Marvin Willis "Will" Claxton III (born September 14, 1981) is an American

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. 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. In his senior year of high school, he was named to the 1999 Polo Golf Junior All-America team. He went on to attend

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and was a member of the Tigers' 2002 SEC Championship team. During his freshman year, he finished 4th in the SEC Tournament, and 3rd in 2003. Academically, he majored in Economics and graduated in 2005. Claxton turned professional in 2005. He joined the

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in 2005, and was a member until 2008. He was a member of the eGolf Professional Tour in 2009. He was a member of the

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from 2010 to 2011. In 2011, Claxton earned an invitation to the 2011

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, his first career

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start, where he made the cut and finished T-67 for the event. In 2011, in his second attempt to earn a PGA 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 PGA Tour card. In 2012, his first year on the PGA Tour, Claxton played in 28 tour events, making the cut in 21, and had two top-10 finishes. He advanced to the

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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 PGA Tour money list, Claxton claimed a tour card for 2013. In 2013, he made only 9 cuts in 24 events. He played in the

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and finished 22nd to retain his PGA Tour card for 2014. In 2013–14, he only played 8 events, making 4 cuts, until he had to retire for the season due to surgery with his last event being the 2014 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am He has a twelve-event medical extension available upon his return. He returned in June 2018 at the

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. His highest finish to date is a T-5 at the 2012

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. Claxton currently resides in Auburn, Alabama.

PGA Tour career summary

''* As of the 2016–17 season.''

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Claxton, Will American male golfers Auburn Tigers men's golfers PGA Tour golfers Korn Ferry Tour graduates Golfers from Georgia (U.S. state) Golfers from Alabama People from Swainsboro, Georgia Sportspeople from Auburn, Alabama 1981 births Living people

PGA Tour career summary

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