Colin Salema Season 2025-26

Career Bests
Round:  66, NCAA Arizona Regional, 5/19/26
Score vs. par:  (-6), 66, NCAA Arizona Regional, 5/19/26
Tournament:  209 (-7), NCAA Arizona Regional, 5/18-20/26
Tournament vs. Par :  (-7), 209 NCAA Arizona Regional, 5/18-20/26
Birdies/Eagles:   12 (12-0), The Hootie, 3/22-24/26;  (12-0) NCAA Regional 5/18-20/26

Overview:   Returning two year starter each of the last two years….has been fifth on the team in stroke average each of the last two years…improved from 73.55 as a freshman to 73.09 as a sophomore….over two years has played in 18 events and 53 rounds…has eight rounds in  the 60s, one top 10, 14 under-par rounds and three at par…has scored 75 or better in 37 of 53 rounds…his score has counted towards Clemson team score in 37 of 47 rounds in the Clemson lineup…has 153 birdies and seven eagles…had his best career round and best career tournament at his final event of 2025-26 when he shot 209 at NCAA Arizona Regional… tied for Clemson’s best player at NCAA regional with Lucas Augustsson, they both finished 13th with 209 score…selected to the Academic All-ACC team as a freshman…had the best summer of 2025 among current Tigers…had three top 10 finishes to end the summer…won the Carolinas Amateur by six shots with a 200 score after rounds of 65-68-67…finished second at the Monroe Amateur with a 270 total after rounds of 66-71-65-68…finished 10th at the Carolinas Amateur with a 281 total after rounds of 75-67-68-71…it was his second straight top 10 at that event…had a 68.27 stroke average for 11 rounds in those three tournaments.

In 2025-26:  Fifth on Clemson team in stroke average  at  73.09…led the team in rounds played with 33…had five rounds in the 60s, 10 under-par rounds and three at par…24 of his 33 rounds were at 75 better…his score counted in 24 of 30 rounds in the team lineup…had 107 birdies rank second on the team, also had three eagles…had 75.09 average in opening rounds, but 72.64 in final rounds…averaged 3.24 on par three holes, 4.08 on par fours, second on  the team…had 4.83 average on par fives…had best round among Tigers seven times…had the best tournament among Tigers three times…had at least 10 birdies in six of his 11 events…had season best third place at Marquette Intercollegiate with 217 score, he led Tigers to team championship…finished 20th at The Prestige as an individual, then finished 20th at The Hayt…had final two rounds of 69-70 at The Hayt…finished season strong 209 score to finish 13th at NCAA regional…had run of 39 straight bogey free holes at NCAA Regional, longest run by a Clemson player since Jacob Bridgeman had run of 47 in a row four years earlier…finished the tournament with rounds of 66-69, only time in his career he has had two rounds in the 60s in same event.

In 2024-25: Fifth on the team in stroke average as a freshman with a 73.55 stroke average…starter in six of the 10 team events, he was an individual in one other for seven total tournaments…had four under-par rounds, including three in the 60s…scored 75 or better in 13 of his 20 rounds…had a 72.14 stroke average in opening rounds and 74.67 in final rounds…had 3.18 stroke average on par three holes, 4.23 on par fours and 4.86 on par fives…his score counted in 14 of 17 rounds he was in the team lineup…had best score of the round three times and the beat tournament once…had double figures in birdie in two tournaments, 10 at the Golf Club of Georgia and season best 11 at the Chitengwa…had his best finish of the year at the Chitengwa Memorial when he had a four over par 217…had opening round 69 to tie for his best round of the year….had three rounds in the 60s for the year, all were in first rounds of tournaments…finished 35th at the Valero for his best tournament of the fall.

In High School: As a junior in 2023 was named the Golfer of the Year for by the Charlotte Observer and was obviously on the all-regional team by that publication….finished as the 2023 runner-up in the 4A state championship after shooting 69 and 71, lost playoff on second hole… finished fourth in the regional that year…finished 17th at the 4A State Tournament as a senior in 2024…on Feb., 28, 2023, shot a 28 for nine holes at Myers Park Golf Club in Charlotte…competed in local qualifying for the 2024 US Open at Pinehurst #6 on May 11, 2024, he was one of six players in a playoff for the last two spots…his favorite hobby is fishing…a natural lefty who plays golf right handed…his dad played college hockey…played his high school golf at Providence High School for Carl Church…born on December 26, 2005.

Personality Profile
Home Course: Providence Country Club
Favorite Current Professional Golfer: Jordan Spieth
Favorite Athlete outside of golf: Sean O’Malley
Favorite course I have played: Bandon Dunes
Toughest Course I have played: Muirfield Village
My Best Shot Ever: Hole out from 140 on hole 18 with a 7 iron when I was 11 to win a match
My best all-time round: 61, Williamsburg National
The Best Part of my game: wedges
My favorite club: 58 degree wedge
The part of the game I must improve: Long irons
The Biggest influence on my golf career: My dad and grandfather
My dream foursome includes myself: My dad, Tiger Woods, and Scottie Scheffler