ClaireCarlin
- class Senior
- Hometown Keller, Texas
- Major Hospitality Management and Tourism
- High school Keller High School
Chip Shots
Dream course: Augusta National
Favorite club: Pitching wedge or driver
Favorite golf movie: She doesn’t watch movies
Golfer she tries to emulate: Stacy Lewis or Matt Kuchar
2018-19 (Senior): Played in a career-high nine events with a career-best 76.7 stroke average … Also notched a 54-hole career best in 2018-19 … Tied for 67th at the SEC Championship with a score of 22-over par (238) at the Greystone Golf & Country Club in Birmingham, Alabama … With a two-round score of 7-over par (73-78), tied for 75th at the Clemson Invitational at Lake Keowee at the Reserve at Lake Keowee in Sunset, South Carolina … Tied for 67th at the Bryan National Collegiate with a score of 231 (15-over par) at Bryan Park Champions Golf Course in Browns Summit, North Carolina … Finished in a tie for 57th at the Gold Rush Invitational in Seal Beach, California, with a score of 17-over par … Tied for 30th at the Reynolds Lake Oconee Collegiate Championship in Greensboro, Georgia, with a score of 14-over par, including an even-par 72 in the first round … Lost narrowly to Louisville’s Delaney Shah 2 & 1 in the match-play Battle of the Bluegrass at Hoover Country Club in Birmingham, Alabama … Came back and shot a 35 on the individual nine-hole shootout vs. Louisville (score won’t count towards official NCAA stats) … Played the most complete golf of her collegiate career at UK’s Bettie Lou Evans Invitational at the University Club in Lexington with a season-best 19th-place finish playing as an individual … Shot a 3-over-par 219 (72-74-73) at the Bettie Lou for her second career top-20 showing … Playing as an individual, tied for 54th at the Mercedes-Benz Collegiate Championship at Cherokee Country Club in Knoxville, Tennessee, with a three-day total of 229 (16-over par) … Tied for 67th with a score of 232 (16-over par) at the Minnesota Invitational at Prestwick Golf Club in Woodbury, Minnesota … Women’s Golf Coaches Association All-American Scholar Team member … SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll member … Dean’s List in fall 2018.
Summer 2018: Won the Marion Miley Invitational at the Lexington Country Club in Lexington with an even-par score of 144 … Closed with four birdies on the back nine of the Marion Miley for a two-stroke win … Tied for 12th overall and seventh among amateurs at the Kentucky Women’s Open at the U of L Golf Club in Simpsonville, Kentucky, with a score of 6-over par … Tied for 32nd with a score of 13-over par at the Texas Women’s Open at Rolling Hills Country Club in Arlington, Texas.
2017-18 (Junior): Appeared in eight events in 2017-18 with a 77.3 stroke average … Won her individual matchup, 1 up on the first playoff hole, in a head-to-head matchup with No. 16 Kent State at the University Club of Kentucky … Playing as an individual, fired a season-low 2-under-par 70 in the first round of the Hurricane Invitational and tied for 47th for the week at 16-over par in Coral Gables, Florida … Totaled a 234 (18-over par) to tie for 57th at the Florida State Match-Up in Tallahassee, Florida … Finished in a tie for 16th place with a 6-over-par 150 (75-75) at the Florida Challenge in Lecanto, Florida, her then best career finish … Posted a 79.9 stroke average in the fall … Tied for 64th at the Cardinal Cup in Simpsonville, Kentucky, at 24-over par (240) … Recorded a then-career finish at UK’s Bettie Lou Evans Invitational by tying for 36th with a 230 … Playing as an individual at the Mercedes-Benz Collegiate Championship in Knoxville, Tennessee, carded a then-54-hole career-low 222 (75-74-73) to tie for 43rd … Women’s Golf Coaches Association All-American Scholar Team member … 2018 Spring Southeastern Conference Academic Honor Roll member … Dean’s List in spring 2018.
2016-17 (Sophomore): Appeared in back-to-back tournaments at the LSU Tiger Golf Classic and the Clover Cup … One of five Wildcats to play at the NCAA Columbus Regional … Played the best golf of her career at the Clover Cup In Mesa, Arizona, where she followed a second-round 75 with a career-low 69 … Both scores at the Clover Cup are the best of her career … The 229 and 53rd-place finish at the Clover Cup were career bests at the time … Made her season debut at the Cardinal Cup in Simpsonville, Kentucky … 2017 Spring SEC Conference Academic Honor Roll member … Dean’s List in fall 2016, spring 2017.
Personal: Born Jan. 13 … Daughter of Ray Carlin and Anita Nesser … Has three sisters: Brittany, Elaine and Kate … Hails from Keller, Texas … Has an aunt, Leah Carlin, who played softball at Indiana State … Major is hospitality management and tourism … Considers her most memorable moment of her golfing career to be when she finished with an eagle and a birdie to shoot 69 for the first time.
Why she chose UK: “This is a place where I can achieve my goals and dreams.”
Carlin’s Scorecard
| Year | Events | Rounds | Strokes | Stroke Avg. | Low 18 | Low 54 | Top 10* | Top 20* | Match Play | Best Finish |
| 2015-16 | 2 | 5 | 409 | 81.8 | 77 | 245 | 0 | 0 | – | T93 (UCF Challenge) |
| 2016-17 | 4 | 12 | 969 | 80.8 | 69 | 229 | 0 | 0 | – | T53 (Clover Cup) |
| 2017-18 | 8 | 19 | 1,469 | 77.3 | 70 | 222 | 0 | 1 | 1-0 | T16 (Florida Challenge) |
| 2018-19 | 9 | 23 | 1,763 | 76.7 | 72 | 219 | 0 | 1 | 0-1 | T19 (Bettie Lou Evans Invitational) |
| Career | 23 | 59 | 4,610 | 78.1 | 69 | 219 | 0 | 2 | 1-1 | T16 (Florida Challenge) |
*Does not include dual matches