Tillie Claggett - Women's Golf - Vanderbilt University Athletics

Tillie Claggett

Class Sophomore
Hometown The Woodlands, Texas
High School The John Cooper School
Major Communications
Bio

NIL on Opendorse

As a Sophomore (2023-24)

  • Competed in all six events
  • Won the Patriot Intercollegiate behind a course-record 9-under-par final round
  • Four top-10 finishes including a pair of top-5 performances
  • Mason Rudolph Championship runner-up (206, -10)
  • Season-low round: 66 (second round, Mason Rudolph Championship)
  • Season scoring average (20 rounds): 71.90

As a Freshman (2022-23)

  • SEC All-Freshman Team
  • Named co-SEC Freshman of the Week (Feb. 8)
  • First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll
  • Tied for third at the FAU Paradise Invitational at 7-under-par
  • Finished in a tie for ninth (-5) at the Westfield Regional
  • Tied for 29th at the Carmel Cup

The Claggett File

  • Daughter of David and Tanya Claggett
  • In 2022, qualified to the 73rd U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship after winning individual medalist honors at the U.S. Girls’ Junior qualifier in Sugar Land, Texas.
  • Qualified to the 122nd U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship in 2022 after posting a 70 (-2) in a 4-hole playoff at the Gus Wortham Golf Club’s U.S. Women’s Amateur qualifier in Houston.
  • No. 4 ranked player out of Texas
  • Ranked 41st nationally
  • Earned an exemption into the LPGA Tour’s Volunteers of America Classic in the summer of 2020
  • Won the 2021 Greenwood Cup at the prestigious River Oaks Country Club in Houston
  • 2021 Texas Golf Association Girls’ Invitational champion
  • Posted a seventh-place finish at the 2021 IMG Junior World Championship
  • For all years eligible, earned All- Southwest Preparatory Conference (SPC) honors
  • Career bests include 65 (-7) for low round and 11-under for low 36-hole score
  • The multi-sport athlete is an accomplished swimmer, earning six All-SPC honors
  • Achieved honor roll for all four years of high school, including the top GPA during her freshman and sophomore years
  • 2022 National Merit Scholar
  • Selected as the Class of 2022 commencement speaker at The John Cooper School
  • Served as the 2022 Yearbook Editor-in-Chief
  • Intends to major in Communications and Psychology

Career Stats

SeasonEventsRoundsStrokesAvg.Low Rd.Low 54 (Par)WinsTop-5Top-10
2022-231133240072.7365 (-7)209 (-7)-13
2023-24720143871.9066 (-6)206 (-10)-24
Career1853383872.4165 (-7)206 (-10)-37