Background
Claxton was born and raised in Swainsboro, Georgia where he helped the Swainsboro High School golf team win four consecutive regional championships during his time there.
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Will Claxton
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During his freshman year, he finished 4th in the Securities and Exchange Commission Tournament, and 3rd in 2003. Academically, he majored in Economics and graduated in 2005.
Career
In his senior year of high school, he was named to the 1999 Polo Golf Junior All-America team Claxton turn professional in 2005. He joined the Hooters Tour in 2005, and was a member until 2008.
During his 2011 year on the Nationwide Tour, Claxton earned an invitation to the 2011 Transitions Championship, his first career Professional Golf Association Tour start, where he made the cut and finished T-67 for the event.
In 2011, in his second attempt to earn a Professional Golf Association Tour card through the Qualifying School, Claxton was in first place after the first four rounds of competition. He remained in the top-25 at the end of the week to earn his first Professional Golf Association Tour card.
In 2012, his first year on the Professional Golf Association Tour, Claxton played in 28 tour events, making the cut in 21, and had two top-10 finishes. He advanced to the Federal Express Cup playoffs but missed the cut at The Barclays and failed to advance to the Deutsche Bank Championship.
With a finish of 120 on the final 2012 Professional Golf Association Tour money list, Claxton claimed a tour card for 2013.
In 2013, he made only 9 cuts in 24 events. He played in the Web.com Tour Finals and finished 22nd to retain his Professional Golf Association Tour card for 2014. In 2013-2014, he only played 8 events, making 4 cuts, until he had to retire for the season due to surgery.
He finished 213th on the Federal Express Cup points list and lost his Professional Golf Association Tour card.
His highest finish to date is a T-5 at the 2012 True South Classic. Claxton resides in Auburn, Alabama.
* As of the 2013-2014 season.
Membership
He went on to attend Auburn University and was a member of the Tigers" 2002 Securities and Exchange Commission Championship team He was a member of the eGolf Professional Tour in 2009. He was a member of the Nationwide Tour from 2010 to 2011.
