2023-24 Men's Golf Roster
Claycomb, Canon
Canon Claycomb
- Height:
- 6-1
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Bowling Green, Ky.
- High School:
- Circle Christian HS
Bio
Career Accolades
- PING All-American Third Team (2023)
- PING Southeast All-District (2022, 2023)
- All-SEC Second Team (2023)
- SEC Community Service Team (2022, 2023)
- SEC All-Freshman (2021)
- SEC Academic Honor Roll (2021, 2022, 2023)
- SEC Golfer of the Week (Feb. 23, 2022)
- SEC Freshman of the Week (March 4, 2020)
- Career Tournament Victories at Alabama: 1
2023 Fall Season
- Ended the fall season ranked No. 20 in the PGA Tour University Rankings (as of Nov. 29)
- One of two Crimson Tide golfers to start in all four events across the fall season (Thomas Ponder), earning a pair of top-15 finishes
- Concluded the fall season with the third-best overall stroke average (71.63) and average vs. par (+0.27) and tied for second-most rounds of par or better (7)
- Finished tied for seventh at the Hamptons Intercollegiate with a season-best 4-under 212 (70-71-71)
- Carded a 1-under 139 (71-68) to finish in 13th at the OFCC/Fighting Illini Invitational
2022-23
- SEC Academic Honor Roll
- Finished the year ranked No. 29 in the nation, according to Golfweek individual player rankings
- Tabbed as a Third Team PING All-American
- Earned PING Southeast All-District All-SEC Second Team honors followed a stellar campaign
- Collected 10 top-25 finishes in the Tide's 12 tournaments played on the season, including a 22nd-place result at the 2023 NCAA Men's Golf Championships (2-over par 282)
- Led the team with 27 rounds (out of 37 total rounds played) of par or lower, including nine consecutive to begin the year, which set a school record in a single season
- Also had a team-leading eight tournaments in which he finished under par
- Carded the second-best average strokes per round (70.65), average vs. par (-0.57) and number of rounds in 60s (15)
- Ranks among the single-season program leaders in scoring average (No. 6) and average vs. par (No. 5)
- Started the season off by earning the medalist honor at the Rod Myers Invitational, collecting his second career individual title
- Finished that event with an 11-under par 205 which included a final round season-best score of 7-under 65 (69-71-65)
- Shot a combined 20-under par across his final four tournaments of the season, which included a fourth-place finish at the SEC Championships (204, -6) and a ninth-place result at the NCAA Norman Regional (209, -7)
- One of only three players to earn a spot on the Tide’s lineup for every team event of the season
- Named to the final fall Haskins Award Watch List
- Nominated for September Golfer of the Month Ben Hogan Award
2021-22
- SEC Academic Honor Roll
- Named to the PING Southeast All-District team by the Golf Coaches Association of America
- Finished the season ranked No. 59 in the nation, according to the final Golfweek/Sagarin individual collegiate rankings
- One of only two golfers to compete in all nine events on the season along with seeing action at the NCAA Regionals (Thomas Ponder)
- Led the team throughout the year, including stroke average (70.92), average vs. par (-0.29), rounds of par or lower (18) and rounds in the 60s (9)
- His 70.92 per round average ranks seventh-best in program history while his -0.29 average vs. par is sixth-best in the school annals
- Also led the Tide with 18 rounds of par or lower, nine rounds in the 60s, two top-five results and five finished in the top 20
- Recorded six consecutive rounds in the 60s to open the spring season was the longest stretch of his career and most since Justin Thomas had five straight in the spring of 2012
- Finished the spring campaign at 18-under par, including shooting below par in four of his six tournaments in which he competed, and combined to finish 8-under for the entire season
- Invited as an individual to participate in the 2022 NCAA Bryan Regional where he tied for fifth overall after shooting a 3-under 213 (72-70-71)
- Lost a chance to advance to the NCAA National Championships after dropping the first playoff hole at the NCAA Regional
- Captured his first collegiate medalist honors at the spring season-opening Watersound Invitational with a 54-hole career-best total of 14-under par 202 (67-66-69)
- Followed that tournament with a 7-under par 206 (68-69-69) to finish in 12th overall at the Cabo Collegiate
- Of his 24 rounds played in the team stroke play events on the year, 22 counted toward the team total which tied Thomas Ponder for tops on the squad (91.7 percent)
- Collected a 6-under 210 (73-70-67) at the August Haskins Award Invitational, to finish in 11th overall
- Also had top-25 finishes at the OFCC/Fighting Illini Invitational (t17th), Jackson T. Stephens Cup (t20th), and the Linger Longer Invitational (t25th)
2020-21
- SEC First Year Academic Honor Roll
- Carried over the stellar start to his career in his second year at the Capstone to earn SEC All-Freshman accolades, becoming the first UA golfer to earn the recognition since 2016
- A steady force on the team who played in nine of the team's 10 events on the year
- Ranked third on the team in stroke average (72.56) rounds of par or better (11) and top-20 finishes (3)
- Owned a +1.44 average vs. par which ranked fourth-best on the team
- Had 24 of his 27 rounds count toward the team total (.889), which ranked third-best on the team
- Was the team's second-highest finisher in six of the eight spring tournaments
- Collected his first top-10 finish of the year and second of his career when he tied for eighth overall at the Tiger Invitational with a 6-under par 210 (71-69-70), which was the lowest versus par tournament total in his career
- Shot a 54-hole season-best score of1-under 209 (71-68-70) at the Gators Invitational which matched the best 54-hole score of his career
- Recorded a top-20 finish at the 2021 SEC Championships (t20th) with a 4-over par 214 (74-70-70)
- Finished at 1-over par 214 (73-71-70) in his first tournament of the year
- Also had top-25 finishes at the Collegiate Invitational (t23rd) and LSU Invitational (t24th)
2019-20
- Burst onto the season after enrolling early and participating for the Crimson Tide in the spring of 2020
- Competed in two events before the season was cut short due to the Covid-19 pandemic, finishing in the top-15 in each tournament
- His 70.17 strokes per round and -1.33 average vs. par were the best on the team in the spring season
- Despite competing in just two events, he tied for second on the team in rounds in the 60s (2) and par or lower rounds (5), while 6-under 136 at the Cabo Collegiate was the best 36-hole total on the team for the year
- Earned his first top-10 finish in just his second career tournament when he tied for seventh overall at the Cabo Collegiate with a 4-under 209 (70-66-73)
- Went on to earn SEC Freshman of the Week honors for his performance in Cabo
- Tallied a second-round score of 5-under 66 at the Cabo Collegiate was a season-best 18-hole total and tied for the team's low round of the season
- Made his collegiate debut at the Puerto Rico Classic and finished tied for 13th overall with a 4-under par 212 (71-72-69)
Prep Highlights
- Ranked No.1 in the Golfstat/Sagarin Rankings, No. 4 Rolex American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) rankings and No. 64 in the World Amateur Golf Rankings (WAGR)
- A four-time Rolex Junior All-American, including landing a spot on the 2019 First Team
- Earned a trio of runner-up finishes: 2018 Rolex Tournament of Champions, AJGA Simplify Boys Championship at Carlton Woods (playoff) and Boys Junior PGA Championship
- Named by the Orlando Sentinel as the Boys Golf Player of the Year as a sophomore in 2017
- Tabbed an All-USA Second Team performer by USA Today in 2018
- A two-time first team all-area performer (2017 and 2018)
- Played his sophomore and junior seasons at Circle Christian High School in Orlando, Fla.
- As a junior, he earned district medalist honors followed by a fifth-place finish in regional play
- Tied for the individual title in the 2018 1A Florida State Championships, but lost in a tiebreaker on the first playoff hole
- Carded a 63 and 64 in district and region tournaments, respectively, and 69-72—141 to tie for third in the 2017 1A state tournament
- Named to the 2018 Junior Ryder Cup Team and will compete in the 2019 Junior Presidents Cup competition in Australia
- One career national junior golf win when he recorded a record-breaking victory at The PING Invitational, carding a 207 (69-67-71)
- Three-time Wyndham Cup team member, two-time selection to Junior Presidents Cup
- Collected seven top-10 national junior golf finishes
- Finished fourth in the 2019 Jones Cup Junior Invitational
- Started the Mason Cup to honor family friend Mason Goodnight, who passed away suddenly in April 2017, and benefits the Mason Goodnight Foundation which supports youth sports in Bowling Green and surrounding communities
- Through the Mason Cup, he has helped raise more than $240,000 with friends using a Ryder Cup-style format since 2018
Personal Information
- Birthday is Nov. 7, 2001
- Son of Jason and Erica Claycomb
- Has one brother, Cooper
- Graduated with his undergrad in Dec. 2023 with a major in news media and a minor in psychology
- Currently working towards master's degree
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Wednesday, February 21
Watersound Invitational Day 1 Recap: Thomas Ponder
Monday, February 19
Men's Golf: Nick Dunlap Pro Announcement
Thursday, January 25
Nick Dunlap Press Conference
Thursday, January 25
