Mathilde Claisse
- class Junior
- Hometown Paris, France
- Major Finance
- class Junior
- Hometown Paris, France
- Major Finance
Mathilde Claisse Bio
AWARDS/HONORS
- WGCA and Golfweek Honorable Mention All-American (2023)
- Second Team All-SEC (2022)
- 2023 Darius Rucker Intercollegiate Champion
- SEC Women’s Golfer of the Week (3/8/23)
- WGCA All-American Scholar (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)
- SEC Academic Honor Roll (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)
2022-23
- Put together her best season in college, earning All-America honors for the first time from both the WGCA and Golfweek ; finished second on the team with a scoring average of 72.97 to go alongside 14 rounds of par or better, two top-fives, three top-10s and five top-20s
- Finished her career with the sixth-lowest scoring average in program history (73.64)
- Was ranked No. 39 in the final Golfstat Player Rankings
- Led the team to match play for the first time since 2016 at the NCAA Championship (May 19-23) after finishing T-21st at 1-under with a 72-hole total of 287 ; score T-4th lowest 72-hole mark in program history with teammate Justine Fournand (also shot 287 at 2023 NCAA Championship) and Katelyn Dambaugh (2016 NCAA Championship) ; dominated her quarterfinal match with a 6&5 win over Southern Cal’s Malia Nam
- Helped the team to a runner-up finish at the NCAA Athens Regional (May 8-10) ; finished T-11th with a 54-hole total of 217 (+1)
- T-35th at the SEC Championship (April 12-14) ; defeated Auburn’s Carys Worby 3&1 in the quarterfinals of match play to punch the team’s ticket to the semifinals ; fell 1-up on the 23rd playoff hole to Texas A&M’s Bianca Fernandez Garcia-Poggio in the semis
- Had a historic performance en route to first career victory at the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate (Feb. 27-March 1) ; shot a career-best 208 (-5) with rounds of 69-69-70 ; became the first Gamecock to win the annual event in which the team host at Long Cove Club on Hilton Head Island ; was one of just three players in the 90-person field to break par over 54 holes ; she defeated 41 players ranked in the top-100 (four in the top-10) of the Golfstat Player Rankings ; the win earned her SEC Golfer of the Week honors for the first time in her career
- T-10th at the Windy City Collegiate (Oct. 3-4) en route to helping the team to a second place finish ; shot 220 (+4) with a final round 71 (-1) that featured pair of birdies and an eagle
- Notched first career top-five finish at the season-opening ANNIKA Intercollegiate (Sept. 12-14) ; shot 213 (-3) with a career-best 67 (-5) in the second round
2021-22
- Started all 11 stroke play events and was a part of a program record five tournament victories
- Tallied a 74.06 scoring average six top-20 finishes (third-most on the team) and a pair of top-10s ; shot par or better nine times
- Led the team with a T-40th finish at the NCAA Championship (May 20-25) ; shot 297 (+9) for a 72-hole total and was just 2-over the final two days on a difficult layout at Grayhawk Golf Club
- T-38th at the NCAA Tallahassee regional with a 54-hole score of 230 (+14)
- Finished T-15th at the SEC Championship (April 13-15) shooting 73 (+1) each round for a 54-hole total of 219 (+3) ; fell 1-up to Alabama’s Angelica Moresco in the match play quarterfinals
- Went 2-0-1 at the Wolfpack Match Play (April 3-4) helping the team to a 3-0 record and its fifth victory of the season
- T-11th at the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic (March 25-27) helping the team to its fourth win of the season
- Led the Gamecocks with a T-6th finish at the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate (Feb. 28-March 2) ; shot a season-best score of 214 (+1) with back-to-back, 1-under 70s in the final two rounds
- Led Carolina with a T-14th finish at the first event of the spring, the Moon Golf Invitational (Feb. 20-21) ; shot 216 (E)
- T-8th in the stroke play portion of the Stephens Cup (Oct. 18-20) ; defeated LSU’s Alden Wallace 1-up in the championship match, which the Tigers won 4-1
- T-20th with a 54-hole score of 218 (+2) at the season-opening ANNIKA Intercollegiate, a seven-shot win for the Gamecocks in a strong field
2020-21
- Appeared in nine tournaments for the Gamecocks, finishing the season with a 73.69 scoring average, the fifth lowest sophomore scoring average in program history
- Tied the lowest round of her Carolina career with a second round 4-under (68) at the NCAA Louisville Regional on her way to tying for 24th
- Carded the best score of her South Carolina career with a 206 (-10) in stroke play at the SEC Championship, posting rounds of 68, 69, and 68 to take eighth in the tournament
- Won both of her matches at the East Lake Cup, and finished tied for 15th in the stroke play portion of the prestigious event
- Just missed out on her first career top-10 finish, tying for 12th at The Ally, her career best finish, with an even par 216
- Made her season debut at the Blessings Collegiate Invitational, notched four birdies in her second round on her way to a 36th place finish
2019-20
- Appeared in all six tournaments for the Gamecocks in a shortened season due to COVID
- Finished the season with a 73.88 scoring average, the fifth lowest for a freshman in program history
- Notched her lowest score of the season at the Tar Heel Invitational (217, +1)
- Tied her lowest score (217, +1) and earned her best finish of the season (T-13) to help the Gamecocks win the Landfall Tradition
- Shot her lowest round of the season (70, -2) at the Tar Heel Invitational, tied that score at the Landfall Tradition
- Finished the season with five rounds of par or better
PRIOR TO SOUTH CAROLINA
- Took second at the Biarritz Cup in July 2019
- Finished as the Runner-Up at the European Ladies Amateur Team Championship in 2018
- Competed for France at the 2018 Youth Olympics
- Member of the French National Team where she participated in the European Girls Team Championships and the European Ladies Team Championships
- 2017 Solheim Cup Team participant
PERSONAL
- Born March 6, 2000
- Daughter of Dominique and Franck Claisse
- Graduated with degree in finance ; finished with six semesters on Dean’s List (3.5 or higher GPA) and one on the President’s List (4.0 GPA)
- Chose South Carolina because of the coaching staff, the program itself, the academic opportunities at the University and the location itself
CAREER STATISTICS
Year | Events | Rounds | Low 54 | Low 18 | Par/Better | Top 5 | Top 10 | Top 20 | Strokes | Average |
2019-20 | 6 | 18 | 217 | 70 | 5 | – | – | 1 | 1,330 | 73.88 |
2020-21 | 9 | 26 | 206 | 68 | 13 | – | 1 | 3 | 1,916 | 73.69 |
2021-22 | 11 | 33 | 214 | 70 | 9 | – | 2 | 6 | 2,444 | 74.06 |
2022-23 | 10 | 30 | 208 | 67 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2,189 | 72.97 |
Total | 37 | 107 | 206 | 67 | 41 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 7,879 | 73.64 |