5’10”…Started playing golf at age 10…Hobbies include any sports, coloring and watching sports…If she didn’t choose the LPGA as a way to make a living, she would be a school teacher…Qualified for the LPGA Tour on her first attempt.
LPGA Tour Victories (1 win)
- 2019 Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational
2023 in a Nutshell
- Seven events, four cuts made, $89,909 (132)
- Finished T38 at LPGA Q-Series
- Made 10 cuts in 14 starts on the Epson Tour, recording two top 10 finishes including a win at the Guardian Championship
Career Highlights
2022:
- 19 events, eight cuts made, $53.553 (142)
2021:
- 24 events, 13 cuts made, $326,791 (62)
- Recorded two top-10 results, including a season-best runner-up finish at the DOW Great Lakes Bay Invitational
2020:
- 17 events, 14 cuts made, $253,035 (43)
- Recorded two top-10 results, including a season-best T6 finish at the Gainbridge LPGA at Boca Rio
- Recorded a career-low 64 during the second round of the Gainbridge LPGA
2019:
- 12 events, 10 cuts made, $318,980 (63)
- Became a Rolex First-Time Winner at the Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational playing with partner Jasmine Suwannapura
- Finished a career-best 63rd on the Season Money List
- Made seven cuts in a row to finish her 2019 LPGA Tour campaign
- Winner of the 2019 Murphy USA El Dorado Shootout on the Epson Tour
2018:
- 22 events, 11 cuts made, $113,212 (101)
- Recorded a season-best T11 at the LOTTE Championship presented by Hershey
2017:
- 25 events, 19 cuts made, $246,414 (70)
- Played in a career-high 25 events, with three top-10 finishes, posting a T9 result in each instance
- Shot a career-low round of 65 twice in 2017 - in second round at the Bank of Hope Founders Cup and the final round at the Meijer LPGA Classic for Simply Give
2016:
- 22 events, 8 cuts made, $97,593 (98)
- Has carded a career-low 66 three times, most recently in the final round of the JTBC Founders Cup
2015:
- 9 events, 4 cuts made, $50,779 (113)
- Season-best finish of a T23 at the Yokohama Tire LPGA Classic
2014:
- 18 events, 6 cuts made, $27,937 (137)
- Season-best finish of a T7 at the Yokohama Tire LPGA Classic2013
2013:
- Played in three events in 2013. Her best finish was a T61 at the Safeway Classic
2012:
- Played in 15 events in 2012. Her best finish was a T19 at the ISPS Handa Women’s Australian Open.
2011:
- In June 2011, turned professional, played on the Epson Tour - The Road to the LPGA in 2011 where she notched four top-20 finishes including tied for seventh at the Tate & Lyle Players Championship and Eagle Classic. Finished tied for ninth at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament, where she earned Priority List Category 11 for the 2012 LPGA season.
Amateur
Clanton enjoyed a successful amateur career, winning the 2010 North & South Amateur Championship. While at Auburn University she recorded two wins, including the 2009 NCAA Fall Preview. She was named the 2008 NGCA Freshman Player of the Year.
