Hayden Clingaman
Hayden Clingaman
  • Height:
    6-4
  • Weight:
    180
  • Year:
    Jr.
  • Hometown:
    Stryker, Ohio
  • High School:
    Stryker

Bio

Junior (2019-20): Team's top finisher in all five tournaments during the fall of 2019... Steady player who shot between 77 and 84 over nine rounds in the fall... Finished at 80 or better five times in fall competitions with an average of 81.2... Fired an 80 to tie for eighth place in the Lourdes Invitational's 65-player field at Legacy Golf Club (Ottawa Lake, Mich.) on Sept. 25, 2019.   

Sophomore (2018-19): Appeared in six events, playing 10 rounds... Shot an average score of 80.5 with a low round of 73... Registered a top-10 finish.

Freshman (2017-18): Played in four tournaments and six rounds in the fall season... Averaged 83.2 strokes per round... Shot a season-best 76 at the Jon P. Spiess Invitational... Played in four events and eight rounds during the spring campaign... Averaged 78.8 shots per round, finishing second on the team... Carded a season-best 73 on day two of the Heartland Collegiate Conference Championship.

Prep: Extremely involved at nearby Stryker High School, where he was senior class vice president and junior class president... Member of the National Honor Society and Fellowship of Christian Athletes... Earned four varsity letters in golf and three in basketball... Named a top scholar as a senior with a 3.87 grade-point average.

Personal: Son of Jamie and Dawn Clingaman... Majoring in accounting... Comes from a family of golfers... Chosen as the Northwest Ohio Junior Golf Association Player of the Year after winning five times in eight events during the summer of 2016... Admires Tiger Woods... Fan of the Detroit Lions and Boston Celtics.

News Mentions

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Golf teams travel before opening event, seasons canceled

DEFIANCE, Ohio – The Defiance College men’s and women’s golf teams were set to begin play during Spring Break in mid-March...

April 9, 2020

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Men’s golf picked eighth in 2020 HCAC preseason poll

CARMEL, Ind. – Heading into the upcoming spring season, the Defiance College men’s golf team is picked to finish eighth this year...

February 26, 2020

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Clingaman Leads DC at the Defiance Fall Invitational

WAUSEON, Ohio – The Defiance College men’s golf team wrapped up the 2019 fall season on Saturday afternoon as they hosted the...

October 19, 2019

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Clingaman Claims Top Ten Finish at Lourdes

OTTAWA LAKE, Mich. - A midweek trip for Defiance College men's golf saw the Yellow Jackets leave the Lourdes Invitational with Hayden...

September 25, 2019

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Clingaman Leads Defiance at Cleary Invitational

HOWELL, Mich. - The Defiance College men's golf team made the journey north on Tuesday morning for the Cleary University Invitational....

September 17, 2019

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Men's Golf Takes on Ohio Cup Field

FINDLAY, Ohio - The Defiance College men's golf team took to the road Saturday to compete in the Ohio Cup at Red Hawk Run Golf Course. 

September 7, 2019

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Men's Golf Begins Season at UNOH

LIMA, OHIO - The Defiance College men's golf team teed off their 2019 fall season Friday morning as they traveled to Hidden Creek Golf for...

August 30, 2019