Honors and Awards
2025 NCAA Division I PING All-East Region
2024-25 First-Team All-Sun Belt
2022-23 Second-Team All-Sun Belt
2023-24 Third-Team All-Sun Belt
GS Honor Roll Fall 2024 (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 Fall 2022 (3.50-3.99 GPA)
2022-23 Sun Belt Academic Honor Roll
Junior (2024-25): Season scoring average was 71.49, coming in 35 rounds • Average was the 15th-lowest in program history • Took runner-up honors at the Thomas Sharkey Individual Collegiate, shooting a 208 (-8) • Tied for third at the Schenkel Invitational with a 210 (-6) • Recorded three top-five finishes and seven top-20 finishes • Shot par or better in 16 rounds and six tournaments • Twenty-seven of his 29 rounds were counted • Tallied 107 birdies, along with three eagles and 400 pars, all team highs • Finished T18 at the Sun Belt Championship, his third top-20 finish in as many years at the event • Tied for 20th at the NCAA Auburn Regional as an individual selection • Qualified for the U.S. Amateur and advanced to match play.
Sophomore (2023-24): Season scoring average was
72.82, coming in 33 rounds • Best finish of the season was a T4 at The Stitch • Low round of the year was a
67, coming three times • Recorded three top-10 finishes • Shot par or better in 12 rounds • Eighteen of his 21 rounds were counted • Went 1-0-1 in match play action • Tallied 91 birdies, 376 pars and four eagles • Had a hole in one at the Schenkel Invitational and one in the final round of the Sun Belt Championship • Finished T7 at the SBC Championship.
Freshman (2022-23): Highest ranked freshman in the Sun Belt, according to Golfstat, and his 71.89 scoring average ranked 10th in the league and is the lowest for a freshman in program history • Posted par or better in 13 of 27 rounds • Had two top-10 finishes, including his first collegiate win at the Thomas Sharkey Individual Collegiate, and three top-20s • Led the Eagles with a 68 in the final round of the NCAA Salem Regional • Tied for 15th at Sun Belt Championship and won both matches in match play • A 2023 second-team All-Sun Belt selection.
Golfweek Ranking: 53rd in Nation, 6th in Georgia
Junior Golf Scoreboard Ranking: 84th in Nation, 7th in Georgia, -3.31 scoring differential
Athletic Highlights:
Won 2021 Brunswick Junior Classic - 69-74-143
Won 2021 SJGT Harris English Invitational - 67-67-134
Won 2021 Sanctuary Golf Club Junior Classic-69-67-136
Runner-up at 2021 Forest Heights Junior Classic Forest Heights-73-70-143
T4 at 2021 SJGT Sea Island Junior Classic - 71-75-146
4th at 2021 Sea Palms Junior Classic-76-68-144
T4 at 2021 AJGA Carolina Trace Junior – 72-75-36-36-219
Runner-up at 2020 Sea Palms Junior Classic -70-68-138
3rd at 2020 Patton Kizzire Junior Classic-71-72-143
Named 2019 All-Region GISA AAA at Pinewood Christian in 2019
Placed 5th at SJGT Harris English Invitational, Brunswick Junior Classic and Belle Meade Junior Classic
Named 2019 SJGT Player of the Year after winning two events, placing second in three tournaments and finishing in the top-10 in all 13 events he played in.
Personal: Born Paul Parker Claxton March 15 in Savannah, Georgia • The son of Paul and Paula Claxton • Has a younger sister, Polly • Father played golf at Georgia and played in 108 events on the PGA Tour • Grandfather, Paul, and grandmother, Jane, both attended Georgia Southern.
Major: Management
| Career Snapshot |
| Year |
Starts |
Rds |
Strk |
Avg. |
Low Rd. |
Low 54 |
Top Finish |
Top-5 |
Top-10 |
Top-20 |
| 2022-23 |
9 |
27 |
1941 |
71.89 |
66-Sharkey |
207 (-9) |
1-Sharkey |
1 |
2 |
3 |
| 2023-24 |
11 |
33 |
2403 |
72.82 |
67-Three Times |
209 (-7) |
T4-Stitch |
1 |
3 |
4 |
| 2024-25 |
12 |
35 |
2502 |
71.49 |
64-Gopher |
208 (-8) |
2-Sharkey |
3 |
3 |
8 |
| 2025-26 |
2 |
6 |
441 |
73.50 |
70-Golfweek |
213 (-3) |
T28-Golfweek |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Totals |
34 |
101 |
7287 |
72.15 |
64-Gopher |
207 (-9) |
1-Sharkey |
5 |
8 |
14 |
| Career Scorecard |
| 2022-23 |
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| Tournament |
Scores |
Par |
Finish |
| Mizuno Intercollegiate* |
73-72-74=219 |
+3 |
T26 |
| Thomas Sharkey Individual Collegiate |
69-66-72=207 |
-9 |
1 |
| Gators Invitational |
73-73-72=218 |
+8 |
T34 |
| Colleton River Collegiate |
72-68-74=214 |
-2 |
T41 |
| Schenkel Invitational |
70-72-70=212 |
-4 |
T7 |
| Valspar Collegiate Invitational |
75-76-67=218 |
+5 |
T56 |
| Haskins Award Invitational |
76-75-72=223 |
+7 |
T51 |
| Sun Belt Championship |
74-70-75=219 |
+3 |
T15 |
| NCAA Championship Salem Regional |
72-71-68=211 |
-5 |
T27 |
| 2023-24 |
|
|
|
| Tournament |
Scores |
Par |
Finish |
| Valero Texas Collegiate |
78-78-73=229 |
+12 |
T61 |
| JT Poston Invitational |
72-70-75=217 |
+4 |
T42 |
| Fighting Irish Classic * |
67-73-77=217 |
+7 |
T43 |
| Bank of Tennessee Intercollegiate |
75-69-75=219 |
+2 |
T36 |
| Thomas Sharkey Individual Collegiate* |
76-69-75=220 |
+4 |
T18 |
| John Burns Intercollegiate |
73-75-73=221 |
+6 |
T58 |
| The Invitational at The Ford |
75-72-73=220 |
+4 |
T38 |
| Colleton River Collegiate* |
76-67-73=216 |
E |
T41 |
| Schenkel Invitational* |
72-67-70=209 |
-7 |
T7 |
| The Stitch |
74-69-75=218 |
+5 |
T4 |
| Sun Belt Championship |
75-72-70=217 |
+1 |
T7 |
| 2024-25 |
|
|
|
| Tournament |
Scores |
Par |
Finish |
| Gopher Invitational |
72-76-64=212 |
-1 |
T5 |
| JT Poston Invitational |
69-72-76=217 |
+7 |
T37 |
| Fighting Irish Classic |
73-67-72=212 |
+2 |
T14 |
| RedHawk Intercollegiate |
73-67-72=215 |
-1 |
T15 |
| Thomas Sharkey Individual Collegiate* |
70-70-68=208 |
-8 |
2 |
| Gators Invitational |
67-70-73=210 |
E |
T13 |
| Colleton River Collegiate |
74-78-72=223 |
+7 |
T26 |
| Johnnie-O Collegiate |
72-75=147 |
+7 |
T57 |
| Schenkel Invitational |
69-73-68=210 |
-6 |
T3 |
| Ford Collegiate |
70-70-75=215 |
+5 |
T23 |
| Sun Belt Championship |
76-69-71=216 |
E |
T18 |
| NCAA Championship Auburn Regional* |
72-71-76=219 |
+3 |
T20 |
| 2025-26 |
|
|
|
| Tournament |
Scores |
Par |
Finish |
| Golfweek Fall Challenge |
72-71-70=213 |
-3 |
T28 |
| The Wohali |
72-83-73=228 |
+15 |
T53 |
| *Played as individual |
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