Sydney Roberts

Overview:  Sixth on the team in stroke average as a freshman with 74.64 average…starter in four tournaments early in the season…Player of the Year at the 2A level on South Carolina as a senior in high school…big reason Chesnee High School won State championship her senior year and finished runner-up her sophomore and junior years…ranked as the #2 overall player in South Carolina as a senior…won 17 tournaments in her high school career, including at least two each year….won 2A State Championship in fall of 2021 (senior year) with rounds of 66-70…won 2021 Players Championship with rounds of 65-66…four-time all-state and all-region…finished in top four of state championship tournament all four years….qualified for US Junior Championship in 2021…reached second round of match play at US Juniors in 2021.… part of the first girls golf team at Chesnee High School…played for Kyle Scruggs in high school…personal coach is Bradley Hughes.

In 2022-23:  Began the year as a starter for first two tournaments…played in five overall four in the Clemson lineup…sixth on the team in stroke average, she finished with a pair of rounds in the 60s, three at par or better…had 39 birdies an an eagle for her 14 rounds…both of her rounds in the 60s took place in the spring, an opening 68 at he Moon Golf and a opening 69 at the Clemson Invitational…her -4 in that round at Moon Golf tied for the fifth most strokes under par in a single round by a Clemson golfer this year…finished 27th at the Clemson Invitational her best finish of the year…had her most consistent performance at the Schooner Classic where she shot 73-72-71 for a 216 total…had season best 11 birdies at the Schooner Classic…had 72.2 stroke average for first rounds, best on the team…averaged 3.2 on par three holes, 4.32 on par fours and 4.76 on par fives…her score counted in 7-11 rounds in the Clemson lineup…Clemson’s third best player at the Ivy Intercollegiate, she then won her match in match play against Ashley Yen of Yale, 8 & 7…

In High School:  2A Player of the Year by South Carolina Coaches Association, Region Player of the Year in South Carolina…won state championship at 2A level…named all-state, all-region as a senior…won seven tournaments her senior year…the seven wins included winning the State Championship individual tournament….had 69.10 stroke average….had low round of 62 her senior year, her career low, Chesnee High School record and the course record…South Carolina Golf Association Tournament Champion…women’s South Carolina Golf Association Junior Champion…finished fourth at South Carolina Amateur…member of the SCJGA Can Am Team…member of  Carolina Golf Association Mid Atlantic Team…member of South Carolina team in SCIGA Challenge Matches…2A Player of the Year as a junior, she also won the Region Player of the Year award…won five high school tournaments…finished second at State Championship…had 70.09 scoring average with a low of 65…first-team all-state and all-region…won 2020 Morgan Lucas Championship, Peggy Kirk Bell Orange Whip Classic and Jimmy Anderson Junior Championship…also won South Carolina Junior Golf Association Players Championship with nine-under-par score….finished in third place at Beth Daniel Junior…played in South Carolina/Georgia Challenge Matches…won two tournaments as a sophomore, she finished fourth at the state tournament….named all-region and all-state…had 73.60 scoring average with a low of 69 as a sophomore…won three tournaments as a freshman and finished third at the state championship…had 75.81 stroke average with a 68…at the time it was a school record…all-region and all-state.

Personal: Born Sydney Denise Roberts on May 21, 2004 in Spartanburg, SC…daughter of Kevin and Staci Roberts….ranked #5 in her high school class…member of National Honor Society and National Beta Club…recognized as Scholar Athlete by Spartanburg Herald Journal.