Esme Hamilton

GRADUATE SENIOR (2022-23)
Competed in 11 events and 30.5 rounds for Kansas … Posted six rounds under par … Led the Jayhawks as the top individual at five events … Finished twice in the top-10 and twice in top-20 … Made Kansas debut at the Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invitational (Sept. 12-13), tying for ninth at one-under par (71, 75, 69) … Carried a stroke average of 74.5 with her season-low round of 69 … Tied for 20th at the NCAA Regional at five-over (78, 73, 70, 221) … Named to the Big 12 All-Tournament Team after finishing T9 at Big 12 Conference Championship (77, 69, 72, 218).

PRIOR TO KU
As a sophomore at Chattanooga, in 2019-20, Hamilton set the school single-season record for scoring per round with a 73.33. Also, that season, Hamilton set the school record for the lowest 18-hole round shooting a 65 (-5) in the opening round of the Princess Anne Invitational. Her 205 (-5) total at the Princess Anne tied the school record for a 54-hole event.

For her Chattanooga career, Hamilton recorded seven top-10 finishes, including four in the top five. She had three rounds in the 60s and 17 rounds of par or better. Her best finish was this past fall where she was runner-up at the Chattanooga Classic.

Hamilton was an All-Southern Conference selection in 2020-21 and is a three-time WGCA All-American Scholar in 2019, 2020 and 2021. Additionally, she was a two-time SoCon Golfer of the Week, once her sophomore season and once this past fall.

PRIOR TO CHATTANOOGA
Prior to UT-Chattanooga, Hamilton was the 2017 Notts Girls Champion in England. She finished tied for 15th in the 2017 English Women’s Amateur and was the County Golf Captain and ambassador for the game in Nottinghamshire, leading her team to the English Women’s County championship.