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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