Murphy USA El Dorado Shootout
Mystic Creek Golf Club | El Dorado, Ark. | April 26-28
Hometown/Resides: Concord, North Carolina
Birthdate: July 18, 1989; currently 29 years, 9 months and 10 days
Qualified for LPGA Tour: Joined the Epson Tour after graduating from Auburn University in the spring of 2011 then finished T9 at the Final Stage of the 2011 LPGA Qualifying Tournament to earn Priority List Category 11 status for the 2012 LPGA Tour season
Turned Professional/Rookie Year: June 2011
VICTORIES
Epson Tour: Second career victory
LPGA Tour: N/A
PREVIOUS WIN: 2013 Four Winds Invitational
VOLVIK RACE FOR THE CARD
With her win, Clanton jumps to No. 6 in the Volvik Race for the Card with $22,500 in total season earnings.
MONEY
With her win, Clanton collects a winner’s check of $22,500; she has earned $22,500 this season and $101,457 for her Epson Tour career
PREVIOUS EPSON TOUR AND LPGA TOUR FINISHES
Epson Tour: 1st at the 2013 Four Winds Invitational in South Bend, Ind.
LPGA Tour: T7 at the 2014 Yokohama Tire LPGA Classic
2019 IN A NUTSHELL ON THE EPSON TOUR
One event played and one cut made; $22,500 with one victory
OF NOTE
- Clanton, 29, is a native of Concord, North Carolina
- Four-time All-SEC First Team performer for Auburn University
- Named the 2008 Women’s Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) and SEC Freshman of the Year
- Two-time medalist for the Tigers at the 2009 Hooter’s Collegiate Match Play Championship and NCAA Fall Preview
- In 2010, won the North & South Women’s Amateur and was a member of the victorious Team USA at the Curtis Cup with a 2-0-1 record
- Two-time Women’s Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) First Team All-American, as well as Second Team selection in senior campaign (2011)
- Finished T9 at the Final Stage of the 2011 LPGA Qualifying Tournament to earn Priority List Category 11 status for the 2012 LPGA Tour season
- 2013 Epson Tour graduate courtesy of four top-10 finishes including her first Epson Tour win at the Four Winds Invitational to finish at No. 5 in the Volvik Race for the Card
- Since rookie year on the LPGA Tour in 2012 and entering 2019, total of 114 starts with four top-10 results and career-best showing of T7 in the 2014 Yokohama Tire LPGA Classic
- Total of 33 starts on the Epson Tour entering 2019 with 29 cuts made and 11 top-10s