Florida State University Athletics (2024)

(As of July 28, 2024)

STATISTICS

HONORS
The lowestsingle-season scoring average leader in FSU history (69.33 in 2023-24)
2024 Division I PING First-Team All-American
2024 Jack Nicklaus Award Finalist
2024 Haskins Award Watch List Finalist
2024 PING All-Southeast Region
2024 All-ACC Team selection
2023-24 Ben Hogan Award National Semifinalist
2024 SwingU Golfer of the Month (March and April)
2024 ACC Golfer of the Month in March and April
2024 Seminole Intercollegiate Champion
2024 Valspar Collegiate Invitational Champion
2024 Lewis Chitengwa Memorial Champion
2023-24 Preseason Haskins Award Watch List
2023 PING Honorable Mention All-American
2023 NCAA Morgan Hill Regional Champion

HEAD COACH TREY JONES ON LUKE CLANTON
“Luke is coming off arguably the best summer of any amateur player in a very long time. I know Luke has a lot of lofty goals this year. I know he will work hard and be driven to achieve his goals. Handling new expectations and busy schedule will be a key for Luke’s success.”

ON CLANTON
The top college golfer in America for the 2024-25 season…his career stroke average entering his junior season of 70.35 is the second-lowest in school history…the all-time school-record for lowest career stroke average is 69.87 by John Pak (2019-21)…played in five PGA Tour Events during summer of 2024 – The US Open (tied for 41^st), Rocket Mortgage Classic (tie for 10^th), John Deere Classic (tied for second), ISCO Championship (tied for 37^th place) and the Wyndham Championship…his tied for 10^th place finish at the Rocket Mortgage Classic and tied for second place finish at the John Deere Classic made him the first amateur to record top-10 finishes in back-to-back starts on the PGA Tour since Billy Joe Patton in 1957…his tied for 10^th place finished at the Rocket Mortgage Classic in his second career start on the PGA Tour came as he carded a 65 during the third round, the low round of the day…his finished marked the third top-10 finish by an amateur on PGA Tour during the 2024 season…finished tied for second at the John Deere Classic, his second consecutive top-10…at age 20, he became the youngest player to finish runner-up in a since Jordan Spieth at the 2014 Masters Tournament…the first player with a 63 or better in the first and final rounds of a PGA Tour event since Adam Scott at the 2023 CJ CUP Byron Nelson Championship…in 2022, Clanton won theAzalea Invitational and the North & South Amateur at Pinehurst…finished in a tie for 41^st place the 2024 US Open which was also played at Pinehurst.

AS A SOPhom*oRE (2024)
Enjoyed one of the greatest single seasons in Florida State history…established the single-season record for lowest scoring average, shooting 69.33…became the first Seminole ever to win three consecutive tournaments…earned wins at the Seminole Intercollegiate, the Valspar Collegiate Invitational and the Lewis Chitengwa Memorial…recorded 10Top 10 finishes in 14tournaments played in the 2023-24 year…finished at par or less in 30 of his 40 rounds played as a sophom*ore…rated as the nation's top collegiate golfer according to the Clippd rankings…selected to the All-ACC Team…earned a spot as a Ben Hogan Award National Semifinalist…named as the ACC Golfer of the Month in March and April 2024…selected as the SwingU Golfer of the Month in April 2024…earned an exemption to the 2025 Valspar Championship on the PGA Tour…qualified for the 2024 U.S. Open as an Amateur.

AS A FRESHMAN (2023)
Recorded an average score of 71.49…one of FSU's hottest performers by year's end, as he entered the NCAA Championships with nine straight rounds at par or less…clinched FSU’s match-play semifinal win over Illinois at the NCAA Championships, defeating Jackson Buchanan, 1Up…finished in a tie for 22nd at the NCAA Championships at 2-over (72-71-71-68)…became the first FSU freshman ever to win a regional, shooting 6-under at the NCAA Morgan Hill Regional in California…tied for ninth at the ACC Men’s Golf Championship, shooting 4-under…strong showing at the Lewis Chitengwa Memorial, tying for third with a 9-under 204…finished in a tie for second at the Seminole Intercollegiate, carding a 5-under 211…finished in a tie for 62nd in his collegiate debut at the Maui Jim Intercollegiate, shooting a 2-over 212 (78-66-68)…place in a tie for 17th at Olympia Fields, shooting a 3-over 213 (73-70-70)…finished in a tie for 22nd at the Folds of Honor Collegiate, shooting a 5-over (71-77-73) 221…finished in a tie for 17th in stroke play at the Jackson Stephens Cup, shooting a 2-under 214…defeated North Carolina’s David Ford (individual champion), 1UP, in the Jackson Stephens Cup championship match.

BEFORE FLORIDA STATE
Graduated from American Heritage High School in 2022…a three-time state high school champion (2019, 2021, 2022) and runner-up in the state championship tournament as a sophom*ore…the recipient of the AT&T Byron Nelson International Junior Golf Award in 2023…finished in a tie for fifth at the 74^th United States Junior Amateur Championship (74-68)…finished in a 23^rd place in the Western Amateur Championship (69-70-70-71)…finished fifth (quarterfinalist) in the U.S. Junior Amateur Championship (74-68)…placed eighth in the Pacific Coast Amateur (68-70-69-69)…the champion of the North & South Amateur Championship (71-68)…finished third at the Terra Cotta Invitational (71-71-68)…the 2022 Azalea Invitational Champion (68-72-69)…finished in a tie for ninth in the 2022 Junior Invitational at Sage Valley Golf Club (71-70-72) and tied for third at the 2022 Dustin Johnson World Junior (72-69-71)…earned medalist honors at the 2021-22 Florida High School State Championship (72-69)…the Broward Boys Golfer of the Year…finished tied for eighth at the 2021 Rolex Tournament of Champions (75-74-69-69) and tied for 19^th in the 2021 Junior Players Championship (72-77-72)…a third place finish (semifinalist) in the 2021 U.S. Junior Amateur Championship (72-72)…a fourth place finish in the Team TaylorMade Invitational (73-72-62)…the Runner-up in the 2021 Dustin Johnson World Junior Championship (69-72-74)…finished fourth in the Sean Foley Performance Junior Championship (74-74-71)…the champion of the 2020-21 Florida High School State Championship (69-68)…a tie for ninth place finish at the 2020 71^st Four-Ball Championship (68-67)…tied for second at the 2019-20 Florida High School State Championship (77-70)…champion of the 2018-19 Florida High School State Championship (75-69)

PERSONAL
Born: November 5, 2003…Luke is the son of Rhonda an David Clanton…Rhonda, a flight attendant, and David works as a golf instructor and as a landscaper while also owning a glass business…began his golf career at the Country Club of Miami with his father as his first instructor…the third of three children, Luke is the youngest brother to sisters Ray and Abby…Ray is a model, while Abby played college soccer at West Alabama and is currently a veterinarian…major is social science.