2015 Women's Golf Guide

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2014-15 Schedule Date Sept. 14-16 Sept. 19-21 Oct. 4-6 Oct. 17-19 Feb. 15-17 Feb. 22-24 Mar. 6-8 Apr. 3-5 Apr. 17-19 May 7-9 May 22-27

Tournament Cougar Classic Mason Rudolph Invitational Schooner Fall Classic Stanford Intercollegiate/ Puerto Rico Classic Allstate Sugar Bowl Int. Sun Trust Gator Invitational Rebel Intercollegiate ACC Championship NCAA Regional NCAA National

Course Site Yaemans Hall Club Charleston, S.C. Vanderbilt Legends Club Franklin, Tenn Belmar Golf Club Norman, Okla Stanford Golf Club Stanford, Calif.

Rio Mar Country Club San Juan, P.R. English Turn Golf Club New Orleans, La. Mark Bostick Golf Club Gainesville, FL Ole Miss Golf Course Oxford, Miss.

Sedgefield Country Club Greensboro, N.C. #TBA #TBA Concession Golf Club Sarasota, Fla.

# 2015 Regional sites: Entrada at Snow Canyon Golf Club, St. George, Utah; Warren Course, Notre Dame, In; Lonnie Poole Course, Raleigh, N.C.; Briggs Ranch Golf Club, San Antonio, Tex.

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2014-2015 CLEMSON TIGERS

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Table Of Contents �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 1 2014-15 Schedule ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 2 2014-15 Outlook ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������3-5 2014-15 Roster ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 6 Staff Directory ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 7

Credits

Credits: The 2013-14 Clemson Women’s Golf media guide was written and edited by Tim Bourret and Hannah Burleson. Interior layout and design by Heath Bradley and Hannah Burleson. Cover design by Jeff Kallin.

Photos: Rex Brown, Mark Crammer, Dawson Powers, & the PGA Tour

Coaching Staff

Head Coach John Thomas Horton ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������8-10 Assistant Coach Janine Fellows �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 11

Meet The Tigers

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Meet The Tigers ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������12-13 Jessica Hoang ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 14 Riley Lovorn ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 15 Marisa Messana �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 16 Taylor Ramsey ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 17 Lauren Salazar ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 18 Sloan Shanahan �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 19 McKenzie Talbert ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 20

2013-14 In Review

Inaugural Season Review ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ 21 2013-14 Season Review ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������22-23 2013-14 Final Stats �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 24 2013-14 Boxscores ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 25 2013-14 Vs. All Competition ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 26 2013-14 Tournament By Tournament ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ 27 Ashlan Ramsey FInal Bio ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 28

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Courses We Play

The Walker Course ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������29-31 Courses We Play �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 32

Facilities

RW Robinson Practice Facility ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 33 Women’s Golf Facility �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������34-35 Larry B Penley Clubhouse �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������36-37 Bond Family Practice Range ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 38 Clemson Athletic Facilities ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 39

Giving Back to Golf

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2014-2015 Schedule

2014-15 Schedule Date

Tournament

Course

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Sept. 14-16 Cougar Classic Yaemans Hall Club Charleston, S.C. Sept. 19-21 Mason Rudolph Invitational Vanderbilt Legends Club Franklin, Tenn Oct. 4-6 Schooner Fall Classic Belmar Golf Club Norman, Okla Oct. 17-19 Stanford Intercollegiate/ Stanford Golf Club Stanford, Calif.

Feb. 15-17 Puerto Rico Classic Rio Mar Country Club San Juan, P.R. Feb. 22-24 Allstate Sugar Bowl Int. English Turn Golf Club New Orleans, La. Mar. 6-8 Sun Trust Gator Invitational Mark Bostick Golf Club Gainesville, FL Apr. 3-5 Rebel Intercollegiate Ole Miss Golf Course Oxford, Miss.

Apr. 17-19 ACC Championship Sedgefield Country Club Greensboro, N.C. May 7-9 NCAA Regional #TBA #TBA May 22-27 NCAA National Concession Golf Club Sarasota, Fla. # 2015 Regional sites: Entrada at Snow Canyon Golf Club, St. George, Utah; Warren Course, Notre Dame, In; Lonnie Poole Course, Raleigh, N.C.; Briggs Ranch Golf Club, San Antonio, Tex.

Clemson finished second out of 20 teams in its first tournament, the Cougar Classic.

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2014-2015 Outlook Clemson’s inaugural women’s golf season would have to be termed outstanding in just about every area of an evaluation.

J.T. Horton’s 2013-14 team finished 14th in the final Golf World Coaches’ poll, the second highest final ranking in Clemson athletics history for a first-year program. On St. Patrick’s Day, 2014, just seven months into the program’s existence, the team was already ranked in the top 10 in the nation.

With an all freshman roster, the Tigers finished in the top five in each of their first eight tournaments, including three runner-up finishes in tournaments that included many nationally established programs.

How tough was that schedule? During the season Clemson competed in tournaments against 21 of the 24 teams that reached the NCAA National Tournament, and had a 29-17-3 record against those teams in the regular season, including an 11-2-2 record against the teams that finished 6 through 10 at the NCAA Championship.

The first-year program boasted an All-American, two first-team All-ACC performers and four players who finished among the top 200 players in the nation according to the final Golfweek and Golfstat rankings.

And off the course, three Tigers were named to the Academic All-ACC team and five had a 3.0 or better for the academic year.

Despite being the only first-year program in the country to be selected for the NCAA Regional Tournament, Horton was disappointed in the team’s finish.

The Tigers were ninth at the ACC Championships and 13th out of 24 teams at the regional.

Lauren Salazar

Only two Clemson men’s golfers have made firstteam All-ACC all four years they have been with the Tigers program. Those two players are PGA Tour veterans Jonathan Byrd and D.J. Trahan.

Sloan Shanahan got her career off to a good start last year by making the prestigious team as a true freshman and will have a chance to equal that accomplishment over her time as one of the founding players of the Clemson women’s program. She also became the first Clemson women’s golfer to make first-team All-ACC on the course and in the classroom in the same year.

Last year Shanahan played in the shadow of classmate Ashlan Ramsey, who was the number-one amateur in the world throughout the academic year. But Ramsey has departed for the professional ranks, leaving Shanahan as the top returning player and team leader for J.T. Horton’s team.

“Sloan had an outstanding freshman year on the course and in the classroom,” said Horton. “She has a strong game and strong leadership qualities. We look forward to a great year from Sloan.”

Shanahan was Miss Consistency last year as she was the only player to have her score count towards the team score in every round. She ranked third in the nation in hitting her drives in the fairway (.929), and was Clemson’s top player in 10 of the 31 rounds. She got off to a fast start with top 16 finishes in each of her first six events, the only Tiger who could say that.

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2014-2015 Outlook “One thing we did not have last year was competition within our team to qualify for tournaments,” said Horton. “We had the same lineup the entire year and that probably had an impact on our finish. That won’t be the case this year. We have two freshmen who have joined the team who will push the returning players and it will make for some competitive qualifying throughout the year.”

Horton must replace All-American Ashlan Ramsey, who decided to turn professional after her freshman year. Ramsey had a team best 72.91 stroke average for the year and finished in the top 10 in six of the 11 tournaments and in the top 15 in nine of the 11.

Seventeen of her 32 rounds were at par or better and she won two tournaments, the Lady Paladin Invitational and the Ruth’s Chris Tar Heel Invitational in Chapel Hill, N.C. Ramsey was the top ranked amateur in the world according to Golfweek for the entire academic year and was chosen to the United States Curtis Cup Team.

She was one of the final 10 candidates for the Annika Award, which goes to the top women’s golfer in the nation.

“Ashlan had a great season and brought a lot of notoriety to our program,” said Horton. “She was a great representative of our program and was the biggest reason we were able to finish in the top 15 of the Coaches’ poll in our first season.

“We will miss Ashlan, but I believe we will be more balanced this year. We may have different players

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McKenzie Talbert

at number-one throughout the year. That might not be a bad thing. We will have competition for that top spot and just to get in the lineup.

Four starters return for Horton’s team that burst on the national scene with a second-place finish at the 20-team Cougar Classic last year in early September.

The Tiger with the top resume among the returnees is sophomore Sloan Shanahan. The native of Suwanee, Ga had a 73.97 stroke average as a rookie and was named first-team All-ACC. She was also named first-team Academic All-ACC as well.

Like Ramsey, Shanahan got off to a great start last year and finished in the top 16 in each of her first six events, something even Ramsey did not achieve.

That included a second-place at the Cougar Classic and a third-place at the Lady Paladin. Ten times during the year she had the best round of the day and her score counted in all 31 rounds, the only player who could make that statement.

She was Clemson’s top golfer at the Allstate Sugar Bowl and at the NCAA West Regional. Shanahan was 37th in the final Golfstat computer rankings and 58th according to Golfweek.

McKenzie Talbert had a 75.53 stroke average in her freshman season and played the number-three spot in the lineup most of 2013-14. The native of Edgefield, S.C. had a pair of top 10s and six Top 25 finishes in her rookie year. She shot even-par 216 when she finished sixth at the Florida State Match-up and was Clemson’s best player at the Battle at the Valley.

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2014-2015 Outlook and their overall demeanor. Both have work ethics that are off the charts.”

Lovorn is from nearby Anderson, S.C, and Hanna High School where she was a four-time all-region and three-time all-state selection. She finished second at the Blade Junior and third at the Beth Daniel Junior Azalea tournament.

Messana, from Plantation, Fla., was ranked as the number-38 player in the class of 2014 by Golfweek.

She had four wins in 2013 and finished sixth at the AJGA Taylor/ Made Adidas Junior Tournament.

As was the case last year, Horton has put together a strong national schedule. “We are going to go out of the Southeast a little more this year and play in some different areas on some different types of courses.

We want to be as prepared as we can be for postseason competition.”

Clemson’s schedule includes fall trips to the Schooner Fall Classic in Norman, Okla, and to the Stanford Intercollegiate at the Stanford Golf Club in California. The spring season will begin in Puerto Rico at the Rio Mar Country Club, the same course the Clemson men have played on for many years to open their spring schedule. Overall, Clemson will play nine regular season tournaments in eight different states and Puerto Rico.

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Lauren Salazar finished the academic year fourth on the team in stroke average for the year (just one total shot behind Talbert), but she was the most improved player in the spring vs. the fall. She had the third best stroke average on the team in spring tournaments and was just 0.4 strokes per round out of second.

The native of California was the only player on the team with three top 10 finishes in the spring and her average finish for the six regular season spring events with 21st. The only player from outside the southeast on the roster had her score count in 28 of 32 rounds last year.

J essica Hoang played the number-five position most of last year and finished with a 78.91 stroke average. She showed her capabilities in the final two rounds of the Sugar Bowl when she had consecutive rounds of 73-74 and helped Clemson to a fifth-place finish. Hoang, who was fifth in the nation in percentage of drives hit in the fairway (.913), has shown considerable improvement this summer and in qualifying.

Redshirt sophomore Taylor Ramsey is a fifth returning lettermen for 2014-15. The native of Milledgeville, Ga played in five events last year as an individual in her first year.

Freshmen Riley Lovorn and Marisa Messana are welcome additions to the Clemson program. “I am very excited about what I have seen from the freshmen in preseason qualifying,” said Horton. “They are going to push for starting positions and that is good to see. I have been impressed with their performance on the course

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2014-2015 Roster

2014-15 ROSTER Name Hgt Cl Exp DOB Hometown

High School

Jessica Hoang 5-1 So. 1VL 5/1/95 North Augusta, SC North Augusta Riley Lovorn 5-5 Fr. HS 7/25/96 Anderson, SC TL Hanna Marisa Messana 5-8 Fr. HS 3/6/96 Plantation, FL American Heritage Taylor Ramsey 5-8 R-So. 1VL 7/29/94 Milledgeville, FL John Milledge Academy Lauren Salazar 5-4 R-So. 1VL 6/2/94 Santa Clara, CA Archbishop MItty Sloan Shanahan 5-6 So. 1VL 3/22/95 Suwanee, GA Lambert McKenzie Talbert 5-5 So. 1VL 2/28/95 Edgefield, SC Strom Thurmond *Denotes red-shirted one year.

Coaching Staff Title Tenure John Thomas Horton Head Coach 2nd Season (4th Overall) Janine Fellows Assistant Coach 2nd Season

Fellows

Name: Clemson University Enrollment: 21,857 Location: Clemson, SC 29633 Home Course: The Walker Course Par/Distance: 72/6,911 Returning Starters: 4 Returning Lettermen: 5 Lettermen Lost: 1 All-ACC Players Lost: 1 Twitter: @ClemsonWGolf Instagram: ClemsonWGolf

Horton

Clemson University Quick Facts

John Thomas Horton Quick Facts

Birth: Born February 17, 1977 in Atlanta, GA Family: Married to the former Sydnie Brianne Ruland. The couple has two sons Griffin and Brooks.

Education: Earned Bachelor’s degree in business from Berry College in 1999.

Playing Experience: Member of Berry College team from 1996-99. Horton was a first-team NAIA All-America as both a junior and senior and claimed first-team All-TranSouth Conference honors all four years. He helped the Vikings win the conference title from 1996-1999 and capped off his career as a member of the NAIA National Championship team in 1998.

Assistant Coaching Experience: Georgia Southern Men’s Golf Assistant (2005-07) Head Coaching Experience: Tulane (2007-11), Clemson (2014-Present)

Janine Fellows Quick Facts Birth: Born October 30, 1989 in Houston, TX Family: Single Education: Earned Bachelor’s degree in Business Management from Tulane in 2011.

Playing Experience: Member of Tulane University team from 2008-11. At Tulane, Fellows was a team captain, a two-time All-Conference USA first- team selection, and the 2010 Conference USA Co-Player of the Year. She played in the 2010 U.S. Women’s Open at Oakmont as an amateur.

Assistant Coaching Experience: Houston Baptist Men’s and Women’s Assistant Coach (2012-13), Clemson (2014-Present)

Clemson Women’s Golf Media Availability All interviews with Clemson golfers as well as the coaching staff must be coodinated through the Clemson Athletic Communications Office. Please contact Tim Bourret or Hannah Burleson to schedule interview opportunities.

Releases and statistics concerning each event are available on www.clemsontigers.com.

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Staff Directory General information

Location Clemson, SC Founded 1889 Enrollment 21,857 Nickname Tigers Colors Tiger Orange & Regalia Conference Atlantic Coast Conference Athletic Department Address PO Box 31 Clemson, SC 29633 Website ClemsonTigers.com Twitter/Instagram @ClemsonTigers Golf Twitter/Instagram @ClemsonWGolf

Administrative Staff President Dr. James P. Clements Director of Athletics Dan Radakovich Associate Athletic Director (Athletic Academic Services) Steve Duzan Associate Athletic Director (Compliance Services) Stephanie Ellison Associate Athletic Director (Event Management) Van Hildebrand Associate Athletic Director (Student-Athlete Services) Dr. Loreto Jackson Associate Athletic Director (External Affairs) Tim Match Associate Athletic Director (Finances & Facilities) Graham Neff Associate Athletic Director (Administration) Kyle Young Assistant Athletic Director (Senior Women’s Advisor) Natalie Honnen Assistant Athletic Director (Athletic Communication) Joe Galbraith Assistant Athletic Director (Golf Communications) Tim Bourret Assistant Athletic Director (Marketing) Mike Money Assistant Athletic Director (Facilities) Joe Simon Assistant Athletic Director (Facilities & Grounds) Gary Wade Assistant Athletic Director (Compliance Servies) Brad Woody Associate Director (Academic Services) Leslie Moreland-Bishop Compliance Director Amanda Gray Special Assistant to the Director of Athletics Barbara Kennedy-Dixon IPTAY Chief Executive Officer Davis Babb Director of IPTAY Planned Giving Bert Henderson Director of IPTAY Major Gifts Bobby Couch Director of the IPTAY Annual Fund Travis Furbee Associate Director of IPTAY Major Gifts Aaron Dunham IPTAY/Tiger Letterwinners Bob Mahony Assistant Director of IPTAY Major Gifts Ford Williams Supervisor of Athletic Facilities Robbie Phillips Supervisor of Athletic Grounds Mike Echols Assistant Supervisor of Athletic Grounds KC Bell Sports Nutritionist Lisa Chan Assistant Director (Student Athlete Services) Kyra Lobbins Assistant Athletic Trainer, Golf Jerome Razayeski Assistant Strength Coach, Golf Rick Franzblau Director of Equipment Mike Wilson Director of Athletic Video Services Rick Bagby Director of New Media Jonathan Gantt Digital Media Coordinator Nik Conklin Administrative Coordinator, Golf Roberta Balliet

Director of Golf Women’s Head Coach Women’s Assistant Head Coach Men’s Associate Head Coach

Golf Staff

Larry Penley John Thomas Horton Janine Fellows Jordan Byrd

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Head Coach John Thomas Horton

John Thomas Horton 2nd Season of Competition (4th Year at Clemson) Berry College ‘99 It didn’t take Head Coach J.T. Horton long to establish Clemson as one of the top 25 programs in the country. Clemson’s No.15 final ranking in the Coaches Poll, marked just the second top 25 finish for a Clemson sports program in its first year.

The team was ranked as high as 10th in the nation in the coaches poll at midseason and was selected for the NCAA Tournament, the only first-year program to make the big dance. Clemson’s women’s soccer program is the only other first-team program to make the NCAA Tournament in its first year of existence.

Clemson was in the national conversation because Horton formed a challenging national schedule. The Tigers competed against 21 of the 24 teams that played in the National Championship Tournament and had a solid 29-25-3 record against those teams. That included an 11-2-2 record against teams that finished six through ten at the national tournament.

At the conclusion of the season, Clemson was one of just 11 schools with a winning record against the final top 25 in the Sagarin rankings.

Individually, Ashlan Ramsey, the No. 1 ranked amateur in the world for much of the 2013-14 season, was named an All-American and first-team All-ACC player. She had six top 10 finishes including a pair of victories. She ranked 25th in the nation by the final Golfstat rankings. Teammate Sloan Shanahan, ranked 37th in the final Golfstat rankings and joined Ramsey as a first-team All-ACC performer.

All these accomplishments were remarkable considering Clemson had an all freshman team.

Horton, known as J.T. by most, was named the first women’s golf coach at Clemson University in August of 2011 and worked long hours in preparation for that first season.

Horton came to Clemson after four years (three seasons of competition) as the head coach at Tulane. He re-started the program after Hurricane Katrina halted it from the fall of 2005 until the fall of 2008.

In his three seasons, Horton was the Conference USA Coach of the Year twice (2009 and 2010), led the program to the NCAA National Tournament twice and the NCAA regional three times. Tulane won the Conference USA championship twice and won five tournament titles overall.

The Green Wave finished in the top three in 14 of 33 tournaments over the three-year period. He had 14 all-conference players on the course and 17 on the Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll in those three years. He coached the Conference Player of the Year each of his three years with the program.

Horton was named head coach of the Tulane women’s

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program on July 4, 2007. He established the program through recruiting the first 13 months, then put a quality team on the course for the 2008-09 season.

In that first year, he led the Green Wave to two tournament titles, including the C-USA Championship and the Ole Miss Lady Rebel Intercollegiate, a fifth-place finish at the NCAA East Regional and a 20th-place finish at the 2009 NCAA National Championships. The team finished in the top five in six of 11 tournaments.

Five of his six first-year players were named to All C-USA first, second or third teams, and Linn Gustafsson was tabbed the Conference USA Player and Newcomer of the Year, while freshman Daniela Holmqvist captured the C-USA championship individual medalist honors en route to earning the league’s Freshman of the Year honors.

Horton’s second year mirrored the success of his rookie season. He led the Green Wave to its second straight C-USA Championship and a return trip into the NCAA Championship, where his team posted an 18th-place national finish.

His sophomore season as a head coach featured a school record three tournament victories, including the Conference USA Championship, which was won in record fashion. The team posted a 54-hole score of 858, the lowest team tournament score in school history.

Under his leadership, five Green Wave players were named to the 2010 All-Conference USA teams, including three to the first team, and for the second straight season he coached the C-USA Player of the Year with Janine Fellows’ Co-Player of the Year selection.

Off the course, six of his seven players were either members of the Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll, earned the C-USA Commissioner’s Academic Medal or is a member of Tulane’s 3.0 Club. The group included Linn Gustafsson, who was named to the NGCA All-Scholar Team in 2010. She also made the team in 2011.

In his last year the team had six top 10 finishes in 10 tournaments to qualify for the NCAA regional for a third straight year.

The team finished 17th in the final Golfstat computer ranking. He led Tulane to a third-place finish in Conference USA and once again he

Horton Year-by-Year As A Head Coach Year 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2013-14 Totals

School Tulane Tulane Tulane Clemson

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Trn 11 12 11 11 44

Win 2 3 0 0 5

Top 3 4 5 5 5 19

Top 5 6 5 6 8 25

Conf Reg Nat 1 5 20 1 6 18 3 12 NA 9 13 NA 2 Championships

GStat 29 28 17 22

Head Coach John Thomas Horton coached the league’s top player, Maribel Lopez Porras.

Porras qualified for the NCAA national tournament as an individual and was a Golfweek honorable mention All-American. Four more players made one of the three All-Conference USA teams, and Meghan Chapman was named the top newcomer in the conference.

A two-time All-American as a student-athlete at Berry College in Rome, GA (1995-99), Horton joined the Green Wave family following two years at Georgia Southern where he served as an assistant coach for the Eagles’ men’s golf program.

Horton helped the Eagles win the 2006 Southern Conference Championship, where all five golfers finished in the Top 25 individually and the team won the title by 12 strokes over College of Charleston. The team also advanced to the NCAA East Regional finishing one spot out of qualifying for NCAA National Championship.

During the 2006-07 season, GSU posted four top five team finishes including a runner-up showing at the SoCon Championship.

During his two seasons in Statesboro, Ga., Horton coached Jonathan Shaw who earned Academic All-America honors in 2006 and played an integral role in J.D. Kennedy, Drew Bowen, and Bryan Jones claiming All-Southern Conference honors.

As the program’s recruiting coordinator, Horton helped Georgia Southern ink one of the top recruiting classes in school history in 2007. He also oversaw the team’s player development, workouts and physical conditioning, as well as serving as the liaison to the director of student-athlete services for academic progress.

A four-year letterman at Berry College, Horton was a first-team NAIA All-America as both a junior and senior and claimed first-team All-TranSouth Conference honors all four years. He helped the Vikings win the conference title from 1996-1999 and capped off

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Head Coach John Thomas Horton his career as a member of the NAIA National Championship team in 1998.

Individually, Horton won six collegiate tournaments, including TranSouth Conference medalist honors in 1997 and 1998.

He was selected to represent the U.S. in the 1998 World University Golf Games in San Lameer, South Africa.

No stranger to balancing academics and athletics, Horton graduated with a business degree in 1999 and earned All-TranSouth Conference Scholar Athlete honors in 1998 and 1999.

Following his successful collegiate career, Horton played professionally on several mini-tours for five years. In 2002, he won his first professional event, The Harbor Club Classic Championship, on the DP Tour with a 19-under par 269 (63-70-71-65). He was an exempt member of the NGA Hooters Tour from 2000-2004 and reached the second stage of PGA Tour Qualifying School in 2000 and 2001.

As a pro, Horton worked with renowned golf instructors Rob Akins, Todd Anderson and Dave Pelz, as well as sports psychologists Dr. Rick Jensen and Dr. Jack Llewellyn, and fitness guru Randy Myers.

Prior to joining the GSU staff, he served as the head golf professional and assistant general manager at Horseleg Plantation County Club (Rome, Ga.). At Horseleg, Horton managed all golf operations and assisted the general manager in supervising department heads and employees for golf, swimming, tennis and fitness. Horton developed and oversaw a Ladies Golf Association and Junior Golf Academy in addition to managing the Men’s and Senior’s Golf Associations.

A native of Clayton, Ga., Horton is married to the former Sydnie Brianne Ruland of Rome, GA. They have two sons, Griffin, who was born in January of 2011 and Brooks, who was born in November of 2013.

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Assistant Coach Janine Fellows

Janine Fellows 2nd Season Tulane ‘11

Janine Fellows is in her second year as assistant coach of the Clemson women’s golf program. Fellows, a 2011 graduate of Tulane University, was a top player under Head Coach J.T. Horton at Tulane and also had coaching experience at Houston Baptist.

Fellows was a strong part of Clemson’s success in its first year of competition in 2013-14. Clemson reached the NCAA Tournament in its first year, just the second Clemson program to do that in its first season of competition.

The Tigers finished No. 15 in the final Coaches Poll against a schedule that included competition against 21 of the 24 teams that reached the national tournament. Clemson had a winning record against those teams collectively, including an 11-2-2 mark against teams that ranked 6 through 10 in the final tournament standings.

Fellows had a hand in tutoring All-American Ashlan Ramsey and All-ACC golfer Sloan Shanahan. Both also finished in the final top 40 of the Golfstat rankings. Three Tigers, were named to the All-ACC academic team as well. All six players on the roster were freshmen in 2013-14.

“Janine played for me at Tulane and played an integral role in not only starting the program at Tulane, but also making it successful quickly,” said Horton.

“She is one of the hardest workers and most motivated players/coaches I have ever worked with or coached. She had a very distinguished playing career in college golf, and that will pay dividends in assisting the development of the players here at Clemson.

Her collegiate coaching accomplishments in a short time at Houston Baptist University are impressive, and we look forward to her joining us here in Tigertown.”

Fellows helped Houston Baptist to an outstanding 201213 season in both men’s and women’s golf. The men won three events, including the conference title, while the women won two tournaments, including the conference title.

“My experience and success with three newly established programs either as a player or coach demonstrates my commitment and dedication to achieving success from the ground up,” Fellows said.

“Coaching at the Division I level, junior golfers, as well as providing lessons to clientele as an assistant golf professional has increased my ability to teach all levels of play and illustrates my knowledge of coaching all aspects of the game.”

Fellows played at Tulane under Horton from 2008-2011, where she was a team captain, a two-time All-Conference USA firstteam selection, and the 2010 Conference USA Co-Player of the Year.

She played in the 2010 U.S. Women’s Open at Oakmont as an amateur.

She was then a member of the LPGA Futures Tour from 2011-2012 and worked as an assistant golf professional near Houston, TX at Timber Creek Golf Club.

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Meet The Tigers

2014-15

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Meet The Tigers

TIGERS

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Jessica Hoang

Jessica Hoang 5-1 - Sophomore North Augusta, SC North Augusta High School

In 2013-14: Was a starter in every tournament as freshman for the No. 22 ranked (Golfstat) Tigers... fifth in stroke average with 78.91 figure, but her final round stroke average is nearly two shots per round better than her first round average (77.4)...led the Tigers in birdies at the ACC Tournament with seven, she had 52 for the year...her score counted 13 of 32 rounds, including twice in the ACC Tournament...her score counted in the final round of seven of the 11 events...had her best rounds of the year in her first round, a 73 at the Cougar Classic at Yeaman’s Hall in Hanahan, S.C...also shot a 73 in the second round at the Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate in New Orleans, helping the Tigers to a top five finish out of 17 teams...had her best tournament vs. par at the Allstate Sugar Bowl with 10-over-par 226...played last 36 holes at three-over-par in New Orleans...had best finish in full field event at Lady Paladin with No. 41 finish...hits it in the fairway on her drives 91.3 percent of the time, third best on the team and fifth best in the nation according to Golfstat.

Prior to Clemson: Played for United States team in the 2012 Can American Matches in 2012...had five top 15 finishes in AJGA events in 2012...finished 10th at AJGA Juniors at Savanah in 2012...had five top 10s in 2011, six of which were top three finishes...won the EZ Go Vaughn Taylor Championship and third at AJGA Junior at Chateau Elan...won four tournaments in 2011, including the Beth Daniel Junior Azalea, the AJGA Junior at Jones Creek, the Carolinas Junior PGA and the Ballantyne Junior Open...Augusta Player of the Year in 2009 and 2010...at age 14, she was the youngest player in 36 years to win the Carolinas Junior PGA....born May 1, 1995.

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Jessica Hoang Q&A

Q: What is something most people do not know about you?

A: I used to play the piano.

Q: What made Clemson stand out to you?

A: The campus is beautiful, everything is close together on campus, everyone is so nice, and the golf facility is amazing.

Q: Who got you started in golf and how?

A: My dad got me started when I was 9. He used to take my brother to play, so one day I tagged along and the game grew on me.

Q: What would you tell a student-athlete considering Clemson?

A: The campus is beautiful, the people are generous, and you will feel right at home.

Q: What one word would you pick to describe Coach Horton?

A: Helpful Q: Who is your dream foursome?

A: Myself, Adam Scott, Graeme McDowell, Dustin Johnson

Jessica Hoang Stats Tournament by Tournament, 2013-14 Date 9/8-10 9/20-22 10/11-13 10/25-27 2/14-16 2/24-25 3/9 3/24-25 3/28-30 4/17-19 5/8-10

Tournament Cougar Classic Lady Paladin Ruth’s Chris Tar Heel Landfall Tradition Florida St. Match-Up Allstate Sugar Bowl Battle of the Valley Briar’s Creek Bryan National ACC Tournament NCAA West Regional

1-2-3 73-77-77 79-75-75 81-82-78 81-81-77 80-80-73 79-73-74 77-82 81-80-78 79-80-80 82-79-80 86-82-84

Par +11 +13 +25 +23 +17 +10 +15 +23 +23 +28 +36

Tot Fin 227 59 229 41 241 94 239 74 233 42 226 66 159 15 239 65 239 79 241 49 252 118

Career Stats

Top Year Tr Rds Stks Avg 60s Par -Par 10 BR BT 2013-14 11 32 2525 78.91 0 0 0 0 73 226

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Riley Lovorn

Riley Lovorn 5-5 - Freshman Anderson, SC TL Hanna High School

2014-15 at Clemson: True freshman who looks to have an impact on the starting lineup…played in three events in the fall…had middle round 76 at Cougar Classic and middle round 75 at Mason Rudolph for her best rounds of the fall.

Prior to Clemson: Winner of the South Carolina Junior Golf Tradition Four-Ball at Pebble Creek in Taylors, SC. she and her partner shot a tournament-record 129 to win convincingly...six-year varsity starter, and has earned all-region honors the last four years and all-state honors the last three years...sas also had success as a junior, winning the 2011 Hurricane Junior Golf Tour Upstate Classic, the 2013 Cobbs Glen Invitational (co-champion) and the 2013 PKB Palmetto Classic... finished runner-up in the Blade Junior Classic as well as third in the Beth Daniel Junior Azalea.

Riley Lovon Q&A

Q. What is something about you that most people don’t know?

A. I love to read. I don’t have time to do it very often, but I love relaxing with a good book.

Q. How did you get started in golf?

A. My dad was the one who got me started in golf. He tried to get both me and my sister to play for a while, but we were way too young to appreciate it. One day he decided to offer both of us $500 to whoever could break 50 for nine holes, thinking neither of us would do it. I started getting lessons and eventually broke 50, but I ended up having to use the money to buy my new clubs.

Q. How would you describe coach Horton in one word?

A. “Invested.” You can tell he really puts time and care into his job and he is always wanting to teach us more and more. He definitely doesn’t just sit back and watch.

Q. What is your dream foursome?

A. Tiger Woods, Arnold Palmer, and Annika Sorenstam.

Q. What is your favorite Clemson tradition?

A. The floats during Homecoming.

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Marisa Messana

Marisa Messana 5-8 - Freshman Plantation, FL American Heritage High School

2014-15 at Clemson: Looks to have an immediate impact on the Clemson lineup…had a good start in the fall with 224 score at the Cougar Classic…had second round 73 for her top round of that tournament… had third round 69 at the Schooner Fall Classic for her best round of the fall…she finished with a 222 score at the University of Oklahoma Tournament and was Clemson’s third best player…but that 69 was best score of the tournament by a Tiger and second best round of the fall by a Clemson player.

Prior to Clemson: Ranked as the #38 player in the nation by Golfweek for the Class of 2014...1st Place Team Division 1A High School Varsity Golf State Championship in 2008, 2009, and 2013... Patriot Award (Role Model Teammate) in 2010, 2011, and 2012...First Team All County Freshman and Sophomore year in both local newspapers...

Carol Mann (low stroke average award, 71.3)...medalist at the Doherty Jones Amateur Championship 2014... placed in the top five in 11 of her 17 tournaments in 2013, including four wins... Finished sixth at the AJGA TaylorMade- Adidas Golf Junior.

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Marisa Messana Q&A

Q. What is something most people don’t know about you?

A. I am of Cuban descent Q. Who got you started in golf & how?

A. Growing up I wanted to do everything that my brother did, so I started playing golf because he played golf. I went to weekly clinics through the JGA of Broward County and began to compete in their tournaments a few years after.

Q. What one word would you use to describe Coach Horton?

A. Passionate Q. Who would you pick to play with you in your dream foursome?

A. Darla Moore, Tiger Woods, Jordan Speith Q. What is your favorite Clemson tradition?

A. Festivities for the football games Q. What is your favorite spot on Clemson’s campus?

A. Putting green at the Walker Course

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Taylor Ramsey

Taylor Ramsey 5-8 - Redshirt Sophomore Milledgeville, GA John Milledge Academy

In 2013-14: Ramsey played as an individual in five tournaments and finished the season with an 82.00 scoring average….had her best round of the year at the Florida State Matchup with a 78 in the third round…also had season best 236 score and +20 total vs. par…shot in the 70s in all three rounds…began the year with season best 78 at Lady Paladin as well.

In 2012-13: Joined Lauren Salazar as one of the first two golfers in the history of the program…sat out the 2012-13 academic year as the program began.

In High School: Ramsey won the 2010 Charles Howell Junior Championship with a 213 score after consistent rounds of 69-71-73...also finished 13th at the AJGA Junior at Steelwood in 2010...had a strong 2011 season with four top 15 finishes...finished eighth at the AJGA Junior at Savannah Quarters in April and recorded top-12 finishes at the E-Z-GO Vaughn Taylor Championship and the AJGA Huntsville Junior in July, and in the Kathy Whitworth Invitational in March...in 2009 she had four top 10 finishes, including second place at the Chateau Elan Junior and the Charles Howell.

Taylor Ramsey Q&A

Q: What is something most people do not know about you?

A: I enjoy fishing, painting, shooting clay pigeons with friends, and I really enjoyed the riflery class I took last semester!

Q: Do you have any hidden talents?

A: I can paint really well.

Q: What one word would you use to describe yourself?

A: Resilient Q: What made Clemson stand out to you?

A: I have always loved Clemson. I knew Coach Horton would be a great person to build this program. I love the small town feel and I felt very comfortable in Clemson.

Q: What is your favorite spot on Clemson’s campus?

A: The ampitheatre-I love going there between classes to lie in the sun and look at the reflection pond.

Q: What is your favorite Clemson tradition?

A: Solid Orange Friday’s

Taylor Ramsey Stats Tournament by Tournament, 2013-14 Date Tournament 1-2-3 9/20-22 @Lady Paladin 78-82-80 9/30-1 @UNCG Starmount 83-82-83 10/25-27 @Landfall 83-85-87 2/14-16 @Florida St. Match-Up 79-79-78 3/9 @Battle at the Valley 84-85 @played as individual

Par +24 +35 +39 +20 +25

Tot Fin 240 75 248 78 255 92 236 53 169 16

Career Stats

Top Year Tr Rds Stks Avg 60s Par -Par 10 BR 2013-14 5 14 1148 82.00 0 0 0 0 78

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Lauren Salazar

Lauren Salazar 5-4 - Redshirt Sophomore Santa Clara, CA Archbishop Mitty High School

In 2013-14: Only player on Clemson team who had similar stroke average in spring as compared to fall...had a 75.5 average for the fall and had a 75.6 for the spring...her 75.56 stroke average for the year was fourth on the team, but just one total shot away from McKenzie Talbert’s total for the year...had seven rounds at par or better for the year, four in the spring and three in the fall...had three top 10s in the spring...seventh at Florida State Match-Up with 219 final score, eighth at the Battle of the Valley and seventh at the Briar’s Creek Invitational with 220...never shot in the 60s, but had four rounds at 70 or 71...shot 74 in first round at Sage Valley, tied with McKenzie Talbert for the best round by a Tiger at that event...Clemson’s best player at Briar’s Creek with her 220 total after rounds of 70-75-75...Clemson’s second best player for three straight tournaments, The Battle of the Valley, Briar’s Creek Invitational and the Bryan National Collegiate in the spring... among Clemson’s top three for six of the last seven events and eight of the 11 tournaments this year...third on the team in birdies with 66... her score counted in 29 of 32 rounds, including 21 of the last 22...hit it in the fairway on 76.7% of her drives and reached green in regulation 65% of the time...finished the season ranked #171 by Golfstat and #196 by Golfweek...came to Clemson for the 2012-13 season and red-shirted....so was the only player in her second year at Clemson in the lineup for the NCAAs. Prior to Clemson: Four-year letter winner in golf at Archbishop Mitty High School...qualified for the USGA Junior Girls Championship in 2010 and 2011...Future Collegian World Tour All-American in 2008 and 2010...selected first-team All-League as well as the All-San Jose Mercury News Team in 2008 and 2010...led Archbishop Mitty to Central Coast Section Championships after second place finish in 2010...had 12 American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) Top 10 Finishes, eight top five finishes and two championships in her career as a junior...won medalist honors at the Woodward Video Junior at The Greenbrier in 2011 and Lockton Kansas City Junior in 2009...her victory at The Greenbrier included a final round 65 when she overcame a three-shot deficit with eight birdies in the final round...also had third-place finish at AJGA Junior at Oxmoor Valley and was sixth at the AJGA Steelwood...had five top 15 finishes in AJGA events in 2010, including a fourth place at the Greenbriar...so had two top four finishes his last two years at The Greenbriar...had eight top five finishes in her AJGA Junior Career...first team all-league at Archbishop Mitty High School in 2008 and 2010.... majoring in finance at Clemson...born June 2, 1994.

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Lauren Salazar Q&A

Q: Who is the biggest influence in your life?

A: My father. He inspires me everyday to be the best that I can be.

Q: Do you have any hidden talents?

A: When I was little I was known as the “Hula-Hoop Queen.”

Q: What one word would you pick to describe yourself?

A: Confident Q: What made Clemson stand out to you?

A: I was drawn by the fact it was the first women’s golf team ever. It’s not often you get a chance to be a part of history. I saw the potential of the Clemson program and I want a chance to be on the first national championship team in the school’s history.

Q: What would you tell a student -athlete considering Clemson?

A: You won’t find a better university than Clemson when it comes to support, whether it is from the tutoring center, the coaches, trainers, or the fans.

Q: What one word would you pick to describe Coach Horton?

A: Motivating

Lauren Salazar Stats Tournament by Tournament, 2013-14 Date 9/8-10 9/20-22 10/11-13 10/25-27 2/14-16 2/24-25 3/9 3/24-25 3/28-30 4/17-19 5/8-10

Tournament Cougar Classic Lady Paladin Ruth’s Chris Tar Heel Landfall Tradition Florida St. Match-Up Allstate Sugar Bowl Battle of the Valley Briar’s Creek Bryan National ACC Tournament NCAA West Regional

1-2-3 71-72-75 78-73-76 76-71-81 82-74-77 77-72-70 76-72-74 74-80 70-75-75 77-75-79 75-83-74 76-77-81

Par +2 +11 +12 +17 +3 +6 +10 +4 +15 +19 +18

Tot Fin 218 19 227 31 228 64 233 52 219 7 222 49 154 8 220 7 231 33 232 37 234 58

Career Stats

Top Year Tr Rds Stks Avg 60s Par -Par 10 BR BT 2013-14 11 32 2418 75.56 0 3 4 3 70 218

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Sloan Shanahan

Sloan Shanahan 5-6 - Sophomore Suwanee, GA Lambert High School

2013-14: First-team All-ACC on the course and in the classroom as a freshman…also an all regional selection…Womens Golf Coaches Association Scholar as well…second on the team in stroke average with a 73.97 figure…consistent player whose score counted all 31 rounds she played- only time it did not was when she signed an incorrect scorecard and was DQ for the first round at the Battle of the Valley…had best score of the day nine times (seven outright, two tied for best) and was Clemson’s best player at two tournaments- the Cougar Classic (tied with Ramsey for second place) and the Allstate Sugar Bowl Invitational, where she finished sixth…also second in top 10 finishes with three, rounds in the 60s with three, under-par rounds with seven, rounds at par or better with seven, second in birdies with 79.…had season best 69 at the Lady Paladin Invitational and twice at the Cougar Classic…in fact her first two rounds at Clemson were in the 60s, both scores of 69 at the Cougar Classic…Ashlan Ramsey only other Clemson golfer with two rounds in the 60s at the same event (Ruth Chris Tar Heel Invitational)….only Clemson golfer to have a streak of six straight top 16 finishes, those were her first six as a Clemson golfer…finished tied for second at Cougar Classic with teammate Ashlan Ramsey, third at Lady Paladin and sixth at Allstate Sugar Bowl for her three top 10s…also 11th at Landfall Tradition, 14th at the Ruth’s Chris Tar Heel Invitational and 16th at Florida State Match-Up…Clemson’s second best golfer in five of the 10 tournaments (including each of the first four) and the top Tiger at the Allstate Sugar Bowl where she was five under par 211…that was her low tournament vs. par…finished 25th at ACC Tournament with 229 score…had Clemson’s top round of the tournament, a 71 in the second at the Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro…struck the first shot in Clemson history, she was lead off in Clemson’s tournament at Cougar Classic at Yeaman’s Hall in Hanahan, SC…also, hit the first shot in NCAA play as well as she won the honor in a competition at Clemson the week leading up to the regional in Washington…second on the team in scoring on par four holes at 4.18, just behind the 4.17 by Ashlan Ramsey…third in the nation in percentage of drives that reach the fairway at .929 and second in the team in greens in regulation at .691…led the nation in greens in regulation 15 feet or less with .405…finished the season ranked #37 in the nation by Golfstat and #58 by Golfweek.

Sloan Shanahan Q&A Q: What is something you can’t live without?

A: Wakeboarding and the show Vampire Diaries Q: Do you have any hidden talents?

A: I’m a decent marksman.

Q. What one word would you pick to describe yourself?

A: Ambitious Q: What made Clemson stand out to you?

A: My coach and teammates...what’s not to love?

Q: What is your favorite golf course around Clemson to play?

A: The Cliffs at Keowee Springs Q: What would you tell a student-athlete considering Clemson?

A: If you have any desire to be the best, then Clemson is the school for you.

Q: What one word would you pick to describe Coach Horton?

A: Passionate

Sloan Shanahan Stats Tournament by Tournament, 2013-14 Date 9/8-10 9/20-22 10/11-13 10/25-27 2/14-16 2/24-25 3/9 3/24-25 3/28-30 4/17-19 5/8-10

Tournament Cougar Classic Lady Paladin Ruth’s Chris Tar Heel Landfall Tradition Florida St. Match-Up Allstate Sugar Bowl Battle of the Valley Briar’s Creek Bryan National ACC Tournament NCAA West Regional

1-2-3 69-69-74 69-73-71 72-73-72 74-73-75 74-77-73 71-70-70 DQ-75 80-75-77 76-78-77 79-71-79 72-76-79

Par -4 -3 +1 +6 +8 -5 +3 +16 +15 +16 +11

Tot Fin 212 2 213 3 217 14 222 11 224 16 211 6 75 DQ 232 49 231 33 229 25 227 27

Career Stats

Top Year Tr Rds Stks Avg 60s Par -Par 10 BR 2013-14 11 31 2293 73.97 3 4 7 3 69

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in 2012, in various events, including ninth at AJGA Girls Championship…sixth at Carolinas/Georgia Junior Championship…qualifier for 2011 Junior PGA…qualified for 2009 and 2010 US Girls Junior All-Star Championship…four-time Region 7 High School Champion (201013)…runner-up at the Georgia High School State Championships in 2011…majoring in finance….born March 22, 1995.

Prior to Clemson: Ranked as #23 player in the nation by Golfweek for the Class of 2013…qualified for the 2013 US Amateur in Charleston a couple of weeks before coming to Clemson…member of 2013 State Championship team at Lambert High School…had four top 10 finishes

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McKenzie Talbert

McKenzie Talbert 5-5 - Sophomore Edgefield, SC Strom Thurmond High School In 2013-14: Third on the team in scoring average at 75.53...started in every tournament and had a pair of top 10’s and four top 13 finishes... had seven rounds of par or better, tied for third best on the team...had a season best round of 69 at the Florida State Match-Up in the last round of the first tournament of the spring...helped Clemson team to a second-place finish at that event and Talbert finished sixth, her best finish in a full field event of the year...shot a 216, her best tournament vs. par this year... third individually in three-team Battle of the Valley at Sage Valley in March...her score counted 28 of 32 rounds and she has had the best score of the day five times.....Clemson’s top player at Sage Valley with 151 two-round score...first Clemson player to record an eagle, and one of three players to finish with an eagle, though she finished with the most of anyone with two...has also added 63 birdies... reached fairway on her drives 83.1% of the time to help Clemson team to number-one ranking nationally in that statistic at 87.5%...second on team in fewest putts per round with 31.33...second on the team in scoring average on par three holes with 3.17 figure....finished the season ranked #182 by Golfweek and #187 by Golfstat.

Prior to Clemson: Second-team AJGA All-American in 2010 and honorable mention in 2011...qualified for the 2013 U.S. Amateur in Charleston...named to he 2011 Ping Junior Solheim Cup US Team along with Ashlan Ramsey...three-time Carolinas Golf Player of the Year... three-time Champion of the Carolinas/Georgia Junior Golf Championship...had three top five finishes in AJGA events in summer of 2012...had four top 15s in 2011...won the Sea Pines Junior Heritage in 2011...three time CPGA Charles Tilghman Junior Champion...born Feb. 28, 1995.

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McKenzie Talbert Q&A Q: What is something you can’t live without?

A: Sweet tea Q: What one word you would pick to describe yourself?

A: Feisty Q: What would you tell a student-athlete considering Clemson?

A: You won’t have a better college experience than at Clemson. You will be surrounded by people who care about you. Everyone is family and you will feel right at home!

Q: What is your favorite Clemson tradition?

A: Football Running Down “The Hill” before each game.

Q:What one word would you pick to describe Coach Horton?

A: Dedicated Q: What is your biggest accomplishment so far in golf?

A: Playing for Team USA in the 2011 Ping Junior Solheim Cup

McKenzie Talbert Stats Tournament by Tournament, 2013-14 Date 9/8-10 9/20-22 10/11-13 10/25-27 2/14-16 2/24-25 3/9 3/24-25 3/28-30 4/17-19 5/8-10

Tournament Cougar Classic Lady Paladin Ruth’s Chris Tar Heel Landfall Tradition Florida St. Match-Up Allstate Sugar Bowl Battle of the Valley Briar’s Creek Bryan National ACC Tournament NCAA West Regional

1-2-3 76-72-73 72-74-73 81-74-74 78-75-70 72-75-69 72-71-74 74-77 78-76-71 75-79-82 80-79-82 76-83-80

Par +5 +3 +13 +7 E +1 +7 +9 +20 +28 +23

Tot Fin 221 37 219 12 229 68 223 13 216 6 217 22 151 3 225 22 236 67 241 49 239 87

Career Stats

Top Year Tr Rds Stks Avg 60s Par -Par 10 BR BT 2013-14 11 32 2417 75.53 1 3 4 2 69 216

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2013-14 Season Review Clemson Makes NCAAs in First Year It was quite an accomplishment for Clemson to reach the NCAA Tournament in 2014. First of all it was the first year of varsity competition for J.T. Horton’s team. Second, they reached the tournament with an all freshman lineup.

It is just the second time a Clemson program qualified for NCAA Tournament competition in its first year as a varsity sport.

The Clemson women’s soccer program did it in the fall of 1994.

Clemson’s women’s basketball and tennis programs played in the first NCAA Tournaments as a team in their respective sports in the 1981-82 academic year, but it was not the first year of varsity competition for those sports.

Ramsey Named Third-Team All-American Ashlan Ramsey was named a third-team All-American

by Golfweek and an honorable mention All-American selection by the Women’s Golf Coaches Association for the 2013-14 season. Ramsey was one of seven freshmen from around the nation selected to one of the three teams by Golfweek.

Other freshmen named to the Golfweek teams were Alison Lee of UCLA (1st), Yu Liu of Duke (2nd), Laetitia Beck of Duke (2nd), Matilda Castren of Florida State (2nd), Karen Chung of Southern Cal (3rd), and Marijosse Navarro of Texas A&M (3rd).

Ramsey finished her freshman season ranked 27th nationally by Golfweek, seventh best among freshmen. The native of Milledgeville, Ga. announced at the end of the season that she would turn professional after she played for the United States in the Curtis Cup. Ramsey was the top stroke average player for the Tigers with a 72.91 figure. Her season included six top 10 finishes, including a pair of victories, a team best 13 rounds under par, 17 at par or better, and a national leading .937 figure in terms of driving the ball in the fairway. Ramsey helped Clemson to the NCAA Tournament in the program’s first year. J.T. Horton’s team finished 22nd in the final Golfweek poll.

Ramsey and Shanahan Named All-ACC Freshmen Ashlan Ramsey and Sloan Shanahan were both named to the All-ACC Women’s Golf Team in 2013-14. They both helped Clemson to the NCAA Tournament in its first year of competition, just the second Clemson program to do that.

Ramsey is from Milledgeville, Ga and was the top player on a Clemson team that was No. 13 in the nation entering the NCAA Tournament. She led the team in stroke average and top 10 finishes with six, including a pair of victories. The number-one ranked amateur in the world, Ramsey was first in the nation in par five scoring average (4.72), first in fairway hitting percentage (.937) and was second in par five scoring average.

From an ACC standpoint, Ramsey was tied for second in the ACC in top five finishes with five. Only Celine Boutier of Duke had more with six. As far as top 10s were concerned, Ramsey had six, tied for fourth in the league. Ramsey had two wins, tied for second.

Boutier of Duke had three.

Shanahan was second on the team in stroke average and had three top 10 finishes. The native of Suwanee, Ga was third in the nation in fairway hitting percentage (.929) and had 71 birdies to rank second on the team. Shanahan had the best score of the day among Clemson golfers 10 times.

Ashlan Ramsey was a third-team All-American.

Twelve women were selected to the All-ACC team and five were freshmen. Clemson had two of the five. Duke, Clemson and Florida State were the only schools with more than one selection on the team.

Three Lady Tigers Named Academic All-ACC Sloan Shanahan, McKenzie Talbert and Lauren Salazar were all named to the Academic All-ACC Women’s Golf Team for the 2013-14 seaon. Only six freshmen made the 30-person team and Clemson had three of the six. Six golfers who made first-team All-ACC on the course also made the academic team, including Shanahan.

Shanahan was one of two ACC freshmen to make both the All-ACC team and the Academic All-ACC Team. She was joined in that accomplishment by Daniella Darquea of Miami (FL).

As far as Clemson history is concerned, Shanahan is the first freshman to make All-ACC and Academic All-ACC in Clemson golf history (men or women). She is the seventh to do it in any sport, the first since Liz Jeukeng from he women’s tennis team in 2013.

Shanahan ranked second on the team in stroke average this year with a 73.97 stroke average, 10th in the ACC. She ranked 37th in the final Golfstat national ranking and was 58th in the final Golfweek/Sagarin ranking.

Talbert was third on the Clemson team in stroke average at 75.5, while Salazar was fourth at 75.56. All three of the women were big contributors to Clemson’s No. 14 final national ranking according to Golfstat and received NCAA bid in the first year of the program.

Clemson All-ACC Athletes on Course and Off as Freshmen Caroline Kennedy, women’s track (2007) Liane Weber, women’s track (2007)

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2013-14 Season Review

Nikola Lomnicka, women’s track (2009) Lauren Terstappen, women’s track (2011) Laura Basadonna, rowing, (2011) Liz Jeukeng, women’s tennis, (2013) Sloan Shanahan, Women’s Golf, (2014) Four Clemson Women Ranked in Top 200 of Both Rankings Clemson had four players rank in the final top 200 of both of the college golf ranking systems. That included top 100 players Ashlan Ramsey and Sloan Shanahan, who were both All-ACC selections.

It was especially remarkable considering the program was in its first year and all four women were freshmen in terms of eligibility.

Clemson Players in National Rankings Player Golfweek Golfstat Ashlan Ramsey 27 25 Sloan Shanahan 58 37 McKenzie Talbert 182 187 Lauren Salazar 196 171 Tigers Ranked in top 25 of National Statistics Ashlan Ramsey ranked in the top 15 in the nation in seven different statistical categories, while two other Clemson women were ranked in some important categories. Ramsey led the nation in fairway hitting percentage at .937 and was second in par five scoring average at 4.72. She was third in greens in regulation on par three holes at .787. Sloan Shanahan was second in the nation in greens in regulation within 15 feet of the hole with a .405 figure. She was third in hitting fairways.

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Clemson in Top 25 of National Statistics according to Golfstat Player Category Rank Figure Ashlan Ramsey Fairway % 1 .937 Ashlan Ramsey Par 5 Scoring 2 4.72 Ashlan Ramsey Par 3 GIR 3 .787 Ashlan Ramsey Putting for Par 4 -0.22 Ashlan Ramsey GIR 6 .747 Ashlan Ramsey Putts on GIR 12 1.832 Ashlan Ramsey GIR 15 feet 13 .342 Sloan Shanahan GIR 15 feet 2 .405 Sloan Shanahan Fairways % 3 .929 Jessica Hoang Fairways % 5 .913

Clemson 10th in Winning Percentage vs. Top 25 Teams Clemson ranked 10th in the nation in winning percentage against top 25 teams according to the final Sagarin computer poll.

J.T. Horton’s team had a 30-24-3 record against the top 25 for a .553 winning percentage. There were only 11 schools nationally that had a winning record against the final top 25.

Rk School W-L-T Pct 1. Southern California 85-7-1 .919 2.

Duke 92-10-5 .883 3. UCLA 69-18-2 .766 4. Oklahoma 57-29-1 .661 5. South Carolina 58-30-2 .656 6. Arkansas 38-25-1 .602 7. Alabama 55-39-5 .581

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Arizona State 9. Vanderbilt 10. Clemson 11. Arizona

50-38-3 .566 47-37-2 .558 30-24-3 .553 46-44-2 .511

Ramsey Named to Curtis Cup Team Ashlan Ramsey was named to the 2014 USA Curtis Cup Team in March, 2014. She represented the United States in the Curtis Cup, June 6-8, 2014 at the St. Louis Country Club. She posted a 1-1-1 record and helped the team to the victory.

Ramsey was runner-up at the 2012 U.S. Women’s Amateur Public Links Championship and won three important events in summer 2013, including the Women’s Eastern and Women’s Western championships. She earned two victories during her first fall season at Clemson. She was the only ACC player named to the team.

2014 USA Curtis Cup Team Kyung Kim, 19, of Chandler, Ariz. (Southern California) Alison Lee, 19, of Valencia, Calif. (UCLA) Erynne Lee, 21, of Silverdale, Wash. (UCLA) Ally McDonald, 21, of Fulton, Miss. (Mississippi State) Annie Park, 18, of Levittown, N.Y. (Southern California) Ashlan Ramsey, 18, of Milledgeville, Ga (Clemson) Mariah Stackhouse, 19, of Riverdale, Ga. (Stanford) Emma Talley, 19, of Princeton, Ky (Alabama) Ramsey #1 Amateur in World Ashlan Ramsey was the number-one amateur in the world according to Golfweek, for most of the 2013-14 academic year.

Ramsey moved into the top spot after a summer of 2013 in which she won five tournaments. She won two college tournaments in her freshman year and finished second or third in three others. She was named ACC Golfer of the Month twice this year.

Top 10 Women Amateur Golfers in World (August 13, 2013 by Golfweek) Rk Name Hometown 1. Ashlan Ramsey Milledgeville, GA 2. Lydia Ko New Zealand 3. Cindy Feng Orlando, FL 4. Georgia Hall England 5. Doris Chen Brandenton, FL 6. Emma Talley Princeton, KY 7. Ally McDonald Fulton, MS 8. Brooke Henderson Kennewide, WA 9. Kelly Shon Port Washington, NY 10. Hally Leadbetter Bradenton, FL

School Clemson High School High School High School Southern Cal Alabama Miss. State High School Princeton Arkansas

Pts 5750 5300 3900 2800 2700 2400 2300 2250 2200 1800

Clemson Team Ranking Notes •Only first-year program in the country to be selected to the 2014 NCAA Tournament.

• First Clemson program in any sport to be selected to the NCAA Tournament in its first year since 1994 women’s soccer team. That is the only other time a Clemson program reached postseason play in its first year of competition as a team.

•Ranked as high as 10th in the nation at one point in the spring and finished with #15 ranking in the final Golf World Coaches Poll (May 6).

•Ranked in the final top 25 of each of the three women’s golf polls,

Golf World (15), Golfweek (21) and Golfstat (23).

•Clemson had a 30-24-3 record against teams in the final top 25 according to the Sagarin rankings, 10th best in the nation based on a .553 winning percentage. Clemson was one of just 11 schools nationally with a winning record against top 25 teams in 2013-14.

•This women’s golf team became the second in any Clemson sport to finish the season ranked in the top 25 of a poll in its first season of competition. The only other team to do it was the women’s soccer team of 1994 that finished 13th.

•Program had 37-18-1 record during the regular season against teams that reached the NCAA Tournament. Played strong schedule, as team played 42 of the 72 teams in the NCAA Tournament during the regular season.

•Clemson had two first-team All-ACC players in Ashlan Ramsey and Sloan Shanahan. Obviously both were freshmen. Clemson, Duke and Florida State were only ACC teams to have more than one selection to the all-conference team.

•The team finished in the top five in eight of the 11 tournaments this year, including three second-place finishes.

•In its first year of competition, the Tigers owned wins over nationally prominent programs Arizona, Auburn, Baylor, Florida, Florida State, LSU, North Carolina, NC State, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, Wake Forest and Wisconsin.

•Clemson achieved all of this with an all-freshman roster, the youngest team in the nation to make the NCAA Tournament. Clemson was the only team in the nation to start five freshmen in 2013-14.

•Clemson led the nation in fairway hitting percentage at .875, and had three of the top five players in the nation. Squad was also 13th in par five scoring at 4.96.

Summary of Individual Accomplishments Ashlan Ramsey •Third team All-American by Golfweek •Honorable Mention All-American by Golf Coaches Association •First-team All-ACC •Named to the United States Curtis Cup Team.

•Listed as one of the top 10 candidates for the Annika Award.

•Ranked #25 in Golfstat and #27 in Golfweek •ACC Player of the Month for September and October •The number-one ranked Amateur in the World by Golfweek for the entire women’s college season.

•Won two tournaments, the Lady Paladin Invitational and the Ruth’s Chris Tar Heel Invitational.

•Ranked first in the nation in fairway hitting percentage at .937, second in the nation in par five scoring average (4.72) and sixth in greens in regulation at .747.

Sloan Shanahan, Freshman •First-team All-ACC. •First-team Academic All-ACC •First-team Women’s Golf Association Academic Scholar •Ranked #37 in nation by Golfstat and # 58 by Golfweek.

•Ranked third in the nation in fairway hitting percentage.

•Had six straight top 16 finishes to open her career.

Lauren Salazar, Freshman •First-Team Academic All-ACC McKenzie Talbert, Freshman •First-team Academic All-ACC

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2013-14 Final Stats Clemson 2013-14 Women’s Golf Statistics

Top Rds Best Best vs.

Avg Stks Trn Rds 10 60s -Par Par 75- Trn Rd Par Ashlan Ramsey 72.91 2333 11 32 6 6 13 4 25 207 68 +32 Sloan Shanahan 73.97 2293 11 31 3 3 7 4 21 211 69 +64 McKenzie Talbert 75.53 2417 11 32 2 1 4 3 18 216 69 +116 Lauren Salazar 75.56 2418 11 32 3 0 4 3 17 218 70 +117 Jessica Hoang 78.91 2525 11 32 0 0 0 0 6 226 73 +224 Taylor Ramsey 82.00 1148 5 14 0 0 0 0 0 236 78 +143 Individual Totals 75.92 13,134 11 173 14 10 28 14 87 207 68 +696 Team Totals 74.38 9,520 11 128 8 -- 5 0 -- 860 282 +316

Date

Tournament

Site, Course

Sept. 8-10 Cougar Classic Yeamans Hall, Hanahan, SC Sept. 20-22 Lady Paladin Invitational Furman Golf Club, Greenville, SC Oct. 11-13 Ruth’s Chris Tar Heel Invitational Finley Golf Club, Chapel Hill, NC Oct. 25-27 Landfall Tradition Country Club of Landfall, Wilmington, NC Feb. 14-16 Florida State Match-Up Southwood Golf Club, Tallahassee, FL Feb. 24-25 Allstate Sugar Bowl English Turn, New Orleans, LA Mar. 9 Battle at the Valley Sage Valley, Graniteville, SC Mar. 24-25 Briar’s Creek Invitational Golf Club of Briar’s Creek, Johns Island, SC Mar. 28-30 Bryan National Collegiate Bryan Park Golf Course, Greensboro, NC Apr. 18-20 ACC Championship Sedgefield Country Club, Greensboro, NC May 8-10 NCAA Regional Tumble Creek Golf Club, Suncadia, WA @won Match-Up portion of event with Virginia, 1092-1094 over South Carolina/Mississippi State

Clemson Individual Bests for 2013-14 Individual Best Rounds--Gross Score 68 -4 Ashlan Ramsey Lady Paladin 68 -4 Ashlan Ramsey Ruth’s Chris 68 -4 Ashlan Ramsey Florida State Match-Up 69 -3 McKenzie Talbert Florida State Match-Up 69 -3 Ashlan Ramsey Ruth’s Chris 69 -3 Sloan Shanahan Lady Padadin 69 -3 Sloan Shanahan Cougar Classic 69 -3 Ashlan Ramsey Cougar Classic 69 -3 Sloan Shanahan Cougar Classic 69 -3 Ashlan Ramsey Landfall Tradition 10/26/13

Individual Best Rounds--vs. Par -4 68 Ashlan Ramsey Lady Paladin -4 68 Ashlan Ramsey Ruth’s Chris -4 68 Ashlan Ramsey Florida State Match-Up -3 69 McKenzie Ramsey Florida State Match-Up -3 69 Ashlan Ramsey Ruth’s Chris -3 69 Sloan Shanahan Lady Paladin -3 69 Sloan Shanahan Cougar Classic -3 69 Ashlan Ramsey Cougar Classic -3 69 Sloan Shanahan Cougar Classic -3 69 Ashlan Ramsey Landfall Tradition 10/26/13

Top Individual Tournaments--Gross Score (54 holes) 207 -9 Ashlan Ramsey Ruth’s Chris 209 -7 Ashlan Ramsey Lady Paladin 211 -5 Sloan Shanahan Sugar Bowl 212 -4 Sloan Shanahan Cougar Classic 212 -4 Ashlan Ramsey Cougar Classic 213 -3 Sloan Shanahan Lady Paladin 214 -2 Ashlan Ramsey Florida State Match-Up

9/20/13 10/11/13 2/15/14 2/16/14 10/12/13 9/20/13 9/8/13 9/9/13 9/9/13

9/20/13 10/11/13 2/15/14 2/16/14 10/12/13 9/20/13 9/8/13 9/9/13 9/9/13

10/11-13/13 9/20-22/13 2/24-25/14 9/8-10/13 9/8-10/13 9/20-22/13 2/14-16/14

Score 860 867 878 897 873 868 615 899 913 921 929

Par 72 72 72 72 72 72 72 72 72 71 72

Top Individual Tournaments vs. Par -9 207 Ashlan Ramsey Ruth’s Chris -7 209 Ashlan Ramsey Lady Paladin -5 211 Shoan Shanahan Sugar Bowl -4 212 Sloan Shanahan Cougar Classic -4 212 Ashlan Ramsey Cougar Classic -3 213 Sloan Shanahan Lady Paladin -2 214 Ashlan Ramsey Florida State Match-Up

Top Team Rounds (Gross score) 282 -6 Cougar Classic 2nd round 284 -4 Florida State Match-Up 3rd round 284 -4 Sugar Bowl 2nd round 285 -3 Cougar Classic 1st round 287 -1 Lady Paladin 1st round 287 -1 Ruth’s Chris 2nd round

Top Team Rounds vs. Par -6 282 Cougar Classic 2nd round -4 284 Florida State Match-Up 3rd round -4 284 Sugar Bowl 2nd round -3 285 Cougar Classic 1st round -1 287 Lady Paladin 1st round -1 287 Ruth’s Chris 2nd round

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2nd of 20 2nd of 16 T-5th of 18 3rd of 18 @2nd of 11 T-5th of 17 3rd of 3 5th of 17 6th of 18 T9 of 11 13 of 24

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Yards +6204 6266 6379 6244 6113 6140 6115 6101 6386 6107 6252

-4 +3 +14 +33 +9 +4 +39 +35 +49 +69 +65

10/11-13/13 9/20-22/13 2/24-25/14 9/8-10/13 9/8-10/13 9/20-22/13 2/14-16/14 9/9/13 2/16/14 2/24/14 9/8/13 9/20/13 10/12/13 9/9/13 2/16/14 2/24/14 9/8/13 9/20/13 10/12/13

2013-14 Boxscores Tournament 1 Cougar Classic Date: September 8-10, 2013 Course: Yeamans Hall Site: Hanahan, SC Finish: 2nd of 20 Par 72 ( 6204 yards) Name 1st 2nd 3rd Tot Ashlan Ramsey 72 69 71 212 Sloan Shanahan 69 69 74 212 Lauren Salazar 71 72 75 218 McKenzie Talbert 76 72 73 221 Jessica Hoang 73 77 77 227 Team 285 282 293 860

-3 -6 +5 Tournament 2 Lady Paladin Invitational Date: September 20-22, 2013 Course: Furman University Course Site: Greenville, SC Finish: 2nd of 16 Par 72 ( 6266 yards) Name 1st 2nd 3rd Tot Ashlan Ramsey 68 71 70 209 Sloan Shanahan 69 73 71 213 McKenzie Talbert 72 74 73 219 Lauren Salazar 78 73 76 227 Jessica Hoang 79 75 75 229 Team 287 291 289 867

-1 +3 +1 Tournament 3 Ruth’s Chris Tar Heel Invitational Date: October 11-13 Course: Finley Golf Course Site: Chapel Hill, NC Finish: T-5th of 18 Par 72 ( 6379 yards) Name 1st 2nd 3rd Tot Ashlan Ramsey 68 69 70 207 Sloan Shanahan 72 73 72 217 Lauren Salazar 76 71 81 228 McKenzie Talbert 81 74 74 229 Jessica Hoang 81 82 78 241 Team 297 287 294 878

+9 -1 +6 Tournament 4 Landfall Tradition Date: October 25-27 Course: Country Club of Landfall Site: Wilmington, NC Finish: 3rd of 18 Par 72 ( 6244 yards) Name 1st 2nd 3rd Tot Ashlan Ramsey 74 69 78 221 Sloan Shanahan 74 73 75 222 McKenzie Talbert 78 75 70 223 Lauren Salazar 82 74 77 233 Jessica Hoang 81 81 77 239 Team 307 291 299 897

+19 +3 +11

Par -4 -4 +2 +5 +11 -4

Par -7 -3 +3 +11 +13 +3

Par -9 +1 +12 +13 +25 +14

Par +5 +6 +7 +17 +23 +33

Tournament 5 Florida State Match-Up Date: Feb. 14-16, 2014 Course: Southwood Golf Club Site: Tallahassee, FL Finish: 2nd of 11 Par 72 ( 6113 yards) Clemson/Virginia team won Match-Up Portion of event with 1092 strokes Name 1st 2nd 3rd Tot Par Ashlan Ramsey 74 68 72 214 -2 McKenzie Talbert 72 75 69 216 E Lauren Salazar 77 72 70 218 +3 Sloan Shanahan 74 77 73 224 +8 Jessica Hoang 80 80 73 233 +17 Team 297 292 284 873 +9

+9 +4 -4 +9 Tournament 6 Allstate Sugar Bowl Date: Feb. 24-25, 2014 Course: English Turn Site: New Orleans, LA Finish: T-5th of 17 Par 72 ( 6140 yards) Name 1st 2nd 3rd Tot Sloan Shanahan 71 70 70 211 McKenzie Talbert 72 71 74 217 Ashlan Ramsey 76 71 71 218 Lauren Salazar 76 72 74 222 Jessica Hoang 79 73 74 226 Team 295 284 289 868

+7 -4 +1 +4

Par -5 +1 +2 +6 +10 +4

Fin 2 2 19 37 59 2nd

Fin 1 3 12 31 41 2nd

Fin 1 14 64 68 94 5th

Fin 8 11 13 52 74 3rd

Fin 3 6 7 16 42 2

Tournament 7 Battle at the Valley Date: March 9, 2014 Course: Sage Valley Site: Graniteville, SC Finish: 3rd of 3 Par 72 ( 6115 yards) Name 1st 2nd 3rd Tot McKenzie Talbert 74 77 151 Lauren Salazar 74 80 154 Ashlan Ramsey 80 78 158 Jessica Hoang 77 82 159 Sloan Shanahan DQ 75 75 Team 305 310 615

+17 +22

Par +7 +10 +14 +15 +3 +39

Fin 3 8 13 14 DQ 3

Par +4 +6 +9 +16 +23 +35

Fin 7 12 22 49 65 5

Tot 217 231 231 236 239 913

Par +1 +15 +15 +20 +23 +49

Fin 2 33 33 67 79 6

Tot 225 229 232 241 241 921

Par +12 +16 +19 +29 +29 +49

Fin 15 25 37 49 49 9

Par +11 +14 +18 +23 +36 +65

Fin 27 39 58 87 118 13

Tournament 8 Briar’s Creek Invitational Date: March 24-25, 2014 Course: Golf Club of Briar’s Creek Site: Johns Island, SC Finish: 5th of 17 Par 72 ( 6101 yards) Name 1st 2nd 3rd Tot Lauren Salazar 70 75 75 220 Ashlan Ramsey 75 72 75 222 McKenzie Talbert 78 76 71 225 Sloan Shanahan 80 75 77 232 Jessica Hoang 81 80 78 239 Team 303 298 298 899

+15 +10 +10 Tournament 9 Bryan National Collegiate Date: March 28-30, 2014 Course: Bryan Park Site: Greensboro, NC Finish: 6th of 18 Par 72 ( 6386 yards) Name 1st 2nd 3rd Ashlan Ramsey 72 71 74 Lauren Salazar 77 75 79 Sloan Shanahan 76 78 77 McKenzie Talbert 75 79 82 Jessica Hoang 79 80 80 Team 300 303 310

+12 +15 +22 Tournament 10 ACC Tournament Date: April 17-19, 2014 Course: Sedgefield Site: Greensboro, NC Finish: T9 of 11 Par 71 ( 6107 yards) Name 1st 2nd 3rd Ashlan Ramsey 73 75 77 Sloan Shanahan 79 71 79 Lauren Salazar 75 83 74 McKenzie Talbert 80 79 82 Jessica Hoang 82 79 80 Team 307 304 310

+23 +20 +26

Tournament 11 NCAA West Regional Date: May 8-10, 2014 Course: Tumble Creek Golf Club Site: Suncadia, WA Finish: 13 of 24 Par 72 ( 6252 yards) Name 1st 2nd 3rd Tot Sloan Shanahan 72 76 79 227 Ashlan Ramsey 78 77 75 230 Lauren Salazar 76 77 81 234 McKenzie Talbert 76 83 80 239 Jessica Hoang 86 82 84 252 Team 302 312 315 929

+14 +24 +27

Fin 6 22 27 49 66 5

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2013-14 Vs All Competition

Clemson vs. All Competition 2013-14

School Alabama Arkansas Arizona Arizona State Auburn Baylor Boston College California-Davis Coastal Carolina Charleston Southern Chattanooga College of Charleston Denver Detroit Duke East Carolina ETSU Florida Florida State Florida Gulf Coast Furman Georgia GRU Augusta Georgia State Gonzaga Illinois Iowa State Indiana Kansas Kansas State Kennessaw State LSU Louisville Maryland Mercer Miami (FL) Michigan State Mississippi Mississippi State Missouri New Mexico

Record 0-1-2 0-1 1-0 0-1 3-0 3-0 1-0 0-1 3-0 2-0 3-0 2-0 1-1 1-0 0-4 1-1 1-0 2-2 2-2 1-0 3-0 1-0 1-3 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-1 1-0 2-0 1-0 1-0 3-0 0-0-1 2-0-1 1-0 0-1 3-1 4-0 3-0 1-0 1-0

Stk Diff +30 +4 -13 +40 -34 -77 -38 +2 -120 -193 -42 -22 -19 -50 +133 -19 -8 +6 -15 -48 -104 -23 +17 -40 -25 -20 -8 -22 -44 -50 -34 -40 E -76 -27 +16 -2 -122 -50 -48 -10

New Mexico State North Carolina North Carolina Greensboro North Carolina State North Carolina-Wilmington Northwestern Notre Dame Nova-Southeastern Ohio State Oklahoma Oklahoma State Oregon Penn State Portland State Princeton Purdue Samford San Diego State South Carolina South Florida Southern California Southern Mississippi Tennessee Texas Texas A&M Texas Tech Tulane UCLA USTA Vanderbilt Virginia Wake Forest Washington Wisconsin Wofford Totals

1-0 3-1 4-0 4-1 3-0 1-1 3-1 1-0 2-0 0-2 2-0 1-0 2-1 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 2-2-1 1-0 0-2 1-0 3-0 1-0 2-2 0-1 1-0 0-1 1-0 0-1 3-2 3-3 1-1 2-2 1-0 113-44-5

-52 -29 -370 -19 -149 +2 -55 -81 -28 +41 -17 -5 -53 -26 -85 -31 -33 -26 -7 -13 +72 -79 -52 -26 -12 +11 -10 +25 -30 +10 -13 -15 +41 -22 -47

Clemson Golf Miscellaneous Stats, 2013-14

Category A. Ramsey Shanahan Hoang Salazar Talbert T. Ramsey Team First Round Avg. 73.20 73.78 79.20 75.60 75.80 81.40 75.55 Last Round Avg. 73.60 74.20 77.40 76.10 74.60 82.60 75.18 Par 3 Scoring 3.08 3.21 3.31 3.21 3.17 3.38 3.20 Par 4 Scoring 4.14 4.16 4.48 4.27 4.23 4.77 4.26 Par 5 Scoring 4.72 4.87 5.08 4.96 5.04 5.23 4.94 Eagles 2 2 Birdies 88 71 48 64 58 10 329 Pars/Round 11.62 11.61 9.21 11.14 11.21 8.29 10.95 Score counted 31-32 31-31 13-32 28-32 28-32 NA Best Score of Day 18 10 2 5 Best Tournament 7 3 1 Fairway % .937 .929 .913 .767 .831 .571 .875 .

Greens in Regulation .747 .691 .514 ,650 .603 .414 .641 .Putts/Round 31.19 31.89 32.74 32.22 31.33 32.56 31.87

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2013-14 Tournament By Tournament Results Cougar Classic September 8-10, 2013 Yeaman’s Hall, Hanahan, S.C. (Par 72, 6,204 yards) Fin. School 1st 2nd 3rd Tot Par

1. Florida 291 287 281 851 -5

2. Clemson 285 282 293 860 -4

3. College of Charleston 289 285 287 861 -3

4. NC State 287 287 289 863 -1

5. Miss. State 282 291 298 871 +7

6. South Carolina 285 298 289 872 +8

7. Wake Forest 287 294 298 879 +15

8. Auburn 295 295 291 881 +17

9. Tennessee 299 296 288 883 +19 10.

Wisconsin 298 292 294 884 +20 11.

LSU 295 291 301 887 +23 12.

Baylor 289 299 301 888 +24 13.

Penn State 299 302 296 897 +33 14.

Mississippi 305 297 298 900 +36 15.

Missouri 302 302 304 908 +44 16.

Furman 298 312 300 910 +46 17.

Coastal Carolina 303 305 306 914 +50 18.

Maryland 299 306 310 915 +51 19.

UNCG 314 319 316 949 +85 20.

Charleston Southern 329 324 314 967 +103 Medalist: Anna Young, Florida 211 Lady Paladin Invitational September 20-22, 2013 Furman University Golf Course Greenville, SC (Par 72, 6,266 Yards) Fin. School 1st 2nd 3rd Tot

1. Wisconsin 290 294 281 865

2. Clemson 287 291 289 867

3. GRU Augusta 285 288 297 870

4. East Carolina 301 292 298 891

5. Furman 290 301 303 894 Florida State 294 302 298 894

7. Texas A&M 302 299 296 897

8. Samford 307 291 302 900

9. Kennesaw State 306 298 297 901 10.

Georgia State 302 303 302 907 11.

Coastal Carolina 301 304 307 912 12.

Wofford College 302 309 303 914 13.

UNC-Wilmington 302 327 295 934 14.

Southern Mississippi 314 309 325 946 15.

Nova Southeastern 316 312 320 948 16.

UNC-Greensboro 325 316 312 953 Medalist: Ashlan Ramsey, Clemson 209 Ruth’s Chris Tar Heel Invitational October 11-13, 2013 Finley Golf Course, Chapel Hill, N.C. (Par 72, 6,379 Yards) Fin. School 1st 2nd 3rd Tot

1. Duke 286 282 289 857

2. Vanderbilt 285 299 284 868

3. Oklahoma 292 290 289 871

4. Arkansas 296 291 287 874

5. Alabama 299 281 298 878 Clemson 297 287 294 878 South Carolina 299 291 288 878

8. Florida 298 288 295 881

9. Wake Forest 297 292 294 883 10.

Auburn 291 299 296 886 11.

LSU 295 298 294 887 12. NC State

293 297 2999 889 13.

Michigan State 300 292 298 890 Mississippi 292 293 305 890 15.

Virginia 301 294 300 895 16.

North Carolina 297 292 309 898 17.

Notre Dame 305 294 303 902 18.

Baylor 304 305 299 908

Medalist: Ashlan Ramsey, Clemson, 207 The Landfall Tradition October 25-27, 2013 Country Club of Landfall, Wilmington, N.C. (Par 72, 6,244 Yards) Fin. School 1st 2nd 3rd Tot

1. Alabama 285 290 292 867

2. Duke 295 288 292 875

3. Clemson 307 291 299 897

4. South Carolina 300 299 305 904

5. Wake Forest 306 303 297 906

6. Arizona 304 302 304 910

Par +1 +3 +6 +27 +30 +30 +33 +36 +37 +43 +48 +50 +70 +82 +84 +89

Par -7 +4 +7 +10 +14 +14 +14 +17 +19 +22 +23 +25 +26 +26 +31 +34 +38 +44

Par +3 +11 +33 +40 +42 +46

Michigan State 309 308 293 910 +46

8. Oklahoma State 307 307 299 913 +49

9. Virginia 306 308 300 914 +50 10.

NC State 323 305 294 922 +58 11.

North Carolina 305 313 306 924 +60 Notre Dame 314 305 305 924 +60 Ohio State 316 301 307 924 +60 14.

Iowa State 321 306 298 925 +61 15.

Purdue 316 309 303 928 +64 16.

Mississippi 316 321 341 941 +77 17.

UNC-Wilmington 313 315 316 944 +80 18.

UNC-Greensboro 330 332 332 994 +130 Medalist: Stephanie Meadow, Alabama 213.

The Seminole Matchup February 14-16, 2014 Southwood Golf Club, Tallahassee, Fla (Par 72, 6,113 Yards) Fin. School 1st 2nd 3rd Tot

1. South Carolina 293 293 285 871

2. Clemson 297 292 284 873

3. Florida State 294 298 289 8881

4. Virginia 298 296 294 888

5. Texas A&M 293 307 293 893

6. Mississippi State 305 298 292 895

7. Furman 302 302 296 900 Mercer 298 303 299 900

9. Kansas 3-0 311 301 921 10.

Kansas State 315 304 304 923 11.

Florida Gulf Coast 310 310 307 927

Medalist: Matilda Castren, Florida State, 206 Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate February 23-25, 2014 English Turn Golf and Country Club, New Orleans, La. (Par 72, 6,113 Yards) Fin. School 1st 2nd 3rd Tot

1. UCLA 285 277 281 843

2. Southern California 285 281 283 849

3. Florida 283 289 286 858

4. Denver 296 285 285 866

5. Clemson 295 284 289 868 Alabama 289 288 291 868

7. Oklahoma State 288 289 292 869

8. LSU 291 293 288 872

9. Auburn 296 291 286 873 10.

Tulane 291 303 284 878 11.

Washington 299 289 291 879 12.

Mississippi State 299 299 287 885 13.

Baylor 291 306 289 886 14.

Georgia 302 294 295 891 15.

Mississippi 294 302 298 894 Texas 301 300 293 894 17.

UTSA 301 298 299 898 Medalist: Marta Sanz, Auburn, 208

Par +7 +9 +17 +24 +29 +31 +36 +36 +57 +59 +63

Par -21 -15 -6 +2 +4 +4 +5 +8 +9 +14 +15 +21 +22 +27 +30 +30 +34

Battle of the Valley March 9, 2014 Sage Valley, Graniteville, S.C. (Par 72, 6,115 Yards) Fin. School 1st 2nd 3rd Tot Par

1.

Texas A&M 306 291 597 +21

2.

GRU Augusta 308 298 606 +30 3. Clemson 305 310 615 +39 Medalist: Marijosse Navarro, Texas A&M, 144 Briar’s Creek Invitational March 24-25, 2014 Briar’s Creek Golf Club, John’s Island, S.C. (Par 72, 6,101 Yards) Fin. School 1st 2nd 3rd Tot Par

1. Texas Tech 299 303 286 888 +24

2. Penn State 309 294 289 892 +28

3. East Carolina 294 306 294 894 +30

4. GRU Augusta 300 296 299 895 +31

5. Clemson 303 298 298 899 +35

6. Chattanooga 303 304 294 901 +37

7.

Kansas 308 301 294 903 +39

8. ETSU 300 303 304 907 +43 Wisconsin 309 303 304 907 +43 10.

South Florida 311 303 298 912 +48 11.

Illinois 316 310 293 919 +55 12.

Coastal Carolina 310 311 299 920 +56 Maryland 315 303 302 920 +56 14.

Indiana 310 305 306 921 +57 15.

College of Charleston 309 305 308 922 +58 16.

Princeton 328 332 324 984 +120 17.

Charleston Southern 329 331 325 985 +121 Medalist: Christina Vosters, Penn State, 215

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Bryan National Collegiate March 28-30, 2014 Bryan Park Champions Golf Club, Brown Summit, N.C. (Par 72, 6,386 Yards) Fin. School 1st 2nd 3rd Tot Par

1. Duke 292 290 300 882 +18

2. South Carolina 302 293 308 903 +39

3. Wake Forest 305 290 310 905 +41

4. Florida State 295 293 318 906 +42

5. Virginia 302 298 309 909 +45

6. Clemson 300 303 310 913 +49 Louisville 297 296 320 913 +49

8. Ohio State 302 289 323 914 +50

9. Florida 300 298 317 915 +51 10.

Michigan State 294 303 319 916 +52 Penn State 300 297 319 916 +52 12.

North Carolina 302 303 315 920 +56 13.

NC State 303 297 324 924 +60 14.

Northwestern 306 300 320 926 +62 15.

Tennessee 303 305 321 929 +65 16.

College of Charleston 316 299 319 934 +70 17.

UNC-Wilmington 305 306 337 948 +84 18.

UNC-Greensboro 325 338 348 1011 +147 Medalist: Celine Boutier, Duke, 216 ACC Tournament April 17-19, 2014 Sedgefield Country Club, Greensboro, N.C. (Par 71, 6,107 Yards) Fin. School 1st 2nd 3rd Tot Par

1. Duke 291 285 286 862 +10

2. Virginia 291 299 299 889 +37

3. NC State 308 292 290 890 +38

4. North Carolina 299 298 299 896 +44

5. Miami 298 301 306 905 +53 Notre Dame 306 303 296 905 +53

7. Florida State 306 299 303 908 +56

8. Wake Forest 311 306 302 919 +67 9. Clemson 307 304 310 921 +69 Maryland 306 305 310 921 +69 11.

Boston College 335 309 315 959 +107 Medalist: Celine Boutier, Duke, 210 NCAA West Regional May 8-10, 2014 Tumble Creek Golf Club, Suncadia, Wash.

(Par 72, 6,252 Yards) Fin. School 1st 2nd 3rd Tot Par

1. Southern California 284 294 298 876 +12

2. Washington 288 292 297 877 +13

3. Arizona State 289 289 311 889 +25

4. Oklahoma 291 295 309 895 +31

5. Michigan State 291 311 301 903 +39

6. Iowa State 300 305 304 909 +45 Texas A&M 290 313 306 909 +45

8. Northwestern 302 296 316 914 +50

9. Wake Forest 304 303 314 921 +57 Wisconsin 301 305 315 921 +57 11.

GRU Augusta 305 306 311 922 +58 12.

UC Davis 300 308 319 927 +63 13. Clemson 302 312 315 929 +65 14.

Oregon 311 314 309 934 +70 15.

New Mexico 314 310 315 939 +75 16.

Tennessee 306 317 319 942 +78 17.

Chattanooga 316 312 319 947 +83 18.

Notre Dame 316 311 322 949 +85 19.

Denver 302 320 328 950 +86 20.

Gonzaga 317 319 318 954 +90 21.

Portland State 314 315 326 955 +91 San Diego State 317 318 320 955 +91 23.

New Mexico State 317 328 326 971 +107 24.

Detroit 336 316 327 979 +115 Medalist: Noemi Jimenez, Arizona State, 213

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Ashlan Ramsey Final Bio In 2013-14: Top ranked amateur in the world according to Golfweek from August of 2013 to the summer of 2014…named to 2014 United States Curtis Cup Team and she posted a 1-1-1 record in helping US team to victory in summer of 2014…turned professional after that event.…one of 10 candidates for the Annika award Watch List… named third-team All-American by Golfweek, honorable mention by the Women’s Golf Coaches Association…first-team All-ACC selection as a freshman, she was joined on the team by classmate Sloan Shanahan…Clemson’s top player all year in the first season of competition, 2013-14, she won two tournaments, the Lady Paladin and the Ruth Chris Tar Heel Invitational in consecutive events in the fall…won the tournament in Chapel Hill by four shots…also finished second in her first career tournament, the Cougar Classic…finished in the top 15 in nine of her 11 events…20-under-par for her first three tournaments at Clemson, she was ACC Player of the Month for September and October…each of her first nine rounds were at par or better…finished in the top 10 in each of her first five events, including a third-place at the Florida State Match-Up top to open the spring…finished second at Bryan National in Greensboro in March…finished in top 15 in all but two tournaments…Clemson’s top player at ACC Tournament with 15th place at Sedgefield, the home of the PGA Tour’s Wyndham Invitational…she led Clemson team with six top 10s, five of which were top three finishes…also led the team in rounds in the 60s (6) and under par rounds (13 of 32)…32-over-par for the year in 32 rounds, 32 strokes better than any other Clemson player…ranked 25th by Golfstat in the final ranking…ranked 27th by Golfweek at the end of the season with 71.85 rating, she was seventh among freshmen.… had the top three rounds of the year by a Clemson golfer, rounds of 68 at Lady Paladin, Ruth’s Chris and Florida State Match-UP…first in the nation in fairway hitting percentage at .937 and she was 11th in total birdies with 88…also sixth in greens in regulation with .747... third in the nation in greens in regulation on par three holes, .787… had 3.08 average on par three holes, 4.14 on four fours and 4.72 on par fives…second in par five scoring average at 4.72…had a finish percentage of 87.8…her score counted in 31 of 32 rounds and was the best score of the day among Tigers 18 times….received sponsors exemption to Kraft Nabisco Championship on the LPGA Tour each of the last two years, finished 49th in 2013 and did not make the cut in 2014….represented the United States on the Spirit International Team in Houston, TX in early November.

and made the cut at the LPGA’s first major championship of the year, the 2013 Kraft Nabisco Championship and finished 49th…reached championship of 2012 US Public Links where she lost in the finals to Kyung Kim, 4 & 2…played in 16 events in the summer of 2012 and had three wins, two seconds and five total top 10 finishes…named to the 2011 and 2013 Junior Solheim Cup Team...born December 3, 1995

Ashlan Ramsey Stats Tournament by Tournament, 2013-14 Date 9/8-10 9/20-22 10/11-13 10/25-27 2/14-16 2/24-25 3/9 3/24-25 3/28-30 4/17-19 5/8-10

1-2-3 72-69-71 68-71-70 68-69-70 74-69-78 74-68-72 76-71-71 80-78 75-72-75 72-71-74 73-75-77 78-77-75

Par -4 -7 -9 +5 -2 +2 +14 +6 +1 +12 +14

Tot Fin 212 2 209 1 207 1 221 8 214 3 218 27 158 13 222 12 217 2 225 15 230 39

Career Stats

Top Year Tr Rds Stks Avg 60s Par -Par 10 BR BT 2013-14 11 32 2333 72.91 6 4 13 6 68 207

P rior to Clemson: First-team AJGA All-American in 2011 and 2012, she was honorable mention in 2010…one of eight women’s golfers nationally to be first-team AJGA All-American in 2011 and 2012… named both the Georgia State Golf Association’s Women’s and Girls’ Player of the Year and was co-winner of the Tommy Barnes Award, given to the GSGA’s overall player of the year for 2013…named the top junior girl in the state of Georgia in 2011, 2012 and 2013...sharing the honor with Mariah Stackhouse of Riverdale in 2011….in 2013, Ramsey won the Georgia Women’s Match Play Championship at The Legends at Chateau Elan in Braselton, clinching the win in each of her five matches without playing holes 15, 16, 17 or 18…she also won the Georgia Women’s Amateur Championship, conducted by the Georgia Women’s Golf Association, at Glen Arven Country Club in Thomasville….on the national circuit, Ramsey qualified for and advanced to the round of 64 at the U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship at the Country Club of Charleston in Charleston, SC…she also earned victories at the Western Amateur Championship and Eastern Amateur Championship,

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Tournament Cougar Classic Lady Paladin Ruth’s Chris Tar Heel Landfall Tradition Florida St. Match-Up Allstate Sugar Bowl Battle at the Valley Briar’s Creek Bryan National ACC Tournament NCAA West Regional

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Courses We Play

Cross Creek Plantation

The Reserve at Lake Keowee

The Cliffs at Keowee Springs

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The Walker Course The 20-year dream of golfers in the Clemson family became a reality on October 5,1995. Clemson University officials dedicated a new $8.6 million conference center and a $4.4 million golf course.

The conference center is named the Madren Center and is managed by the Clemson University Conference Services. The center is a spacious 56,000 square foot facility, and includes $700,000 worth of state of the art audio and video equipment. It also houses dining facilities.

The facility is named after the late Claude V. Madren. He was a Charleston businessman who established a $2.5 million trust fund that will go toward the center when it matures.

The golf course is named after Colonel John Emmett Walker, Sr. (Clemson ’26) who’s son Dr. John Emmett Walker, Jr (Clemson ’58) donated $1 million to the course. Colonel Walker was a member of the Clemson football team and an honor military graduate.

Another family made a significant contribution to the development of the Walker Course. The Charles B. Feller (Clemson ’43) family initially gave the University $75,000 for seed money to build a golf course in 1974. After the project began, the family supplemented the effort through additional gifts totaling $80,000. The practice facility is named for Charles B. Fellers.

Four of the holes are dedicated in honor of former loyal athletic administrators as the result of a $400,000 donation by IPTAY. The holes recognize the contributions of Gene Willimon, Bob Smith, Bob Moorman and Bob Jones. Moorman and Jones were Clemson golf coaches, Willimon was executive secretary of IPTAY for 27 years and Smith was a Clemson football coach and administrator for 30 years.

The course features Bermuda fairways and tees and bentgrass greens. The front nine extends along Honeycutt Creek from Old Stadium Road to the Botanical Gardens. The back nine runs high atop a hill overlooking Lake Hartwell and the Blue Ridge Mountains and extends down the edge of the lake with a look resembling a links course. The scenery along the back nine is eye-catching as the course winds near the lake.

The signiture hole of the course is the 17th, a par three whose green and sandtrap layout is in the form of a Tiger Paw. Television analyst Steve Melnyk says, “This course is a perfectly balanced course. It has upland pasture holes, tree-lined fairways, and lakeside vistas. These are the three elements golf course architects love most.”

Players of any skill level can enjoy the Walker Course, as there are five different sets of tees. A high handicapper can enjoy playing from the Red (4,667), Gold (5,405) or White (5,934), while the low handicapper can feel challenged by the Champion (6,560) or the Tiger (6,911) tees.

After playing a round on the links, players can get a taste of South Carolina at the “Seasons by the Lake” restaurant. Located in the Madren Center overlooking the 18th green and Lake Hartwell, the restaurant features fresh products form South Carolina.

The James F. Martin Inn was added to the site in July 1998. It is an 89-room Inn overlooking the golf course and lake and is connected to the Madren Conference Center. It is named for Clemson alumnus Jim Martin, who made a significant donation to the University for the creation of a faculty chair in the School of Business.

Membership to the Walker Course is available for individuals and corporations on either a resident or non-resident basis. Public play is also welcome, including golf outings. For more information on the Walker Course, please visit their web site at www.clemson.edu/ conference_center or contact the golf shop at (864) 656-0236.

In the spring of 2009, the Walker Course was recognized both on national and state levels as a top golf course. rated the Walker Course as one of the top-25 collegiate courses in the country in its “Best Of” issue. Coming in at 23rd on the list the course was ranked with courses from schools including Yale, Duke, the University of North Carolina and Ohio State.

In South Carolina, the course was voted the best public golf course in the Upstate by the South Carolina Golf Course Rating Panel. The panel is composed of golf enthusiasts representing a diverse range of occupations, handicaps and backgrounds. The objective of the panel is to promote excellence in South Carolina golf course design and operations through competitive rankings, education and public advocacy.

In determining their rating, panelists consider several criteria, including routing of the course, aesthetics, distinctiveness and the variety of shot requirements a course demands.

“These kinds of rankings are a confirmation of the hard work that’s been done over the past 10 years to make the Walker Course what it is today,” said Walker Course professional Brent Jessup. “Clemson has a course to be proud of, and recognition by others gives us even more reason to be proud.”

Hole 17 - Par 3 "Tiger paw hole"

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The Walker Course Hole #1 Par 5 480 yards Players might want to keep the driver in the bag off the first tee with the creek coming into play down the left side for the longer hitters.

An intimidating tee shot to begin the round, this shorter than average par five is a very good starting hole. You want to favor the right side of the green with your second shot due to fairway and greenside bunkers down the left side. Longer players should have no problem making birdie four with a good drive down the fairway.

Hole #2 Par 4 381 yards A short par four with fairway bunker on the left and hazard down the right side of the fairway. Driver brings the creek that runs between the fairway and green into play. Three-wood is a good choice off the tee and will leave you with only 130 yards to the hole. Left greenside bunker is the target off the tee box. Green is slightly elevated from the fairway so make sure you add at least half a club to your second shot.

Hole #3 Par 4 415 yards Challenging hole off the tee. A steep drop-off down the right side of the hole makes you want to keep your driver left but two fairway bunkers guard the left side that you must stay out of if you want a clear shot to the green. Driver off the tee is a good play and will leave you with 135 yards to the hole. Be wary of over the green and right of the green because of steep drop-offs that will make it difficult to get up and down for your par.

Hole #4 Par 3 221 yards The first really challenging hole on the course, thislong par-three challenges even the best of players. Normally a three or four iron for the average hitter, you have to carry your iron shot onto the green or itwill end up short and roll back down the hill some 15 yards short of the hole. A long ridge running through he middle of the green separates it into two separate greens. Make sure you are on the correct side of the ridge or you will have a difficult two-putt.

Hole #7 Par 4 396 yards Don’t let the short yardage fool you on this hole.

Fairway bunkers down the middle of the fairway really come into play off the tee shot, and another fairway bunker down the right side gives you very little room to bail out. There are three fairway bunkers going down the middle of the fairway, but longer hitters can aim their tee shot at the first one and easily carry it over leaving themselves inside 100 yards for their second shot. Make sure you put your ball on the same level of the green that the hole is on, because if you do not it will be a difficult two-putt.

Hole #8 Par 3 213 yards Another challenging par three on the front side, this hole plays slightly downhill but the wind always seems to be blowing in one direction or another which makes it difficult to choose the right club. Normally a three or four iron for the average hitter, you must really focus on this tee shot because just hitting it on the green does not always guarantee a par.

Hole #9 Par 4 460 yards Easily the most challenging hole on the golf course.

A creek running down the left side and then across the fairway forces you to keep your tee shot at the two fairway bunkers down the middle of the fairway. Only the longest of hitters can take the ball over the creek to the other side of the fairway. Three-wood is the play for everyone else and your target is the left fairway bunker.

A good tee shot will leave you with around 185 yards to the green which is all carry over water. You can always bail out to the right and short of the green if you don’t think you can reach it because fairway runs all the way up on the right side. This green also has a big ridge running through the middle of it so make sure your ball is on the right side of the ridge or it will be a difficult par.

Hole 4 - Par 3

Hole #5 Par 5 503 yards Go ahead and rip your tee shot off this par-five. The wide fairway is very inviting to a long tee shot thatwill leave you with a long iron into the green. The second shot plays downhill so be sure to factor that into your club selection. The narrow but long green makes it easy to low hit long irons or woods into the green. Be wary of the huge greenside bunker short and right of the green but also watch the drop-off to the left of the green that makes even the best short game player stress a little. Just commit to your second shot and hit a good one.

Hole #6 Par 4 415 yards Another wide open tee shot that invites players to really go after their drives. The more you can cut off towards the left side of the fairway, the shorter your approach shot will be into the green. A good drive will leave you around 110 yards to the hole. Be sure you get an exact yardage for your second shot because the greenside bunker short of the green is a tough up and down. Also long is a bad spot too because you will be chipping back to the green off adown-slope which makes it harder to get the ball to stop.

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The Walker Course Hole #10 Par 4 408 yards A relatively short hole that allows even the average hitter a good opportunity at a birdie. If you are feeling aggressive this is the hole to show it. The further right you take your driver, the less yardage you will have into the green. However there is a fairway bunker down the right side that you must carry or it will be difficult getting your second shot to the green. The green is relatively flat and is guarded by a bunker on the left and a bunker on the right that both should be easily avoided.

Hole #11 Par 4 429 yards A wide open tee shot that everyone can take a rip at to try and get the ball as close to the green as possible. Watch out for the fairway bunker down the left side because it is the same yardage as everybody hits their drives. A good tee shot will leave you with 150 yards to the hole. The green is guarded by one bunker short and two bunkers long, but if you have the correct yardage these should not come into play. A relatively flat green allows for a lot of putts to be made.

Hole #12 Par 3 178 yards A difficult par three in which the elevation change makes it vary difficult to pick the right club. A creek running down the entire right side makes the right hole locations difficult to attack. The green has three levels, a level on the front then a raised level in the middle and then back down to another level in the back.

A severe left to right slope tothe left of the green will sometimes kick your ball down towards the green but more often than not your ball will be stuck on the hill and you will have a difficult up and down for par.

Hole #13 Par 4 392 yards One of the shorter par fours on the course. Driver is the play for average hitters but longer hitters should hit three wood.

The target off the tee is the three fairway bunkers down the right side of the fairway. The ball will land next to the bunkers and kick down to the middle of the fairway. A hazard runs all the way down the left side of the tee so be sure to keep your ball right. The green is elevated some fifty feet so be sure you take enough club on your second shot because if you miss short the ball could roll down some 30 yards. The green is thin from front to back so be sure you get the right yardage.

Hole #16 Par 5 539 yards A third consecutive birdie hole, this par five is one of the longer ones on the course but is still an easy birdie. A steep drop-off down the left side that will kick your ball towards the hazard running down that side which makes you want to keep your drive down theright.

The two fairway bunkers down the left are unreachable unless the hole is playing extremely down wind. Your target off the tee is the 250 yard pole out in the middle of the fairway. A good drive will leave you inside 250 yards on your second shot which plays uphill. The bad miss on this hole is to the right on your second shot because you will have to flop it over the greenside bunker and then the green is running away from you towards Lake Hartwell.

Hole #17 Par 3 192 yards The signature hole on the golf course which is shaped like a Tiger Paw. The four bunkers running across the back of the green makes up the toes and the green is the palm. The wind is really a factor on this hole and can make it play easy or extremely hard. The water that is in front of the green really does not come into play unless the wind picks up and you chose the wrong club off the tee. The green is relatively flat with one ridge running across the middle.

Hole #18 Par 4 400 yards A good finishing hole with a demanding tee shot. You want to keep your drive left of the four bunkers running up the right side of the fairway. There is water right of the bunkers that have attracted many golf balls due to the wind blowing off Lake Hartwell. A good tee shot left of the fairway bunkers will leave you inside 110 yards for your second shot into this two-tiered green. A bunker guards the right side of the green but does not come into play for a left hole location. Make sure you hit your ball on the correct level of the green and this will be a good birdie to finish out the round.

Hole #14 Par 5 528 yards The first par five on the back side this tee shot is very challenging. There is a hazard running all the way down the left side with a drop-off that will kick your ball into the hazard on the left and a drop-off on the right side that will kick your ball into the rough. A good tee shot will leave you inside 240 yards to the hole to reach the green in two. A greenside bunker guards the green on the left side so you must run your second shot up on the right side of the green.

The green, though it might not look like it, slopes from back to front towards Lake Hartwell. A definite birdie hole that can get you back into the game.

Hole #15 Par 4 361 yards Another easy birdie on the course because of its shortlength. You want to aim your driver over the left fairway bunker down the right side of the fairway. A good tee shot will leave you inside 75 yards for your second shot. The green slopes primarily form back to front with a ridge running across the front portion of the green that makes a good backstop for the front hole location. But when reading your putt remember that everything wants to break toward Lake Hartwell.

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RW Robinson Facility

Clemson’s Robinson Golf Practice Facility was dedicated in June 28, 2002 the final day of work for outgoing Clemson Athletic Director Bobby Robinson. After work that day he was escorted to the golf practice facility where he was met by many Clemson administrators, past and present.

At a surprise private ceremony, the facility was renamed the Bobby Robinson Golf Practice Facility. Robinson retired on that Friday after 17 years as Clemson athletic director and over 30 years serving Clemson University. The facility opened in 2005 and was the first step in Clemson’s Tiger Pride facilities renovation plans.

It was a fitting ceremony because it was Robinson who put the Clemson golf program on solid footing when he was head coach between 1974-83. He led the Clemson team to its first NCAA team tournament appearance in 1980, its first ACC championship in 1982 and its first top five national finish (1983).

He left the coaching ranks to concentrate on athletic administration. Current Clemson head coach Larry Penley has continued the tradition, leading the program to 27 more NCAA Tournament appearances.

Earlier in his final year, Robinson was presented The Order of the Palmetto by the State of South Carolina for his contributions to the state and Clemson University.

He was inducted into the Clemson Hall of Fame in September of 2002.

In his 17 years as athletic director Clemson won 56 ACC Championships and had 151 top 25 seasons, including nine his last year. Sixteen of the 19 programs had at least one final top 10 national ranking.

In terms of academics, he designed the concept and building of Vickery Hall, Clemson’s student-athlete learning center, a concept that has been copied nationwide.

The grade point average of Clemson student-athletes has risen from 2.30 to 2.85 since it opened in 1991.

The facility that bears his name provides the Clemson golf team with a top of the line practice facility right on campus. There is an all-weather practice area that

allows the Tigers to hit the range year round. A complete video equipment area is also available that allows for swing analysis.

The first goal of the Robinson Practice Facility is to simulate as many on-course challenges as possible. Over the course of a college tournament there are many situations that players have to deal with. Robinson Practice Facility architect John Lafoy accomplished this goal.

The facility includes two putting greens with Bermuda grass and one with Bent grass. The Bermuda green has many humps and bumps around the green so that players can simulate all types of pitches and chips shots around the green. The Tiger golfers can hit up to 80-yard wedge shots into the Bermuda green into various hole locations. There are also two bunkers that allow the Tigers to practice downhill and uphill bunker shots.

The driving range has teeing grounds at each end of the range. This allows the team to practice into different wind conditions. There are five target greens with bunkers and mounds surrounding each target. Each green was designed to replicate approach shots in tournament golf.

Additionally, there are three hole locations on each green so that each player can practice shaping their shots and vary their yardages. There is also a simulated fairway with fairway bunkers. Players can then adjust the teeing ground on the tee box to work on different types of tee shots.

The biggest compliment the coaching staff has received on the facility has come from the former players who are playing professional golf on the PGA Tour.

These players have come back to practice and feel that their games will improve by practicing at Clemson.

The facility is currently undergoing a complete renovation, scheduled to be completed in 2015. This renovation includes the addition of two hitting bays, a lounge, as well as all new camera and launch monitor systems.

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Women’s Golf Facility

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Bond Family Practice Range

Steve Bond, a former Clemson golfer under Bobby Robinson in the 1970s passed away in August, 2013 after a hard-fought battle with lung cancer. Steve was very appreciative what Clemson had done for him and consequently, he and his wife Margaret faithfully supported the university that blessed him with so much.

Steve’s impact on the Clemson program continues today. Prior to his passing he provided an endowment for the construction of the Steve Bond Golf Practice Range. A state of the art facility adjacent to the Penley Golf Building, it was dedicated in the fall of 2014. The Clemson program, men and women, are very appreciative of this generous act on the part of Bond and his family.

The Bonds also created a department wide award that recognizes former athletes that embody the qualities that make Clemson such a special place. “Steve and I felt like there were a lot of former athletes that have gone on to do great things,” Margaret Bond said, “We wanted to do something for them.”

The award is presented annually to former student-athletes who are at least 10 years removed from Clemson and will be presented at a Clemson football game each year. The recipients are given a gold ring and have their names prominently displayed on campus.

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Vickery Hall

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Jervey Weightroom

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Giving Back To Golf

Tiger Golf Gathering Each year the Clemson golf family meets to celebrate the accomplishments of the previous year. The celebration includes the current team and the former players, many of whom have gone on to great success at the professional level.

The first “Tiger Golf Gathering” took place in December of 2003 and honored the Tigers 2003 National Championship team. The team received its championship rings at the ceremony.

The Tiger Golf Gathering has now become a fixture on the schedule for more than 60 former Tigers and their families. Over 400 people attended the celebration at Thornblade Country Club in 2014, spending time with their favorite Tigers, both past and present.

The Tiger Golf Gathering also includes two days of golf competition for the former Tigers in the pro ranks along with Clemson benefactors and administrators. Former Clemson legends such as Steve Fuller, Dwight Clark, Jim Stuckey and Rodney Williams have also participated. The events also include a live auction and a silent auction featuring Clemson sports memorabilia from the golf program, the PGA Tour and other sports, as well as vacations and other special opportunities.

Golf Paws

Clemson Golf has a championship history, the Tigers are one of the most decorated collegiate golf programs in NCAA history.

Clemson Golf is an extrodinary program, one that brings elite student-athletes, both on the course and in the classroom, to Clemson University. These student-athletes have the ability to capture the attention of the international golf community, while also promoting Clemson University with dignity and class.

With each year, new and additional needs arise that are outside of the annual budget of the Clemson Golf program. If these needs are met, it can give Clemson Golf a winning edge over its opponents.

With this in mind, Clemson GOLF PAWS was created to help give Clemson Golf that winning edge. By becoming a member of Clemson GOLF PAWS, you can assure that coaches are able to recruit the best student-athletes to Clemson, while also providing them with the necessary tools to help them take their game to the next level when they arrive.

Clemson GOLF PAWS will support and extend the championship tradition for both the men’s and the new women’s programs here at Clemson. This has been accomplished by the establishment of an unrestricted fund. These funds are managed by the Clemson University Foundation, and are made available for use by the Clemson Golf Program under the supervision of the Director of Athletics.

The top recruits choose to attend the top programs. Clemson GOLF PAWS is designed to make sure that Clemson conitnues to remain as a top destination for elite student-athletes. This is accomplished by ensuring that all facilities including the Larry B. Penley, Jr.

Clubhouse, R.W. Robinson Practice Facility, as well as all other recruiting tools are the very best available.

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