Career: Starkie’s 68 is tied for the lowest 3rd round score in Georgia State history... Four career top-10 finishes... Named All-CAA 2nd Team and CAA Golfer of the Week... Named to the Dean’s List three times.
2008-09: Finished 15th at the U. of Cincinnati Fall Classic after carding a career best 68 in the final round... Finished 16th at the John Kirk/Panther Intercollegiate... Named to the Dean’s List.
2007-08: Finished in the top-10 at the America’s Choice Mortgage Lady Jaguar Invitational... Finished in the top 25 in five of 10 tournaments... Score counted in over half of her rounds played (15 of 27)... Finished in the top 25 at the CAA Championships with a 24th place finish of 76-77-84 (+21)... Helped the Panthers to a team victory at the 2007 America’s Choice Mortgage Lady Jaguar Invitational with an eighth place finish of 76-77 (+9)... Named to Spring Dean’s List... Earned the CAA All-Academic Award.
2006-07: Finished second on the team in stroke average at 77.75... Selected All-CAA 2nd Team... Totaled three top-20 and two top-10 finishes... Missed the team’s final three tournaments due to injury... Recorded career lowest score (69), best finish (6th), and low tournament score for three rounds (219) at the Edwin Watts/Palmetto Intercollegiate... Notched a new career low tournament score for two rounds at America’s Choice Mortgage Lady Jaguar Invitational... Tied for 11th (81-75-77--233) at the Papa Johns’ Collegiate with a 233... Named CAA Golfer of the Week on March 5... Received the 2006-07 CAA All-Academic Award for excellence in the classroom... Made the Athletics Director’s Honor Roll in Spring 2007.
2005-06: Posted two finishes in the top 20 in seven tournaments during her first year at Georgia State... Tied for 10th in her collegiate debut at the Napa River Grill Cardinal Cup... Carded a career-low 232 after shooting rounds of 76, 77 and 79... Tied for 30th at the Ga. St./Pelican Preserve Invitational with a 240... Fired a career-low third-round score of 76... Placed 94th at the Taco Bell Intercollegiate with a 243... Tied for 19th at the Ross Resorts Invitational after shooting a 234... Shot scores of 87, 76 and 77... Matched her career-low 76 in the second-round... Shot a 239 (80-81-78) at the Pat Bradley Championship to tie for 55th... Made the Dean’s List in the Fall.
Amateur: Starkie played in the British Girls for three years, the English Girls for four years, the English Ladies in 2004 and 2005, the English Ladies Mid-Amateur in 2005 and the British Ladies in 2005... Was a two-time finalist in the Daily Telegraph Junior Championships (2003, 2004)... Youngest winner of the Bradford and the District Ladies Championship in 2004 and the defending champion in 2005... A member of the England under-16 team for two years.
Prep: Attended Skipton Girls’ High School.
Personal: Claire Michelle Starkie was born November 3, 1986 in England... Her parents are Thomas and Jacqueline Starkie... Majoring in exercise science.
2008-09
U. of Cincinnati Fall Classic 85-77-68--230 15th/57
Heather Farr/U. of Colorado Mem. 74-78-72--224 T36th/106
UNCG Starmount Fall Classic 83-80-78--241 T55th/81
Edwin Watts/Palmetto Inter. 75-85-77--237 T37th/99
John Kirk/Panther Inter. 76-78-72--226 T16th/67
SunTrust Lady Gator Invit. 73-84-78--235 T32nd/84
Tournaments: 6; Rounds: 18; Strokes: 1393; Stroke Average: 77.38
2007-08
Napa River Grill Cardinal Cup 85-80-76--241 T78th/94*
U.P./Myrtle Beach Classic 72-77--149 T19th/84
McHaney/Morehead Invit. 76-80-79--235 T22nd/77
Amer. Choice Mort. Lady Jag. 76-77--153 T8th/29
Edwin Watts/Palmetto Invit. 72-75-83--230 T18th/101
SunTrust Lady Gator Invit. 79-77-72--238 T12th/83
John Kirk/Panther Intercollegiate 76-80--156 T22nd/81
Canes and Cardinals Classic 74-81-75--230 T44th/77
CAA Championship 76-77-84--237 24th/50
NCAA East Regional 83-77-80--240 T85th/110
Tournaments: 10; Rounds: 27; Strokes: 2106; Stroke Average: 78.00
*Competed as an individual
2006-07
Cougar Classic 78-82-79--239 73rd/96
Napa River Grill Cardinal Cup 79-78-77--234 32nd/76
Ga. St./Pelican Preserve Invite 75-78-78--231 52nd/81
Edwin Watts/Palmetto Intercol. 79-71-69--219 6th/99
Amer. Choice Mort. Lady Jag. 77-75--152 6th/40
Papa Johns’ Collegiate 81-75-77--233 T11th/64
SunTrust Lady Gator Invit. 81-81-85--247 T77th/87
Tournaments: 7, Rounds: 20; Strokes: 1,555; Stroke Average: 77.75
2005-06
Napa River Grill Cardinal Cup 76-77-79--232 10th/76
Ga. St./Pelican Preserve Invit. 84-80-76--240 30th/51
Taco Bell Intercollegiate 82-80-81--243 94th/112
Ross Resorts Invitational 87-76-77--234 19th/67
Pat Bradley Championship 80-81-78--239 55th/105
USF/Waterlefe Invitational 82-88-90--260 56th/79
John Kirk/Panther Inter. 81-84--165 52nd/74
Tournaments: 7; Rounds: 20; Strokes: 1613; Stroke Average: 80.65
Lowest Score: 68 (2008 U. of Cincinnati Fall Classic)
Best Finish: 6th (2006 Edwin Watts/Palmetto Intercollegiate, 2006 Amer. Choice Mort. Lady Jaguar Invite)
Low Tournament Score (2 Rounds): 149 (2007 Unlimited Potential/Myrtle Beach Classic)
Low Tournament Score (3 Rounds): 219 (2006 Edwin Watts/Palmetto Intercollegiate)
Best 1st Round: 72 (2007 Unlimited Potential/Myrtle Beach Classic, 2007 Edwin Watts/Palmetto Invitational)
Best 2nd Round: 71 (2006 Edwin Watts/Palmetto Intercollegiate)
Best 3rd Round: 68 (2008 U. of Cincinnati Fall Classic)
Top-5 Finishes: 0
Top-10 Finishes: 4
Top-20 Finishes: 11
Tournaments: 30
Rounds: 85
Strokes: 6667
Career Stroke Average: 78.43
