Women's Golf
- Title:
- Head Coach
- Email:
- cwallman@indiana.edu
- Phone:
- (812) 856-5280
Clint Wallman enters his 17th season at the helm of the Indiana Women’s Golf program in 2020-21.
Despite a shortened 2019-20 season, the Hoosiers still accomplished quite a bit, including four top-10 finishes. Junior Priscilla Schmid led the way for the Hoosiers, posting a 71.18 average in 11 rounds. Schmid captured her first tournament title at the Landfall Tradition, besting the rest of the field by two strokes. For her efforts last season, Schmid earned WGCA All-America Honorable Mention and First Team All-Big Ten honors, as well as a pair of Big Ten Player of the Week accolades.
Wallman guided the Hoosiers to one of the best seasons in program history in 2018-19. He led IU to a win at the Lady Boilermaker Classic, a tie for second at the Big Ten Championship, a sixth place finish at the NCAA East Lansing Regional to advance to the 24-team NCAA Championship field and a 21st place finish at the national championship. Individually, the team had four golfers with season scoring averages below 75.00 for the first time in school history.
Wallman's tenure at Indiana has produced nine All-Big Ten honors and a Big Ten Freshman of the Year. The team has also set school record for one-, two-, and three-round tournament scores, as well as individual school record holders for one-, two-, and three-round scores.
Since taking over prior to the 2004-05 season, Wallman has seen marked improvement in the program, going from a 10th-place finish at the Big Ten Championships in 2004, to top-seven finishes in nine of the last 14 seasons, highlighted by a tie for second at the 2019 conference championship at TPC River's Bend in Maineville, Ohio. Other top finishes at the Big Ten Championship include a fourth-place finish in 2008 and fifth-place finishes in 2007, 2009 and 2013.
An NCAA Championship appearance by Erin Harper and the third best freshman class in the nation highlighted the 2017-18 season for Wallman. Harper’s 68-70-75 in the Madison Regional helped her earn the first individual spot in the championship round for IU since 1989. She was one of 24 individuals competing in the NCAA Championships in Stillwater and just the third ever for Indiana.
The Hoosiers also finished in the top half of all its spring regular season tournaments, including a second-place finish at the Fresno State Classic. With the freshman trio of Mary Parsons, Priscilla Schmid and Angela Aung, they finished third in the freshman Golfstat rankings for the season. Parsons set a new 18 hole low of 66 at the Bettie Lou Evans Invitational and set a single season stroke average record of 73.31 in her first collegiate season.
The Hoosiers won the 2017 IU Invitational led by a medalist honor from junior Alix Kong. They posted a third-place finish at the Mary Fossum Invitational (297-306-299, 902) and tied for the third-best round in school history at the Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown with a 283 (-5). Sophomore Erin Harper posted four top ten finishes, including two top five finishes including a fourth-place finish at the IU Invitational and third-place at the Lady Buckeye Spring Invitational.
Also in 2015-16, while the Hoosiers advanced to an NCAA Regional for the 22nd time program history and the fourth time under Wallman, Chevalier set a new IU record for lowest single-season scoring average (73.61) and Erin Harper set a new IU record for best single-season scoring average by a freshman (74.42). They also lowered the team record for a three-round tournament to 847 at the Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown. Camille Chevalier and Ana Sanjuan also became the fourth and fifth players in program history to shoot 67 and tie the 18-hole record at Indiana.
In 2012-13 the Hoosiers returned to the postseason for the first time since 2010, qualifying for the NCAA Central Regional where it finished 18th. Highlights for the year included a fifth-place finish at the Big Ten Championships, team titles at the IU Fall Kickoff, Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown and IU Invitational, as well as individual victories from Elizabeth Tong in those three events.
In 2010 Indiana finished fifth at the Big Ten Championships with a score of 1,205, the second-lowest score in school history at the Championships for four rounds. Senior Laura Nochta tied for seventh at the event, earning second-team All-Big Ten honors for the second-straight season. She is the fourth player under Wallman's tenure to post a top-10 finish at the event. Indiana was rewarded for its hard work when it earned a spot at the 2010 NCAA Central Regional, which the Hoosiers played host to at Otter Creek Golf Club in Columbus, Ind.
In 2009 the Hoosiers placed two players on the All-Big Ten second team for the first time in Wallman's tenure. Anita Gahir was honored for the second-straight season, while Nochta was a first-time pick. In 2009 Nochta also earned her first individual collegiate victory when she took the prestigious Lady Puerto Rico Classic title.
At the 2009 Challenge at Onion Creek, freshman Jacqueline Yanch tied the school low-round record with a 67, while Nochta, Kellye Belcher and Kate Coons all posted at least one round of 69 during the season.
At the Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown, the team shot a school-record 277 in the final round of competition and also set then school records for two-round (568) and three-round (860) totals. Nochta finished the season with a stroke average of 75.58, just outside the school's top-five list. Gahir finished ninth at the Big Ten Tournament.
The Hoosiers also made their second-straight NCAA postseason appearance in 2008 with a trip to the NCAA East Regional. Gahir became the second player under Wallman's tutelage to earn All-Big Ten honors, and Lauren Harling was the individual medalist at the Mountain View Invitational, giving IU the individual winner at the event for the second-straight season. Harling's triumph, along with a third-round 68 from Gahir, allowed Indiana to pick up its second team victory in as many seasons. The team's two-round score of 586 at Mountain View ranks fifth on the all-time list, and the three-round score of 880 is third.
The first major breakthrough for Wallman and his staff came in 2007 as Indiana made its first NCAA Championships appearance since the 1997-98 season. In fact, the 06-07 season was one for the record books. Elaine Harris had a breakout season for IU, recording three top-10 finishes, including her first career victory. After opening the season with a third-place finish at the Badger Invitational, Harris tallied a school-record three-round score of 209 to take medalist honors at the Mountain View Collegiate. Included in that score was a career-best round of 69, a mark she hit three times on the season. It was her seventh-place finish at the NCAA Central Regional that was good for a spot on the All-Central Regional Team and helped lead the Hoosiers to their 10th NCAA Championship appearance in school history.
Wallman's freshman trio of Kellye Belcher, Nochta and Gahir wrapped up their first year of competition as the No. 1-ranked freshman class in the country, according to GolfStat's Freshman Class Impact Rating. The three competed in all 12 tournaments, and Belcher finished the year leading the team in scoring average (76.51). All three topped the previous school record for freshman stroke average, and Gahir was the top Indiana finisher at both the Big Ten Championships (15th) and the NCAA Championships (81st).
The team's first-place finish at the Badger Invitational marked the program's first title under Wallman and its first victory since 2004.
At the UNLV Spring Invitational, Indiana's first-round 3-under par 285 was just one shot off the program low. IU also matched that score in the second round. Its final score of 864 (285-285-294) shattered the previous program low for a three-round tournament (885), which had been set in 2003.
Over the course of the year the team recorded two of the top three single-round scores in school history, three of the top five two-round scores (including a school-record 570 at UNLV), and three of the top five three-round scores.
Competing at the NCAA Central Regional for the first time in his tenure, Wallman's crew blew through the University of Michigan Golf Course to finish fourth. It was the program's best finish at a regional since a tie for third in 1997-98.
During the 2005-06 season, numerous players on the squad made great strides under Wallman's tutelage. The Hoosiers turned in a sixth-place performance at the Big Ten Championship. Their four-round total of 1,214 was the then-fifth-best 72-hole mark in program history, and the Hoosiers also turned in the then-eighth-best 18-hole total on the second day, 292, as well as the then-10th-best 36-hole total, 592, and the then-eighth-best 54-hole mark, 893.
Basically, the numbers speak for themselves. Since taking over the program, Wallman's teams have posted 60 top-10 team finishes, including 11 in 2012-13.
Wallman came to IU after the 2004 campaign when he helped the University of New Mexico to back-to-back NCAA Women's Golf Tournament appearances. While at UNM, he helped the Lobos to new heights. In 2003-04, the Lobos won four regular season tournaments and were nationally ranked among the top 10 for 33 consecutive weeks, including a lofty No. 3 ranking in March 2004.
Prior to his tenure at New Mexico, Wallman served as the teaching professional at Indian Canyon Golf Club in Spokane, Wash., and operated his own golf school. While the owner-operator of the Clint Wallman Golf School from 1996 to 2002, Wallman developed and conducted all instructional programs. During this time of his career, Wallman also volunteered his time to the Spokane Youth Sports Association and various elementary and high school teams in the area.
Wallman has also been lauded as one of the premier golf instructors in the Pacific Northwest. He is a four-time Inland Empire PGA Teacher of the Year (1996-98 and 2000), two-time Pacific Northwest PGA Teacher of the Year (1998-99) and the 1999 Pacific Northwest PING Clubfitter of the Year. Golf Digest and Golf Magazine have twice ranked Wallman among the Top 10 Teachers in Washington state, and in 2003, Golf Digest named Wallman among the top 10 teachers in the region and top 50 in America.
Wallman is also a frequent lecturer for PGA of America on teaching and the development of video in teaching golf. His main focus in most of his lectures is the potential that computer-aided video has in developing the innate talent of any golfer.
In December of 2009, he traveled to Phoenix, Ariz. to attend the Titleist Performance Institute. Through this process, he learned the major physical performance factors that limit most players from reaching their potential and understands how to effectively screen and identify any physical factors that are limiting a player's performance. With this program, he can choose and prescribe customized drills and exercises to help eliminate these limitations. He is a TPI certified and utilizes the system with members of the IU Women's Golf Team as well as the golfing public who take lessons from him.
Just as he has been recognized for his teaching skills, Wallman has received just as many laurels as a player. The 1990 Chrysler National Putting Champion and Pacific Northwest Regional Putting Champion, Wallman also placed 30th at the 1997 Dave Pelz World Putting Championship. Wallman twice qualified for the U.S. Open Sectional, in 1998 and 2001, and he also won the 1994 Spalding Shootout, the 1999 Inland Empire PGA Championship and the 2002 Rossland Trail Open Championship.
A 1985 graduate of Washington State University with a bachelor's degree in physical education, Wallman was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. The two-time captain won the 1984 Washington State Invitational title and still ranks among the Cougars' all-time leaders in top-10 finishes. He served as an assistant coach for the Cougars in 1984-85.
Wallman has two daughters, Katie and Chrissy, who are both IU graduates and two sons, Rhys and Beau.
TITLES UNDER WALLMAN
TEAM
2006-07- Badger Invitational- 313-307-302=922
2007-08- Mountain View Intercollegiate- 294-295-291=880
2009-10- Indiana Invitational- 304-291-291=886
2011-12- IU Fall Kickoff- 305-297=602
2012-13- IU Fall Kickoff- 298-292=590
2012-13- Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown- 292-307-295=894
2012-13- IU Invitational- 298-297-295=890
2016-17 – IU Invitational- 292-297-295=884
2018-19 - Lady Boilermaker Classic - 286-286=572*
*shortened due to rain
INDIVIDUAL
2005-06- Shannon Johnson- UNLV Spring Invitational; Notre Dame Invitational
2006-07- Elaine Harris- Mountain View Intercollegiate
2007-08- Lauren Harling- Mountain View Intercollegiate
2008-09- Laura Nochta- Lady Puerto Rico Classic
2011-12- Rosie Davies- IU Fall Kickoff
2012-13- Elizabeth Tong- IU Fall Kickoff
2012-13- Elizabeth Tong- Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown
2012-13- Elizabeth Tong- IU Invitational
2015-16- Camille Chevalier - Lady Buckeye Invitational
2016-17 – Alix Kong – IU Invitational
2017-18 – Erin Harper – Fresno State Classic
2018-19 - Mary Parsons - Lady Boilermaker Classic
2019-20 - Priscilla Schmid - The Landfall Tradition
