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Claire Cameron - Women's Golf - University of Kentucky Athletics

ClaireCameron

  • class Freshman
  • Hometown Martinsville, Ind.
  • Major Communication
  • High school Martinsville High School

Career Stats Breakdown (PDF)

2017-18 Chip Shots

Dream course: Augusta National
Dream foursome (including herself): Her dad, Jordan Spieth, John Calipari
First time she broke par: June 13, 2010, in an AJGA event 
Favorite club: 5 hybrid
Favorite golf movie: The Greatest Game Ever Played
Golfer she tries to emulate: Jordan Spieth
 

2017-18 (Freshman): Recorded a 77.7 stroke average in her freshman season with two appearances … Played for the team total for the first time in her UK career at the Cardinal Cup in Simpsonville, Kentucky, and tied for 68th at 25-over par (241) … Made her Kentucky debut at UK’s Bettie Lou Evans Invitational with by tying for 25th place with a 225 (76-71-78) … In just her second collegiate round, posted a 1-under 71 at the Bettie Lou SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll member.

Before UK: Won 42 total tournaments during her junior career … Ranked 39th in the class of 2017 at the end of her junior golf career, according to Junior Golf Scoreboard … Qualified five times for the US Girls’ Junior Championship from 2013 to 2017, including a qualifier medalist finish in 2015 … Played in 2015 and 2016 U.S. Women’s Open qualifiers, including finishing as the top junior golfer in 21st place behind eight professional and 12 college golfers in 2016 … Selected as one of five Americans to play in the 2015 and 2016 Junior Orange Bowl International Golf Championship … Posted five top-five and eight top-10 finishes on the American Junior Golf Association tour … Played in three AJGA Girls’ Championships from 2014 to 2016 … Recorded two top-three finishes on the PGA Junior Series golf tour … From 2013 to 2016, notched 14 wins on the GolfWeek Junior Golf Tour … A two-time GolfWeek Magazine, GolfWeek Jr. All-American Team member … At age 14, became the youngest player to win the Indiana Girls state title … Tabbed the Indiana Golf Association Player of the Year three times.

Personal: Born April 8 …. Daughter of Mick and Lisa Cameron … Native of Indianapolis … Father player two years of semi-professional hockey for the Canadian Amateur Hockey League in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and Kitchener, Ontario … Uncle Greg Perschke played baseball at the University of New Orleans and went on to enjoy a professional career … Aunt Trisha Perschke played volleyball at Western Michigan University … Picked UK over Florida, Illinois, Arkansas, Auburn, Louisville and Furman … Plans to major in communication … Considers her most memorable moment of her golf career to be the last round of her junior career in the U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship because it was the fifth time she had qualified for the tournament to cap her junior career.
 
Why she chose UK: “I love how passionate Coach Borst and Coach (Brian) May are about their golf program at UK. I also love that Kentucky is in the best golf conference in the country, the SEC.”
 

Cameron’s UK Scorecard 

Year Events Rounds Strokes Stroke Avg. Low 18 Low 54 Top 10* Top 20*
2017-18 2 6 466 77.7 71 225 0 0
Career 2 6 466 77.7 71 225 0 0

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