Haydyn Gibson

Photo by: Parker Waters

Height:
5-7
Class:
Senior
High School:
Osceola Fundamental High School
Hometown:
Clearwater, Fla.

Senior (2019-20): Began the season with career-best 68 (-3) in the first round and recorded a team-high of 10 birdies in the three rounds at the Mercedes-Benz Collegiate…Finished with 6 birdies at the Bettie Lou Evans Invitational…Tied for 34^th with a total score of 221 (+5) at the White Sands Invitational…Posted a top 25 finish with a total score of 221 (+2) at the All State Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate…Tied for 38^th and finished with a team-high of 11 birdies at the Arizona Wildcat Invitational.

Junior (2018-19): Closed out the year with the team's second-best scoring average (76.03)...Posted two rounds at or below par during the year…Achieved a top 50 finish in six events during the season…Tied for 37th at the USA Intercollegiate with a three round total of 223 to open the season…Logged her best finish of the year at the LSU Tiger Golf Classic...Tied for 34th at the AAC Championship to close out the year…Was part of the Tulane 3.0 club for fall of 2018.

Sophomore (2017-18): Has recorded three rounds at par or better on the year…Opened the season at the USA Intercollegiate where she tied for 12^th, her best career finish, notching a three-round total of 218 (+2)…Finished second on the team at the Battle at the Beach with a three-round total of 220 (+7)…Has made appearances at the Windy City Collegiate Classic, Ruth’s Chris Tar Heel Invitational, UCF Challenge, Allstate Sugar Bowl, Clemson Invitational and Silverado Showdown.

Freshman (2016-17): Played 30 rounds in 10 tournaments and finished with a 76.87 (2,306 strokes) scoring average…Tied 26th at the American Championship…Finished with a par or lower in five rounds…21 of her rounds counted toward the team score…Off the course, was named to the Dean's List for the spring 2017 semester, Tulane’s 3.0 Club for the fall 2016 and spring 2017 semesters and to the 2016-17 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team.

High School: Attended Osceola Fundamental High School and was a three-sport student-athlete...As a prep golfer for Coach James Hill, was a four-year letterwinner and won an individual state and regional title in 2014 and was a three-time district champion (2013-15)...Twice claimed the lowest district scoring average (2013-14; 2014-15) and was tabbed the St. Petersburg Times Player of the Year in 2014. Gibson also won the 2014 North Florida PGA Junior Championship and finished tied for seventh place at the AJGA TaylorMade-Adidas Golf Junior All-Star that same year...As a track & field athlete, she ran the 100-meter dash as a freshman and was a two-year letterwinner in tennis.

Personal: Majoring in Sociology...Has two siblings...Her brother, Bryant, played baseball at Eckerd College.

Gibson's Career Statistics

Year	Events	Rds	Strokes	Avg.	L18	L54	Best Finish
2016-17	10	30	2306	76.87	70	225	T26 (The American Championship)
2017-18	9	27	2073	76.78	70	218	T12 (USA Intercollegiate)
2018-19	9	26	1977	76.03	70	218	T18 (LSU Tiger Golf Classic)
2019-20	5	15	1129	75.27	68	221	25 (All State Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate)
Totals	33	98	7485	76.38	68	218	T12 (USA Intercollegiate)