University of Georgia Athletics
2026-27 Women's Golf Roster
Sydney Givens
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Austin, Tex.
2025-26 Season Highlights:
• Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll.
• One of two Bulldogs – along with Karoline Tuttle – to qualify for Georgia’s lineup for all 10 team tournaments.
• Posted a 73.29 average over 28 rounds, with 10 par-or-better tallies including a school-record 63 at the Schooner Fall Classic.
• Tied with Maria Eidhagen Harrouch for the team lead with 75 birdies.
• Led the Bulldogs individually at three events – the Cougar Classic, the Schooner Fall Classic and the Westbrook Invitational – and notched two top-10 and four top-20 finishes.
• Fired a 54-hole tally of 9-under to win the individual title at the Schooner Fall Classic, recording the second-best tournament score (201) in school history in the process.
• Shot a school-record 63 at Belmar Golf Club to begin the Schooner. Teed off from No. 5 and made successive birdies at No. 6, No. 7, No. 8, No. 11, No. 12, No. 13 and No. 15 before wrapping up her loop with seven consecutive pars.
• Tabbed SEC Golfer of the Week on Sept. 24 after her historic victory in Oklahoma.
• One of three Bulldogs to record top-5 individual finishes and lead Georgia to the team title at The Robbie to close out the fall season.
• Fired a 7-under effort to tie for 11th at the Westbrook Invitational, leading Georgia to a 15-under team score that matched the fourth-best tournament score ever by the Bulldogs.
Colorado Career Highlights:
• Earned a spot on Colorado’s playing five for every team event and led the Buffaloes in stroke average (73.59), top-10 efforts (two) and top-20 finishes (five).
• Tied with 2025-26 Georgia teammate Maria Eidhagen Harrouch for the most par-or-better rounds on the season, notching 11 POB loops over 32 rounds.
• Colorado’s top individual finisher at the Ron Moore Intercollegiate (t-5th) and the Stanford Intercollegiate (t-14th).
• Fired a season-best 5-under 67 in the second round of the Ron Moore Intercollegiate en route to a season-low 54-hole tally of 5-under 211.
• Posted under-par efforts at three consecutive fall events – 2-under at the Colonel Wollenberg Ram Classic, 5-under at the Ron Moore Intercollegiate and 1-under at the Stanford Intercollegiate.
Pre-Collegiate Highlights:
• Rated as the No. 1 golfer in Texas for the Class of 2024 and ranked top 30 nationally in the Rolex and Golfweek rankings.
• Qualified for both the 2022 and 2023 U.S. Girls’ Junior Championships.
• Overall, notched 83 career wins between the junior and high school ranks.
• Recorded 11 top-5 finishes at national level events, including a pair of medalist honors at the 2021 AJGA Stewart Cink Championship by Transamerica and the 2022 AJGA Mizuno/Greyson Sigg Junior Championship.
• Reached the championship match of the 102nd Texas Women’s Amateur in 2023. Finished fourth in stroke play qualifying and upset top-seeded Elina Sinz, medalist at the 2023 Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic while playing for Auburn, before falling to University of Minnesota golfer Madison Le in the final.
• Wrapped up her pre-collegiate career by placing third at The Granny Invitational and notching a pair of fourth place showings at The National High School Golf Invitational and The Dye Junior Invitational Championship at Crooked Stick during the summer of 2024.
• A three-time first-team All-State honoree at Vandergrift High School, earning such status after winning medalist honors at the Texas UIL 6A state tournament as a sophomore in 2022 and finishing as runner-up in both 2023 and 2024.
• Helped Vandergrift’s Vipers to consecutive Texas UIL 6A state championships in 2023 and ‘24 – the first two in program history.
• Won all four District 25-6A titles during her career.
• A three-time Region IV-6A champion from 2021-23 and also finished as the regional runner up in 2024.
• Owns Vandegrift records for career wins (7) and par-or-better rounds (17).
Personal:
• Born June 15, 2005, Sydney is the daughter of David and Alicia Givens and intends to major in Sport Management.
• Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll.
• One of two Bulldogs – along with Karoline Tuttle – to qualify for Georgia’s lineup for all 10 team tournaments.
• Posted a 73.29 average over 28 rounds, with 10 par-or-better tallies including a school-record 63 at the Schooner Fall Classic.
• Tied with Maria Eidhagen Harrouch for the team lead with 75 birdies.
• Led the Bulldogs individually at three events – the Cougar Classic, the Schooner Fall Classic and the Westbrook Invitational – and notched two top-10 and four top-20 finishes.
• Fired a 54-hole tally of 9-under to win the individual title at the Schooner Fall Classic, recording the second-best tournament score (201) in school history in the process.
• Shot a school-record 63 at Belmar Golf Club to begin the Schooner. Teed off from No. 5 and made successive birdies at No. 6, No. 7, No. 8, No. 11, No. 12, No. 13 and No. 15 before wrapping up her loop with seven consecutive pars.
• Tabbed SEC Golfer of the Week on Sept. 24 after her historic victory in Oklahoma.
• One of three Bulldogs to record top-5 individual finishes and lead Georgia to the team title at The Robbie to close out the fall season.
• Fired a 7-under effort to tie for 11th at the Westbrook Invitational, leading Georgia to a 15-under team score that matched the fourth-best tournament score ever by the Bulldogs.
Colorado Career Highlights:
• Earned a spot on Colorado’s playing five for every team event and led the Buffaloes in stroke average (73.59), top-10 efforts (two) and top-20 finishes (five).
• Tied with 2025-26 Georgia teammate Maria Eidhagen Harrouch for the most par-or-better rounds on the season, notching 11 POB loops over 32 rounds.
• Colorado’s top individual finisher at the Ron Moore Intercollegiate (t-5th) and the Stanford Intercollegiate (t-14th).
• Fired a season-best 5-under 67 in the second round of the Ron Moore Intercollegiate en route to a season-low 54-hole tally of 5-under 211.
• Posted under-par efforts at three consecutive fall events – 2-under at the Colonel Wollenberg Ram Classic, 5-under at the Ron Moore Intercollegiate and 1-under at the Stanford Intercollegiate.
Pre-Collegiate Highlights:
• Rated as the No. 1 golfer in Texas for the Class of 2024 and ranked top 30 nationally in the Rolex and Golfweek rankings.
• Qualified for both the 2022 and 2023 U.S. Girls’ Junior Championships.
• Overall, notched 83 career wins between the junior and high school ranks.
• Recorded 11 top-5 finishes at national level events, including a pair of medalist honors at the 2021 AJGA Stewart Cink Championship by Transamerica and the 2022 AJGA Mizuno/Greyson Sigg Junior Championship.
• Reached the championship match of the 102nd Texas Women’s Amateur in 2023. Finished fourth in stroke play qualifying and upset top-seeded Elina Sinz, medalist at the 2023 Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic while playing for Auburn, before falling to University of Minnesota golfer Madison Le in the final.
• Wrapped up her pre-collegiate career by placing third at The Granny Invitational and notching a pair of fourth place showings at The National High School Golf Invitational and The Dye Junior Invitational Championship at Crooked Stick during the summer of 2024.
• A three-time first-team All-State honoree at Vandergrift High School, earning such status after winning medalist honors at the Texas UIL 6A state tournament as a sophomore in 2022 and finishing as runner-up in both 2023 and 2024.
• Helped Vandergrift’s Vipers to consecutive Texas UIL 6A state championships in 2023 and ‘24 – the first two in program history.
• Won all four District 25-6A titles during her career.
• A three-time Region IV-6A champion from 2021-23 and also finished as the regional runner up in 2024.
• Owns Vandegrift records for career wins (7) and par-or-better rounds (17).
Personal:
• Born June 15, 2005, Sydney is the daughter of David and Alicia Givens and intends to major in Sport Management.
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