Sydney Roberts

Overview:  Starter in nine of the 11 team events and played 11 overall, including as an individual on Clemson’s fifth-ranked 2023-24 team… finished with the fourth-best stroke average at 73.71….much improved over her freshman year when she had a 74.64  average….big key to Clemson finishing second at the ACC Tournament, she was 10th in stroke play with a 213, three-under par…had a career-best tying 68 in the second round to lead the Clemson team…won her match in the semifinal of match play against Rebecca Skoler of Virginia, 1-up…over her first two years, has 74.00 stroke average with one top 10, three rounds in the 60s, six-under-par rounds and six at par…has 118 career birdies and one eagle…named to the Academic All-ACC team for the 2023-24 season…starter in four tournaments early in her freshman year when Clemson won the ACC and finished 20th in the nation…her score has counted 29 of 38 rounds (.763)…Player of the Year at the 2A level in South Carolina as a senior in high school…big reason Chesnee High School won the 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 the 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 2023-24:  Fourth on the team in stroke average (73.71) for the year, she entered the starting lineup at The Blessings at the University of Arkansas in October…had 12th place at that The Blessings in her first tournament of the year, it would be her third best event of her sophomore year…finished 75th as an individual at the Landfall Tradition, but she had a final round 70 that was bogey-free, the only bogey-free round of her career so far…finished 11th at Lady Bulldog Individual in January…had 20th place at Moon Golf with consistent 73-73-72 for 218 total…she led the Tigers at that tournament….best career event was at ACC Tournament in April when she shot a 220 (+4) and finished 10th…tied for Clemson’s second best player with Annabelle Pancake…had career-best and team-best 15 birdies at ACC Tournament…had top 25 (24th) finish at NCAA Bryan Regional, thanks to rounds of 76-73-72 for a five-over-par 221….Clemson’s third-best player at the NCAA National Tournament with 300 total, good enough for 53rd place….had a solid 73.1 stroke average in final rounds…played in all 11 events and had her only top 10 at the ACC Championship…had three top 12 finishes…had 3.14 average on par three holes, had 4.17 on par fours and 4.94 on par fives…her score counted in 22-27 rounds, including three of the four at the NCAA National Tournament…had best round of the day six times this year, but was Clemson’s best player at two tournaments, Moon Golf and Valspar Augusta….had 79 birdies this year and 118 for her career.

In 2022-23:  Began the year as a starter for the 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 and 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 an 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 a 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 the South Carolina Coaches Association, Region Player of the Year in South Carolina…won the state championship at the 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.

Tournament-by-Tournament 2022-23

Tournament-by-Tournament 2023-24

Career Stats