Padgett Chitty

Photo by: Andy Sneddon

Photo by: Jose Juarez

Photo by: Andy Sneddon

Photo by: Jose Juarez

Class:
Senior
High School:
Valdosta
Hometown:
Valdosta, Ga.

Career Bests
18 Holes: 71 (Toledo Rocket Classic, Oct. 11, 2021, Port Clinton, Ohio; Wofford Terrier Intercollegiate, Oct. 25, 2021, Spartanburg, S.C.)
36 Holes: 146 (72-74, Golden Grizzlies Inv., Sept. 26, 2021, Rochester, Mich.; MAC Challenge, Feb. 8-9, 2021, Lakewood Ranch, Fla.)
54 Holes: 223 (73-73-77, MAC Challenge, Feb. 8-9, 2021, Lakewood Ranch, Fla.; Falcon Florida Classic, Feb. 6-7, 2023, Lakewood Ranch, Fla.)

2022-23:
• Ranked third on the team with a 77.43 scoring average
• Earned Academic All-MAC honors
• Finished career with five top-10 finishes and one win in 32 tournaments and a 78.11 scoring average
• Shot 227 (73-76-78) for a T7 finish at Shirley Spork EMU Invitational (10/3-4)
• Shot 79-80 – 159 for a T7 finish at Chippewa Invitational (10/17-18)
• Shot 78-73-78 – 229 for a T14 finish at the season-opening A-Ga-Ming Invitational (9/4-5)
• Shot 80-79-77 – 236 for a T17 finish at the Chippewa Invitational (10/17-18)
• Shot 77-80 – 157 for a T19 at the Nevel Meade Collegiate (3/20-21) in 78-player field
• Shot 227 (75-75-77) for a T36 finish in 92-player field in Nittany Lion Invitational (9/17-18)

2021-22: Shot 72-74 -- 146 to share medalist honors with teammate Casilda Allendesalazar and lead CMU to the team title at the Oakland Golden Grizzlies Inv. (9/26-27) ... she and Allendesalazar became the second and third Chippewas to win a tournament since the program's resurrection in 2014-15 ... shot 76-77-82 -- 235 to finish 11th at the CMU A-Ga-Ming Inv. (9/5-6) ... shot 71-77-79 -- 227 to finish T5 in a 62-player field at the Toledo Rocket Classic (10/11-12) ... shot 71-79-80 -- 230 for a T30 placing in the 90-player Wofford Terrier Intercollegiate (10/25-26) ... first-round 71s at the Rocket Classic and at the Terrier Intercollegiate were career bests for 18 holes ... averaged 76.29, tying for the fourth best on the team with Claudia Salvador.

2020-21: Ranked third on the team with a 78.0 scoring average … finished eighth in a 71-player field at the Cleveland State Nevel Meade Collegiate (3/22-23) with a 76-73-75 – 224 total … her second-round 73 tied her career best … her 224 total stands as the seventh-best 54-hole total in program history … her eighth-place finish was the second top 10 of her career … shot 73-73-77 – 223 to finish T24 among 69 players at the Mid-American Challenge (2/8-9) … her 223 was her career-best 54-hole score … back-to-back 73s matched her career-best 18-hole score … her 146 tied for fourth best for 36 holes in program history … earned Academic All-MAC honors ... went 4-0 to win the Georgia State Golf Association Women's Match Play Championship in May.

2019-20: Shot 79-75 -- 154 to finish T5 at the Oakland Golden Grizzlies Invitational (9-16/17), helping CMU to the first team tournament title in program history … shot 77-76-73 – 226 at Shirley Spork EMU Invitational (9-30/10-1) for a T12 … her final-round 73 was a career best and is one of the top-10 scores in program history … her 54-hole 226 total is a career best and is tied for the fourth best in program history ... ranked third on the team with nine rounds in the 70s ... also third on the team with a 79.94 scoring average.

High School/Junior: Placed eighth as a junior in the 2018 Georgia High School Association 6A State Championship … finished fourth in the tournament a sophomore in 2017 … two-time Georgia High School Golf Coaches Association (GHSGCA) All-State selection … twice selected to pay in the GHSGCA North-South All-Star Tournament … won the Hurricane Junior Tour St. Simon's Island Junior Open in 2017.