By Fred Altvater
Gianna Clemente is a high school freshman and will not graduate until 2026, but she is already making her mark on the national golf scene. She first picked up a golf club at the age of two and by five competed in her first tournament.
By seven years old, she won the U.S. Kids World Championship at Pinehurst and in 2019 at the age of 11, she became the third youngest player to qualify for the U.S. Women’s Amateur.
She has garnered 133 victories, as well as three World Championships and still has not turned 15 years old.
She resides in Warren and is a member of both Avon Lakes Golf Club, in Ohio and Bonita Bay Golf Club, near Naples, Florida. Both her father and uncle played collegiate golf and were responsible for her early interest in the game.
In July, she earned a sponsor invitation to the Twin Bridges Championship an event on the EPSON Tour in Albany, New York, where she was the youngest player in the field.
“When I found out I got the exemption, I was really excited. I’m really excited about this week, to see the course and have some fun.”
Gianna competes regularly in American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) tournaments. She is ranked No. 3 in the Rolex AJGA Rankings with five top-10 finishes this season. She recorded a solo third at the K.J. Choi Foundation Texas Junior Championship, a sixth-place finish at the KPMG Stacy Lewis Junior All-Star Invitational, plus she finished second at the Rolex Girls Junior Championship.
She made it to the final match of the U.S. Girls’ Junior Amateur this summer, but was defeated 3-2 to finish runner-up. Most recently she Monday Qualified for both the LPGA’s CP Women’s Open, in Canada and the Dana Open, in Toledo.
When she graduates from high school, she intends to play collegiately and eventually join the LPGA, as a professional golfer.
If you would like to learn more about Gianna and follow her success, check out her website: https://giannaclementegolf.com/.
