Balthazar Duclos Season 2023-24

2023-24
• Charted a 77.56 scoring average in three events
• Tied for 33rd at 6-over 222 (71-78-73) at the Rod Myers Invitational
• Carded two par-or-better rounds

2022-23
• Led all Tech freshmen with five events played, tallying a 74.85 scoring average
• Three par-or-better rounds
• Tied for 46th at the Augusta Haskins Award Invitational with a 6-over 222 (76-73-73)
• Season-best round came in the final round of The Hootie at Bulls Bay (2-under 70)

Prep
• France does not have high school teams or tournaments
• Instead, they have golf club under-16 teams that compete for the French National title each year
• Played for the Golf de St. Cloud team for four years (2016-2019)
• National champions in 2018
• National vice-champions in 2017
• Advanced to the semifinals in 2016 and quarterfinals in 2019

Junior/Amateur
• In France, he won 19 junior U12 and U14 tournaments at the national level (2014-2017), including the Tournoi Fédéral, the most prestigious French U13 Invitational
• Had one top-three and three top-10s in French Men’s Amateur Grand Prix before winning the 2022 Men’s Amateur “Grand Prix de l’Isle Adam,” shooting scores of 75-68-71 to win by five shots and secure a spot into the WAGR
• In European international tournaments, he was a semifinalist at the 2019 Pierre Massie International U16
• He made the cut at the 2021 and 2022 French International Men’s Amateur championships, where he tied for 29th and 40th, respectively
• Made the cut at the 2022 Belgian International Amateur and finished 24th
• In the U.S., Duclos has been runner-up at the 2019 AJGA Preview Sandestin
• He tied for fifth place at the 2019 Stewart Cink Championship AJGA Open, tied for fourth at the 2021 Lanto Junior Championship at Blacksburg Country Club, and tied for ninth at the 2021 AJGA Junior at Oldfield Open

Awards/Performances
• Three-time selection for the French National Boys U14 squad, where the French beat Scotland in 2017 and beat Spain in 2017
• Paris League Champion in 2016
• In 2015 and 2017, he was the Paris League Vice-Champion
• During his four years of high school, Duclos was continuously on the distinguished honor roll and got inducted into the National Honor Society and the National English Honor Society

Personal
• Balthazar Duclos
• Born in New York, N.Y.
• Has lived in France majority of his life
• Son of Nathalie Le Marc and Philippe Duclos
• One brother, Octave Duclos, played for the Pomona-Pitzer men's golf team
• Has eight hole-in-ones, two of which were in tournament play
• Wants to major in Interior Design or Marketing
• Career goal is to become a professional golfer and compete on the PGA Tour
• If golf does not work out, he would like to become an interior designer