
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1 | 20 Jul 2019 | Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational with Thidapa Suwannapura |
−27 (67-64-63-59=253) | 6 strokes | Ko Jin-young and Minjee Lee |
Epson Tour wins (3)
Results in LPGA majors
Results not in chronological order before 2018.
Tournament | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
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Chevron Championship | T70 | ||||
U.S. Women's Open | CUT | CUT | |||
Women's PGA Championship | CUT | ||||
Women's British Open |
Tournament | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
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Chevron Championship | CUT | T60 | CUT | T70 | CUT | |||||
U.S. Women's Open | CUT | CUT | CUT | |||||||
Women's PGA Championship | CUT | T26 | T64 | CUT | T37 | T9 | 70 | |||
The Evian Championship ^ | CUT | CUT | CUT | NT | CUT | |||||
Women's British Open | CUT | T49 | CUT | T14 | CUT |
^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013
CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = no tournament
T = tied
U.S. national team appearances
- Espirito Santo Trophy: 2010
- Curtis Cup: 2010 (winners)
References
- "In The Winners' Circle with Jasmine Suwannapura and Cydney Clanton". LPGA. July 20, 2019.
- "Cydney Clanton – Bio". LPGA.
- "Golf: Korea Wins Women's World Amateur Championship, U.S Second". Women's Sports & Entertainment Network. October 23, 2010.
- "Cydney Clanton – Bio". Symetra Tour.
External links
- Cydney Clanton at the LPGA Tour official site
- Cydney Clanton at the Women's World Golf Rankings official site