Cydney Clanton

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Cydney Clanton
Personal information
Born (1989-07-18) July 18, 1989 (age 35)
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, U.S.
Sporting nationalityFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Residence Rockwell, North Carolina, U.S. [1]
Career
College Auburn University
Turned professional2011
Current tour(s) LPGA Tour
Epson Tour
Professional wins4
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour1
Epson Tour3
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron Championship T60: 2018
Women's PGA C'ship T9: 2021
U.S. Women's Open CUT: 2008, 2012, 2016, 2018, 2020
Women's British Open T14: 2020
Evian Championship CUT: 2016, 2017, 2018

Cydney Clanton (born July 18, 1989) [1] is an American professional golfer who has played on the LPGA Tour and the Epson Tour. [2] She has won three times on the Epson Tour and once on the LPGA Tour.

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Amateur career

Clanton played college golf at Auburn University where she won twice. [2] She also won the North and South Women's Amateur. [2] She played on the winning 2010 Curtis Cup team where she won two matches and halved a third. She also played on the U.S. team at the 2010 Espirito Santo Trophy that finished second to the South Korea team. [3]

Professional career

Clanton turned professional in 2011 and played on the Symetra Tour that year. [2] [4] She earned her LPGA Tour card for 2012 through the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament. [2] She has played on both tours since: winning the 2013 Four Winds Invitational and 2019 Murphy USA El Dorado Shootout on the Symetra Tour and the 2019 Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational on the LPGA Tour. The Dow tournament was a team event where she partnered with Jasmine Suwannapura. [1]

Amateur wins

this list may be incomplete

Professional wins

LPGA Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
120 Jul 2019 Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational
with Flag of Thailand.svg Thidapa Suwannapura 		−27 (67-64-63-59=253)6 strokes Flag of South Korea.svg Ko Jin-young and
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Minjee Lee

Epson Tour wins (3)

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order.

Tournament20082009201020112012
Chevron Championship T70
U.S. Women's Open CUTCUT
Women's PGA Championship CUT
Women's British Open
Tournament201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232023
Chevron Championship CUTT60CUTT70CUT
U.S. Women's Open CUTCUTCUT
Women's PGA Championship CUTT26T64CUTT37T970CUT
The Evian Championship ^CUTCUTCUTNTCUT
Women's British Open CUTT49CUTT14CUT

^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013

  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = no tournament
T = tied

U.S. national team appearances

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "In The Winners' Circle with Jasmine Suwannapura and Cydney Clanton". LPGA. July 20, 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Cydney Clanton – Bio". LPGA.
  3. ↑ "Golf: Korea Wins Women's World Amateur Championship, U.S Second". Women's Sports & Entertainment Network. October 23, 2010.
  4. ↑ "Cydney Clanton – Bio". Symetra Tour.
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