Savannah Grewal

Overview: Grewal turned professional after the fall of 2023 and qualified for the LPGA after finishing first, sixth and 10th at the three qualifying tournaments…she was first Clemson graduate to qualify for the LPGA Tour, the third former Clemson golfer (Ashlan Ramsey and Lauren Stephenson did it after, Ramsey after her freshman year and Stephenson after she transferred to Alabama)…ranked 55th in the final Golfweek rankings for 2022-23 and was ranked 16th in the nation by Spikemark, the official ranking of the NCAA, when she turned professional after the fall of 2023…Grewal ranked fourth in career stroke average (73.09) when she left Clemson for the LPGA…she was also second in career rounds under-par (32), second in career rounds at par or better (49), second in career rounds in the 60s (19) and second in total birdies (318)…she was first in total eagles (9) and third in total counting scores (96-106)….her counting score percentage (.906) was fifth.. first-team All-ACC on the course and in the classroom in 2022-23…finished the year with 71.77 stroke average,  best in Clemson history…broke the mark of 72.10 that had been held by Alice Hewson (2017-18) who is now on the Ladies European Tour…set many Clemson records at the 2023 Pullman Regional where she had a final round nine-under par 63, the lowest round gross score in Clemson history and the best round vs. par (-9) in Clemson history….became the second active Clemson player to play in the Augusta National Women’s Amateur in March of 2022…became the first player in Clemson history to make a hole-in-one, she did so on March 27, 2021 at the fourth hole at The Reserve @ Lake Keowee in Sunset, SC during the second round of the Clemson Invitational…three time first-team Academic All-ACC …first Clemson women’s golf signee from Canada, Grewal came to Clemson from Mississauga, Ontario….had solid first year with  74.47 stroke average, third on the team, she improved to 73.76 as a sophomore, second best on the team…her  74.44 average in 2021-22 was second best…reached final 32 of the 2022 US Amateur…has significant international experience, she reached match play of 2022 British Amateur, she finished tied for 15^th in stroke play before losing first round match 2&1 to Kelsey Bennett of Australia…reached match play of the 2023 British Amateur as well after finishing 31st in stroke play…only golfer from Canada to make match play each of the last two years…that tournament was played at Hunstanton, England and she had consecutive under-par rounds (72-72 on the par 73 course) in stroke play… finished a strong third at the fall of 2021 Spirit International with a 211 score…had scores of 71-69-71, one of two players to score under par in all three rounds…reached match play of 2021 women’s North-South Amateur at Pinehurst…honorable mention AJGA All-American in 2018…never missed a cut in an AJGA event…in 2017, she became the first Canadian to win the Drive, Chip and Putt Championship that is held at Augusta National, taking the crown in the girls 14-15 Division…one of the few women to win a Drive, Chip and Putt Championship and play in the Augusta National Women’s Amateur.

Among the 32 Clemson  records Grewal set were:

•Low Round, 63 at NCAA Pullman Regional, 2023; Cougar Classic, 2023
•Low Round vs. par -9 at NCAA Pullman Regional, 2023
•Low Round in an ACC Tournament, 68, 2023
•Low Tournament score, 197 at 2023 Cougar Classic
•Birdies in a round:  9, Cougar Classic, 2023
•Eagles in a round:  2, NCAA Pullman Regional 2023
•Birdies in a season, 115, 2022-23
•Eagles in a season:  5, 2022-23
•Stroke Average in a season:  71.77 in 2022-23
•Stroke average vs. par in a season:  +0.23 in 2022-23
•Under-par Rounds in a season: 16, 2022-23
•Rounds at Par or Better in a season:  21 in 2022-23
•Final Round scoring average in a season:  70.83 in 2022-23
•Career Rounds at Par:  17
•Career Eagles:  9

In Fall 2023:  Played in three tournaments for Clemson in the fall of 2023…had her career best tournament in the season opener at the Cougar Classic where she tied for first with world #1 amateur Ingrid Lindblad of LSU….had rounds of 68-63-66 for a 197 total, 16-under-par….the 16 under par was a record for 54 holes…her 63 in the second round tied her own Clemson record and her nine birdies in that round set a Clemson record…finished 19th at The Blessings and 29th at the Landfall Tradition… Clemson team won the Landfall Tradition in her final tournament as a Tiger.

In 2022-23:    Had first-team All-ACC season with a 71.77 stroke average, best in Clemson history….finished the season as Clemson’s top ranked player, she was 55th according to Golfweek and 69th according to Golfstat…finished he year with 115 birdies, 29th in the nation…had five eagles to finish 17th…ranked 30th in the nation in subpar holes per round with 3.57…also 37th in the nation in par four scoring, and 75th in par five scoring…had record setting performance at Pullman Regional where her final round 63 was the best in Clemson history in terms of gross score and score vs. par (-9)…had two eagles to tie a Clemson single round mark, and six birdies to tie the Clemson record for under-par holes in a round with eight…the 63 was tied for the fifth lowest score in the nation this year and the low round by any ACC golfer…her 204 total for 54 holes featured rounds of 73-68-63…the 12-under-par was the best score vs. par in Clemson history and the 204 total was one off the Clemson record…broke Alice Hewson’s single season record for birdies with 115, four more than Hewson had in 2016-17…Clemson’s best player at the NCAA National with a 293 score for 72 holes, she was the only Clemson golfer to qualify for the final round…had a second round 69…finished 48th overall…second on the team in rounds in the 60s with 11, that is second in Clemson history for a season…has 21 rounds at par or better, another Clemson record…her five eagles this year set a Clemson record…had three top 10s for the year….finished fourth at the Ivy Intercollegiate with an even-par 144…had top 10s each of her last two tournaments prior to the national tournament,  she was 10th at the ACC Championship with a 215 and sixth at the Pullman Regional where she shot 204…also had an 11th place at the Gator Invitational…. finished in the top 25 in all but two tournaments this year and had six straight top 20s entering the NCAA National….her 30 on the front side of her final round of the Pullman Regional tied a Clemson record…had 18 under-par holes at the Pullman Regional for the high total this year by any Clemson golfer….had double figures in birdies each of her last five tournaments…had 72.33 stroke average in opening rounds, but team best 70.83 average in the final round of tournaments…had 3.10 stroke average on par threes, 4.05 on par fours and 4.82 on par fives…her score counted in 32 of 34 team rounds and she had the best score of the round 14 times…Clemson’s best golfer in five tournaments.

In 2021-22: Second on the Clemson team in stroke average with a 74.44 figure…had 10 rounds at par-or-better, six under-par rounds and four at par…second on the team in birdies with 71 and first in eagles with three…had best round of the year at the Clover Cup with a career best tying 67 in second round, a performance that helped Clemson to the team championship against a national field…she finished 13^th at that tournament thanks to rounds of 67-69 for her last 36 holes…had career best 16 birdies at the Clover Cup, tied for the most birdies by a Clemson golfer in any tournament since 2019…had just one top 10 for the year, but had four top 20s….finished the season strong with 19^th at the ACC Tournament and a 10^th place at the NCAA Regional in Stillwater…Clemson’s best player by four shots at the regional on the difficult Karsten Creek Course…had best round of the day eight times and had best tournament among Clemson golfers twice… her score counted in 24 of 27 rounds she played in 2021-22…had team best 3.05 stroke average on par three holes, that is the third best par three scoring average in Clemson history…4.28 on par fours and 4.91 on par fives…missed the Cougar Classic to start the year, then played the last nine tournaments…had strong showing in Mason Rudolph with a 213 score off rounds of 69-72-72 and finished 15^th…had 13 birdies and an eagle to lead the team… ranked #167 in final Golfstat rankings and #161 by Golfweek…

In 2020-21:   One of the top 130 players in the nation according to both Golfweek (108) and Golfstat (126)… second on the Clemson team in both rankings….ranked in the top 100 in the nation in par three scoring (85^th) and par five scoring (94^th)…her 4.87 par five scoring average ranks eighth best in Clemson history over a season…starter in all seven tournaments….had two under-par rounds, but four at even par…had season best round of 67 in second round of Clemson Invitational on March 27, 2021…she was top Tiger that day and that was the round she made a hole-in-one…third on the team in birdies with 60 and of course had the only hole-in-one… had double figures in birdies twice, 12 at Clemson Invitational and 11 at the ACC Tournament, but nine in three other tournaments…closed the regular season with her best career tournament, a third-place at the Clemson Invitational when she shot career best 211 on rounds of 72-67-72…that 67 was the second best individual round of the year by a Clemson golfer…finished in the top 26 in six of her seven tournaments, in addition to the third place at the Clemson Invitational, also had top 20s at Florida State (12^th) and Palmetto (18^th)…tied for Clemson’s best player at the ACC Tournament with a 16^th place finish off a 219 total…had opening round 70 that was the best round by a Tiger at the ACCs…had 74.3 average in opening rounds and 73.71 in final rounds… her score counted in 20-21 team rounds…had best score of the round eight times, most on the team…Clemson’s best player in two tournaments…had team best 3.11 average score on par three  holes, tied for second on the team and in top 10 in Clemson history….finished 10^th in stroke play qualifier at 2021 North-South Amateur with rounds of 75-70….lost in first round of match play to Mychael O’Berry of Auburn 3 & 2.

2019-20:  Third on the team in stroke average with 74.47 average… had six rounds at par-or-better, second on the team…had 35 birdies to rank third on the team in the COVID shortened season…had pair of 70s for her top rounds, she had one at Schooner Classic and another at White Sands in the Bahamas…finished in top three among Clemson golfers in each of her first three tournaments…started her career with pair of even-par rounds (72) at the Mason Rudolph and finished 23^rd for the 54 holes with 220 score…had 217 at the Schooner Fall Classic and finished 38^th…had final round 70, second best of the day among Clemson golfers…second best Clemson player at Ruth’s Chris Tar Heel Invitational with 219 total, she finished with 71-71 scores for final 36 holes, best among Clemson golfers…was 38^th overall with 219 score …had opening round 70 at White Sands… played in one event in the spring, she finished 33^rd at the FSU Matchup, helping Clemson to a third-place finish…had 3.04 stroke average on par three holes, best on the team…her 4.75 average on par five holes was second best….had best score of the round three times, all in the fall.

Prior to Clemson: Graduated from Streetsville Secondary High School in Mississauga, Ontario…in 2018, she won the AJGA Hale Irwin Colorado Junior with a one-under par 215 to earn her first AJGA Championship…advanced to the round of 64 at the US Junior Girls Championship… ranked 34^th by Golfweek and 12^th in her class, and 33^rd overall by Junior Golf Scoreboard….highest ranked Canadian junior golfer.