Skip To Main Content
Skip To Main Content

Georgia Southern University Athletics

2025-26 Men's Golf Roster

Ian Glanton

  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Height 5-7
  • Hometown Metter, Ga.
  • High School Metter
  • Major Finance
  • Instagram ianglanton
  • Twitter ianglaton

Biography

Honors and Awards
2024-25 Sun Belt Academic Commissioner's List
GS Dean's List Fall 2024 (3.50-3.99 GPA)
GS Honor Roll Spring 2025 (3.00-3.49 GPA)
2023-24 Sun Belt Academic Honor Roll
GS Honor Roll Spring 2024 (3.00-3.49 GPA)
GS Honor Roll Fall 2023 (3.00-3.49 GPA)
GS Dean’s List Spring 2023 (3.50-3.99 GPA)
2022-23 Sun Belt Academic Honor Roll
2021-22 Sun Belt Academic Honor Roll

Redshirt Junior (2024-25): Season scoring average is 73.50, coming in 20 rounds • Top finish was a T11 at the UNG Mizuno Intercollegiate • Low round was a 69, fired twice • Recorded two top-20 finishes • Shot par or better in seven rounds and one tournament • Tallied 52 birdies, along with an eagle and 213 pars.

Redshirt Sophomore (2023-24): Season scoring average was 74.13, coming in 15 rounds • Had three rounds of 69 • Had two top-25 finishes, coming at the UNG Mizuno Intercollegiate and the Invitational at the Ford • Had five rounds at or under par • Tallied 36 birdies, 172 pars and an eagle.

Sophomore (2022-23): Redshirted the season due to injury.

Freshman (2021-22): Competed in five events • Posted a career best 70 in the second round of the JT Poston Invitational • Shot 71-72 in the final two rounds of the Savannah Intercollegiate to tie for 32nd, his best finish of the season.

Athletic Highlights:
Ranked #16 Junior in Georgia for 2020 Class (Junior Golf Scoreboard)
2018 and 2019 GHSA First-Team All-State
2018 and 2019 MHS Golf Award for Low Medalist
2018 and 2019 GHSA Team State Champion-played in position one as a freshman and sophomore
2019 GHSA Individual State Champion 70-71
17th at Press Thornton Future Masters in 2018 74-69-67
16th at Press Thornton Future Masters in 2019 68-74-70
8th 2019 AJGA Natural Resource Partners Bluegrass Junior 70-77-68
1st 2019 SJGT Blake Hadden Memorial Junior 71-72
2nd 2020 SJGT Sea Island Junior Classic 70-76-lost in sudden death playoff
8th 2020 AJGA Greenwood Championship 74-74-67
Won 2021 WLGC Invite
Holds Course Record at Willow Lake Golf Club 62

Personal: Born Ian Scott Glanton July 26, 2002, in Statesboro • The son of Scott and Erin Glanton • Has a younger brother, John Luke, and a younger sister, Isabella • Erin is a graduate of Georgia Southern • Scott played baseball at Augusta • His uncle, Chad Glanton, played four years of golf at Columbus State and won the D-II National Championship in 1993 and 1995.

Major: Finance (graduated)
 
Career Snapshot
Year Starts Rds Strk Avg. Low Rd. Low 54 Top Finish Top-5 Top-10 Top-20
2021-22 5 15 1145 76.33 70-JT Poston 219 (+6) T32-Savannah 0 0 0
2022-23 Redshirted
2023-24 5 15 1112 74.13 69-three times 217 (+1) T25-twice 0 0 0
2024-25 7 20 1470 73.50 69-twice 212 (-4) T11- Mizuno 0 0 2
Totals 17 50 3727 74.54 69-five times 212 (-4) T11-Mizuno 0 0 2
 
Career Scorecard
2021-22
Tournament Scores Par Finish
JT Poston Invitational 77-70-72=219 +6 T52
Fighting Irish Classic 76-73-80=229 +19 T72
Thomas Sharkey Individual Collegiate 78-84-85=247 +31 41
Savannah Intercollegiate* 79-71-72=222 +6 T32
Schenkel Invitational* 73-76-79=228 +12 T72
2022-23
Tournament Scores Par Finish
Was Redshirted
2023-34
Tournament Scores Par Finish
Valero Texas Collegiate 73-75-73=221 +5 T33
JT Poston Invitational* 76-69-78=223 +10 T83
Thomas Sharkey Individual Collegiate* 76-75-78=229 +13 T53
The Invitational at The Ford* 74-69-74=217 +1 T25
Schenkel Invitational* 83-69-73=225 +9 T71
2024-25
Tournament Scores Par Finish
JT Poston Invitational* 78-70-73=221 +11 T55
UNG Mizuno Intercollegiate 71-70-71=212 -4 T11
RedHawk Intercollegiate 78-80-74=235 +19 T82
Thomas Sharkey Individual Collegiate* 74-74-71+219 +3 T18
Johnnie-O Collegiate* 75-69=144 +4 T38
Schenkel Invitational* 73-77-69=219 +3 T31
Ford Collegiate* 71-75-77=223 +13 T54
*Played as an individual

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22Freshman

  • 2022-23Sophomore

  • 2023-24Redshirt Sophomore

  • 2024-25Redshirt Junior

  • 2025-26Redshirt Senior

    5'7"