Aitana Tuesta Season 2025-26

Height5-5
ClassSo.
HometownLima, Peru
High SchoolNewton College

Overview:

Junior who is a veteran of 14 tournaments and 38 rounds for the Tigers over the last two years…has three top 10s entering her third year with the program…has four under-par rounds, but 10 rounds at par for 14 total rounds at par or better…her score has counted in 27 of 32 rounds in the Clemson lineup…has 80 career birdies…best career round is 69, twice, at Clemson Invitational on March 28, 2025 and at Briars Creek on March 16, 2026…best 54-hole score is 212,  at 2025 Clemson Invitational… played in five tournaments as a freshman and nine as a sophomore…has 73.79 career stroke average,  second among active Clemson golfers…Clemson’s best golfer at the 2025 ACC Tournament, she has a pair of top 35 finishes at the conference championship…first native of Peru to be a member of a Clemson golf team.

In 2025-26: 

Named to 2025-26 CSC At-Large Academic All-District Team honors...Played in nine of the 12 tournaments and in the Clemson lineup for eight of them…had 74.50 stroke average, sixth on the team…played 24 rounds and had a pair of top 10 finishes…finished seventh at the French Broad Collegiate and eighth at Briars Creek…Clemson won the team championship at French Broad Collegiate…Clemson’s best golfer at Briars Creek with 142 score, two-under-par, helping Clemson to sixth place finish in strong field…had final round 69, that was her only under-par round of the year, but she had team best tying five rounds at par….had nine rounds at 72 or better, including three straight rounds of 71 at the Gator Invitational where she finished 13th…in he Clemson lineup for the ACC Championship and the NCAA Regional…had season best nine birdies at ACC Championship where she finished 35th…had 74.78 average in opening rounds and 73.33 in final rounds…averaged 3.19 on par three holes, 4.22 on par four and 4.96 on par fives…her score counted in 17 of 21 rounds…had best round of the day five times and Clemson’s best tournament once.

In 2024-25:

Had a 73.00 stroke average for five tournaments and 14 rounds as a freshman….her score counted in 10 of 11 team rounds she played…had three under-par rounds and five rounds at par….her eight rounds at par or better out of 14 rounds meant she had a team best 57 percent of her rounds at par or better…scored 75 or better in 11 of her 14 rounds…had 33 birdies…her  +1.00 stroke average vs. par was best on the team…had 71.80 stroke average in first rounds, by far best on the team…had 73.6 in final rounds…averaged 3.05 on par three holes, best on the team…her 4.12 average also led the team and her 4.84 average on par five holes was second best…started the year with a 10th-place finish at the Tiger Classic off consecutive rounds of even par 72 at Clemson’s Walker Course…finished 27th at The Annika…also had a top 25 at the Clemson Invitational as an individual (24th place with a four-under-par 212.…had season best opening round 69 at Clemson Invitational…had career best nine birdies at the Clemson Invitational…that 212 score was her best 54 hole tournament…Clemson’s best golfer at the Annika and the ACC Championship…finished 34th at ACC Tournament with 223 score…she had an even par 72 in the second round.

Prior to Clemson: 

Played on the GolfPerú Junior Tour, the AJGA, and the SFPGA…was the Peruvian National Junior Stroke Play champion in 2022, the champion at the VIII Junior Tour Tournament and the champion at the XII Junior Tour Tournament…played in various amateur tournaments, such as the Bolivarian Games (2022), South American Games (2022), South American Amateur (2022, 2023), Women’s Amateur Latin America (2022, 2023) and South American Team Championship “Copa Los Andres” (2023)…other honors and titles include being runner-up at the Peruvian National Matchplay Championship in 2021, the winner of the Peruvian National Amateur Women’s Raking in 2022, the Peruvian National Stroke Play champion in 2022, the Peruvian National Matchplay champion in 2022 and the champion at the GolfPerú Open III…. majoring in financial management…plays classical guitar…entered Clemson in August of 2024…born on May 7, 2006.

Tournament by Tournament 2024-25

Date Tournament 1-2-3 Par Total Finish
8/26 Tiger Classic 72-72 E 144 10
9/9-11 Annika Intercollegiate 71-76-73 +4 220 27
9/20-22 Mason Rudolph 72-75-76 +7 223 68
3/28-30 #Clemson Invitational 69-72-71 -4 212 24
4/16-17 ACC Championship 75-72-76 +7 223 34

Tournament-by-Tournament 2025-26

Date Tournament 1-2-3 Par Total Finish
8/25 Tiger Classic 77-72 +5 149 28
9/19-21 Mason Rudolph 71-78-74 +10 223 44
10/27-28 French Broad Coll. 75-75 +6 150 7
2/15-16 Spartan Suncoast 81-81-72 +18 234 54
3/6-8 Gator Invitational 71-71-71 +3 213 13
3/16-17 Briars Creek 73-69 -2 142 8
3/27-29 Clemson Invitational 77-72-77 +10 226 57
4/16-17 ACC Championship 73-72-73 +2 218 35
5/11-13 NCAA Regional 75-81-77 +17 233 52

Career Stats

Year Tournaments Rounds Strokes 60s -75 -Par Par Avg Top-10 Best Round Best Total
2024-25 5 14 1022 1 11 3 5 73.00 1 69 212
2025-26 9 24 1788 1 16 1 5 74.50 2 69 213
Totals 14 38 2804 2 27 4 10 73.79 3 69 212
TuestaAitana

Jr.
2026

5-5 / -
TuestaAitana

Fr.
2024

5-5 / -