TCU Signs Memphis Transfer Swathwood
6/9/2026 11:20:00 AM | Women's Golf
Soon-to-be junior notched four top-10’s and eight top-20’s for Tigers
FORT WORTH – Claire Swathwood, one of the top targets in the transfer portal, has signed with TCU for the 2026-27 season.
Swathwood played two seasons at Memphis from 2024-26. The rising junior notched four top-10's and eight top-20's throughout her tenure in Tennessee. Originally from Carmel, Indiana, Swathwood started all 21 tournaments across her freshman and sophomore campaigns and played the No. 1 or No. 2 in the Tigers' lineup in seven-of-10 events this past season.
Swathwood posted a robust 537-180-27 head-to-head record and scored par or better in six rounds in 2025-26. She was Memphis' highest-placing finisher in a team-leading four tournaments, including the American Athletic Conference championship, where she tied for 12th. Swathwood secured her best individual finish at the Lady Red Wolves Classic in October, tying for sixth place after signing for a three-under 213. She followed with a T8 at two-under 214 in the Diamante Intercollegiate. The consecutive top-10 finishes ignited a stretch that saw her place T21 or better in six of her last eight outings.
As a freshman, Swathwood collected one top-10, tying for sixth at the Advance Golf Partners Collegiate with a score of one-over 217, and three top-20's. She finished 15th in a 64-player field in her first conference championship start.
Swathwood was a highly accomplished junior and has routinely played against the nation's elite amateurs.
She teed it up at the 76th USGA Girls Junior Championship in July and debuted at the event in 2021. Swathwood was also a three-time participant at the Women's Western Junior (2021, 2023-24). She turned in notable results during the 2023 season. Swathwood tied for 13th at the National High School Invitational, placed T20 at the Dye Junior Invitational and competed at the North and South Junior Amateur.
Swathwood led Carmell High School to consecutive IHSAA Girls Golf State Championships in 2022 and 2023 and lettered all four years. Swathwood twice earned all-state honors and ascended as high as No. 450 in the global junior golf rankings.
She is the first transfer player TCU and head coach Angie Ravaioli-Larkin have signed in three seasons. Swathwood joins a veteran-laden Horned Frogs squad set to return five letter winners from the 2025-26 season, a group that includes two top-100 players in Camille Min-Gaultier (No. 79) and Kirstin Angosta (No. 87). Swathwood will be one of five upperclassmen on TCU's roster.
Swathwood played two seasons at Memphis from 2024-26. The rising junior notched four top-10's and eight top-20's throughout her tenure in Tennessee. Originally from Carmel, Indiana, Swathwood started all 21 tournaments across her freshman and sophomore campaigns and played the No. 1 or No. 2 in the Tigers' lineup in seven-of-10 events this past season.
Swathwood posted a robust 537-180-27 head-to-head record and scored par or better in six rounds in 2025-26. She was Memphis' highest-placing finisher in a team-leading four tournaments, including the American Athletic Conference championship, where she tied for 12th. Swathwood secured her best individual finish at the Lady Red Wolves Classic in October, tying for sixth place after signing for a three-under 213. She followed with a T8 at two-under 214 in the Diamante Intercollegiate. The consecutive top-10 finishes ignited a stretch that saw her place T21 or better in six of her last eight outings.
As a freshman, Swathwood collected one top-10, tying for sixth at the Advance Golf Partners Collegiate with a score of one-over 217, and three top-20's. She finished 15th in a 64-player field in her first conference championship start.
Swathwood was a highly accomplished junior and has routinely played against the nation's elite amateurs.
She teed it up at the 76th USGA Girls Junior Championship in July and debuted at the event in 2021. Swathwood was also a three-time participant at the Women's Western Junior (2021, 2023-24). She turned in notable results during the 2023 season. Swathwood tied for 13th at the National High School Invitational, placed T20 at the Dye Junior Invitational and competed at the North and South Junior Amateur.
Swathwood led Carmell High School to consecutive IHSAA Girls Golf State Championships in 2022 and 2023 and lettered all four years. Swathwood twice earned all-state honors and ascended as high as No. 450 in the global junior golf rankings.
She is the first transfer player TCU and head coach Angie Ravaioli-Larkin have signed in three seasons. Swathwood joins a veteran-laden Horned Frogs squad set to return five letter winners from the 2025-26 season, a group that includes two top-100 players in Camille Min-Gaultier (No. 79) and Kirstin Angosta (No. 87). Swathwood will be one of five upperclassmen on TCU's roster.
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