Troy University Athletics
2016-17 Golf (M) Roster
Roster
Clayton Vannoy
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Pensacola, Fla.
- High School:
- Pensacola Catholic HS
2016 All-Sun Belt Second Team
2016-17 (Senior)
Led the Trojans and ranked fourth in the Sun Belt with a 72.08 stroke average; also led the Trojans with six rounds under par and a pair of top-10 finishes in the fall … Peaked as high as No. 32 in the Golfstat national rankings after opening the season with six of his nine rounds under par; enters the spring ranked 145th nationally which leads the Sun Belt … Leads the Sun Belt with a -0.19 adjusted score vs. par … Named the Sun Belt Golfer of the Week after shooting a 7-under 209 at the AutoTrader.com Collegiate Classic … Opened the season with back-to-back 2-under 214 performances, which were good for a tie for 11th at The Invitational at the Ocean Course and a second place finish at The Invitational at The Grove … Posted the three best 36-hole totals of the fall (139, 141, 142) by a Trojan and the three best 54-hole scores of the fall (209, 214, 214) … Second on the team with 90.3 percent of his rounds counting towards the team score
2015-16 (Junior)
Named to the All-Sun Belt Second Team after finishing the regular season ranked sixth in the Golfstat Sun Belt Comparative Rankings … Led Troy with a 73.09 stroke average on the year and a 72.67 average in the spring … Took home a fourth-place finish in the stroke play portion of the Sun Belt Championship and two match play victories where he didn’t trail over 35 holes played … Opened the spring by tying for third place at the All-American Intercollegiate hosted by Houston; shot a 5-under 211, which ranked as the fifth-lowest 54-hole score of the year by a Trojan and the second-lowest on a par-72 course … Second on the team with 11 rounds under par on the year and tied for fourth with three rounds in the 60s … Led the Trojans with 90.1 percent (29-of-32) of his rounds counting towards the team card … Troy’s best in the opening round of a tournament as he has averaged a 73.09 the first trip through the course … Tied for fourth at the AutoTrader.com Collegiate Classic (-3) and tied for seventh at the Sun Belt Preview (-1) to tie for the team lead with four top-10 finishes … Did not play a round over 77 the entire spring season and just one all year … Fired a 5-under 66 in the second round of the Sun Belt Preview, which ranked as the second-best round of the year by a Trojan; his 139 over 36 holes at the Sun Belt Preview ranked as the fourth lowest of the year … Picked up victories over two players ranked in the top-20 nationally – No. 13 Austin James (Charleston Southern) and No. 17 Chase Koepka (South Florida)
Finished fourth on the team with a 73.85 stroke average after an impressive spring campaign (73.67) ... Playing as an individual, led Troy at the Seminole Intercollegiate (t18) after shooting a 3-under 213 (71-74-68) ... Tied for 11th playing as an individual at the Furman Intercollegiate after shooting even-par 216, including a 3-under 69 in the second round ... Finished the year with six rounds under par and three in the 60s; played 17 rounds over the course of the season ... Finished in third place out of 51 at the Savannah Quarters Individual Intercollegiate after shooting a 4-under 212 ... Played 10 of his 20 rounds at 72 or lower ... His 143 over the opening 36 holes at Savannah was the seventh best by a Trojan this year, while his final 212 at the event was the third best 54-hole score of the year ... Also had the seventh best (212) and ninth best (216) 54-hole scores of the year on the team
2013-14 (Freshman)
Impressive right out of the gate with a 21st place finish at the AutoTrader.com Collegiate Classic after shooting an 8-over 224 ... Carded a hole-in-one en route to a second round 3-under 69 in the event ... Finished the year with a 75.46 stroke average over 24 rounds and eight events … His 69 at the AutoTrader was the lowest round of the fall by a Trojan, his 143 over the first 36 holes was tied for the second lowest and his 216 for the tournament was the lowest 54-hole score of the fall and third lowest overall by a Trojan … Shot a 71 in the second round of the Seminole Intercollegiate
High School
Two-time all-city selection and two-time Pensacola Player of the Year … Advanced to the regional final as a senior … Also played tennis for the Crusaders
Personal
Full name is Clayton Jeffrey Vannoy … Son of Beverly and Jeffrey Vannoy … Born Feb. 9, 1995, in Pensacola, Fla. … Sister, Langley, played on the Troy women’s golf team from 2011-15 … Majoring in social science
