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Caroline Craig

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CAROLINE CRAIG

5-6 ◊ JUNIOR ◊ SAUTEE NACOOCHEE, GA. ◊ SPORT MANAGEMENT

CAROLINE’S SCORECARD

CAREER STATISTICS

Season T RD STK AVG LOW

‘19-20 6 18 1340 74.44 69 ‘20-21 6 18 1354 75.22 69 ‘21-22 4 12 878 73.17 68

Totals 16 48 3572 74.42 68

TOP 10 FINISHES: 3 (2/1/0) TOP 20 FINISHES: 4 (2/1/1) PAR OR BETTERS: 13 (4/3/6)

BEST FINISH:

4th – 2019 Molly

LOW ROUND:

68 (-4) – 2021 Cougar Classic 2nd

LOW TOURNAMENT:

213 (-3) – 2021 Illini Invitational

2019-20 RESULTS

4 The Molly................75-69-74=218 T74 Stanford .................77-71-80=228 T41 White Sands ..........74-73-75=222 T47 Puerto Rico ............74-72-80=226 T21 Gold Rush..............73-74-79=226 T10 Darius Rucker ........75-75-70=220 ◊ 2020 & 2021 WGCA All-American Scholar & SEC Honor Roll ◊ 2017 GHSA Class 4A individual state champion ◊ 2015 & 2016 SJGT Player of the Year 2021 FALL HIGHLIGHTS:

• Qualified for Georgia’s lineup for all four fall events and compiled a 73.17 stroke average, more than two shots per round better than her 2020-21 mark. • Recorded par-or-better tallies in half of her 12 fall rounds. • Notched her top finish of the fall at the Illini Invitational, tying for 13th after shooting a career-low 3-under 213. • During the holiday break, fired a 1-under 215 to finish fourth at the Women’s Orlando International Amateur. 2020-21 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS:

• Named to the WGCA All-American Scholar team and SEC Academic Honor Roll for the second consecutive year. • Honored as Georgia’s member of the SEC Community Service team for women’s golf. • In the Bulldogs’ lineup for six events and compiled a 75.22 average over 18 rounds. • Tied for seventh individually to lead Georgia at the Liz Murphey Fall Collegiate Classic, a performance that placed her ranked No. 19 nationally in the Golfweek/Sagarin Performance Index after the fall campaign. • In the lineup for all five regular-season events in the spring, compiling a 75.87 average over 15 rounds. • Opened her summer with a runner-up showing at the GSGA Georgia Top 60 Women’s Classic. • Secured medalist honors at a U.S. Women’s Amateur qualifier at Caroline Trace Country Club by shooting 3-under 69 to top the field by three strokes. • Tuned up for the Am by tying for third at the Tennessee Women’s Open. • Posted rounds of 80-74 at the U.S. Women’s Amateur, missing the cut for match play by four shots..

2020-21 RESULTS

T7 Liz Murphey Fall.....69-75-72=216 T52 Heroes Inter. .........76-75-77=228 T29 Gators Invit. ...........78-73-69=220 T60 Gamecock Inter. ....75-75-77=227 T60 Liz Murphey............78-80-77=235 T50 LSU Classic............75-76-77=228 2021 FALL RESULTS

T29 Cougar Classic.......77-68-72=217 T27 Mason Rudolph......74-71-72=217 T13 Illini Invit. ...............74-70-69=213 T71 Stanford Inter. ........83-74-74=231

2019-20 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS:

PRE COLLEGIATE HIGHLIGHTS:

• Named both a WGCA All-American Scholar and featured on the SEC Academic Honor Roll. • Competed in six of seven events, including as an individual at the White Sands Invitational, Lady Puerto Rico Classic and Darius Rucker Intercollegiate. • Tied for the second-most birdies on the team with 51. • Led the Bulldogs individually twice, in her first (The Molly) and final (Darius Rucker) events of the season. • Made quite a splash in her collegiate debut, leading the Bulldogs and tying for fourth individually at The Molly. • Wrapped up her freshman season by tying for 10th at the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate, doing so against a field that featured 13 top-25 teams and 20 of the nation’s top-50 ranked golfers. • Named SEC Freshman of the Week following her top-10 effort at the Darius Rucker.

• Named 2017 Girls Junior Player of the Year by the Georgia State Golf Association (GSGA). • Won the 2017 Georgia Class 4A individual state title competing for White County High School. • Selected as Southeastern Junior Golf Tour (SJGT) Player of the Year in both 2015 and 2016, as well as winning the Tour’s Sportsmanship Award in 2014. • Posted five victories on the Southeastern Junior Golf Tour in 2016 and 2017, winning the 2017 Furman

Junior Classic, the 2016 Baytowne Junior Classic, the 2016 Seminole Junior Classic, the 2016 Furman

Junior Classic and the 2016 UGA Invitational. • Notched six top-10 finishes in AJGA tournaments, headlined by a runner-up showing at the 2016 JAS

Core Academy at PGA National. • Qualified for the 2018 USGA Amateur Four-Ball, teaming with Mississippi State’s Ally Williams. • Secured a two-shot victory at the 2018 Carolinas-Georgia Junior Championship, shooting 2-under 142 at Mount Vintage Golf Club in North Augusta, S.C. • Helped Georgia defeat Florida and Alabama at the 2018 Women’s Southeastern Challenge Match and a member of GSGA team that won the 2017 Georgia-South Carolina Girls’ Challenge Match • Finished as runner up at the 2017 GSGA Match Play Championship. • Played at Niceville (Fla.) High School as a freshman, where she tied for 11th at the Florida Class 3A

State Tournament and helped the Eagles to a runner-up team finish. PERSONAL:

• Born February 9, 2001, Caroline is the daughter of Sandi and Eric Craig and is majoring in Sport

Management. • Recipient of a Ramsey Scholarship for Academic & Athletic Excellence for 2021-22.