University of Georgia Athletics
2026-27 Women's Golf Roster
Karoline Tuttle
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Fifth Year
- Hometown:
- Lake Mary, Fla.
2025-26 Season Highlights:
? Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll – four the fourth time – and the SEC Community Service Team – for the second season in a row.
? Honored on both the College Sports Communicators’ (CSC) Academic All-District team for At-Large sports and the WGCA All-American Scholar team for the second time (also in 2023).
? One of two Bulldogs – along with Sydney Givens – to qualify for the lineup of all 10 team tournaments.
? Recorded a 72.72 season average with 10 par-or-better scores led by a career-low 5-under 67 at the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic.
? Georgia’s top finisher at two of six spring events – tying for seventh at the FAU Paradise Invitational and tying for fifth at the Darius Rucker.
? Led the Bulldogs with four top-10 individual finishes including a best showing of second (to teammate Maria Garcia) at The Robbie.
? Incredibly consistent, notching four consecutive 2-under 54-hole scores at the final event of the fall and the first three tourneys of the spring.
? Shot 2-under 211 at the Darius Rucker en route to her fifth-place finish against a field that included 18 of the top-50 golfers in the country.
? Closed the Darius Rucker with a 4-under 67, one of only seven under-par rounds in the field that round.
? Fired a season-low 5-under 67 in the second round of the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic and followed that with a 1-under 71 to tie for sixth individually and lock up her fourth top-10 of the season.
Florida Career Highlights:
? Competed in 12 events during the 2022-23 and 2024-25 seasons, sandwiching a redshirt campaign during the 2023-24 academic year.
? Posted a stroke average of 74.70 over 33 career rounds with the Gators, including five par-or-better tallies.
? After not competing in a WAGR event since July 2023, posted an impressive five-shot victory at the 2024 Dixie Amateur at Eagle Trace Golf Club in Coral Springs, Fla. Carded rounds of 74-72-70-68 en route to the win.
? As a redshirt sophomore in 2024-25, recorded a 73.17 average over 12 rounds, with two par-or-better efforts and a pair of top-10 individual finishes.
? After not competing in the first eight tournaments of the season, returned to the lineup for the Gators Invitational in March and remained in the playing five for the next three events.
? Shot 2-over 212 to finish 10th individually and help Florida earn the team title at the Gators Invitational.
? Posted a second-straight top-10 effort at the Chattanooga Classic, where she tied for 10th on the individual leaderboard.
? Opened the SEC Championships with an even-par loop at Pelican Golf Club and posted a 2-1 record in match play to help Florida to a runner-up showing.
? Was first on the course for Florida in all three SEC Championship matches and secured 3-and-1 victories over LSU’s Aine Donegan in the quarterfinals and South Carolina’s Sophia Burnett in the championship match.
? Redshirted during the 2023-24 season.
? As a freshman in 2022-23, competed in eight tournaments – five in the lineup and two as an individual – and compiled a 75.57 average over 21 rounds including trio of par-or-better tallies.
? Shot 5-over 221 at the “Mo” Moria en route to a season-best 25th place individual finish.
? Carded a season-best 1-over 217 tally at the Moon Golf Invitational, including even-par loops in the first and third rounds.
Pre-Collegiate Highlights:
? Named Florida Girls’ Junior Player of the Year in both 2020 and 2021, joining Vicky Hurst as the only repeat winners since the award’s inception in 2004.
? Qualified for eight USGA Championships – the 2021 U.S. Women’s Open; the 2018 U.S. Women’s Am; the 2021 and 2022 U.S. Girls’ Juniors; and the 2018, 2019, 2021 and 2022 U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball Championship.
? Captured medalist honors at qualifiers for the 2017 U.S. Women’s Four-Ball, the 2018 U.S. Women’s Four-Ball and the 2021 U.S. Girls’ Junior.
? As a 17-year-old, earned a spot in the 2021 U.S. Women’s Open field by shooting 1-over 143 to finish second in a qualifier at Bradenton (Fla.) Country Club.
? Shot 76-78=154 and missed the cut at the 2021 U.S. Women’s Open at The Olympic Club in San Francisco.
? Reached match play (with Sophie Linder) at the Four-Ball in 2019, 2021 and 2022. In 2019, placed t-11th in stroke play and reached the Round of 16. In 2021, finished t-6th in stroke play and lost in 19 holes in the first round). In 2022, was t-9th in stroke play and reached the Round of 16.
? Advanced to the Round of 16 of match play in the 2021 U.S. Girls’ Junior at Columbia Country Club in Chevy Chase, Md.
? Teamed with her dad, Ken, to finish sixth in the 16-under division at the 2019 FSGA Parent-Child Championship at Celebration Golf Club in Reunion Resort, Fla.
? Posted 23 top-10 finishes in 48 WAGR events between 2017-22, including six runner-up showings.
? Notched six victories and 37 top-10 efforts competing in 43 FSGA Florida Junior Tour (FJT) tournaments between 2016-21.
? Captured medalist honors as a freshman to lead Lake Mary High School to the 2018 Florida Class 3A state title. Shot 6-under 138 to win the individual title by two strokes and lead the Rams to a 26-shot victory over the field.
? Finished third at the 2017 Florida Women’s Amateur when she was just 13 years old.
Personal:
? Born September 13, 2003, Karoline is the daughter of Ken and Nikki Tuttle. She received a bachelor’s degree in Media Production, Management and Technology with a certificate in Sport Management from Florida in 2025 and is on track to earn a master’s from UGA in Sport Pedagogy in May 2027.
? Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll – four the fourth time – and the SEC Community Service Team – for the second season in a row.
? Honored on both the College Sports Communicators’ (CSC) Academic All-District team for At-Large sports and the WGCA All-American Scholar team for the second time (also in 2023).
? One of two Bulldogs – along with Sydney Givens – to qualify for the lineup of all 10 team tournaments.
? Recorded a 72.72 season average with 10 par-or-better scores led by a career-low 5-under 67 at the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic.
? Georgia’s top finisher at two of six spring events – tying for seventh at the FAU Paradise Invitational and tying for fifth at the Darius Rucker.
? Led the Bulldogs with four top-10 individual finishes including a best showing of second (to teammate Maria Garcia) at The Robbie.
? Incredibly consistent, notching four consecutive 2-under 54-hole scores at the final event of the fall and the first three tourneys of the spring.
? Shot 2-under 211 at the Darius Rucker en route to her fifth-place finish against a field that included 18 of the top-50 golfers in the country.
? Closed the Darius Rucker with a 4-under 67, one of only seven under-par rounds in the field that round.
? Fired a season-low 5-under 67 in the second round of the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic and followed that with a 1-under 71 to tie for sixth individually and lock up her fourth top-10 of the season.
Florida Career Highlights:
? Competed in 12 events during the 2022-23 and 2024-25 seasons, sandwiching a redshirt campaign during the 2023-24 academic year.
? Posted a stroke average of 74.70 over 33 career rounds with the Gators, including five par-or-better tallies.
? After not competing in a WAGR event since July 2023, posted an impressive five-shot victory at the 2024 Dixie Amateur at Eagle Trace Golf Club in Coral Springs, Fla. Carded rounds of 74-72-70-68 en route to the win.
? As a redshirt sophomore in 2024-25, recorded a 73.17 average over 12 rounds, with two par-or-better efforts and a pair of top-10 individual finishes.
? After not competing in the first eight tournaments of the season, returned to the lineup for the Gators Invitational in March and remained in the playing five for the next three events.
? Shot 2-over 212 to finish 10th individually and help Florida earn the team title at the Gators Invitational.
? Posted a second-straight top-10 effort at the Chattanooga Classic, where she tied for 10th on the individual leaderboard.
? Opened the SEC Championships with an even-par loop at Pelican Golf Club and posted a 2-1 record in match play to help Florida to a runner-up showing.
? Was first on the course for Florida in all three SEC Championship matches and secured 3-and-1 victories over LSU’s Aine Donegan in the quarterfinals and South Carolina’s Sophia Burnett in the championship match.
? Redshirted during the 2023-24 season.
? As a freshman in 2022-23, competed in eight tournaments – five in the lineup and two as an individual – and compiled a 75.57 average over 21 rounds including trio of par-or-better tallies.
? Shot 5-over 221 at the “Mo” Moria en route to a season-best 25th place individual finish.
? Carded a season-best 1-over 217 tally at the Moon Golf Invitational, including even-par loops in the first and third rounds.
Pre-Collegiate Highlights:
? Named Florida Girls’ Junior Player of the Year in both 2020 and 2021, joining Vicky Hurst as the only repeat winners since the award’s inception in 2004.
? Qualified for eight USGA Championships – the 2021 U.S. Women’s Open; the 2018 U.S. Women’s Am; the 2021 and 2022 U.S. Girls’ Juniors; and the 2018, 2019, 2021 and 2022 U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball Championship.
? Captured medalist honors at qualifiers for the 2017 U.S. Women’s Four-Ball, the 2018 U.S. Women’s Four-Ball and the 2021 U.S. Girls’ Junior.
? As a 17-year-old, earned a spot in the 2021 U.S. Women’s Open field by shooting 1-over 143 to finish second in a qualifier at Bradenton (Fla.) Country Club.
? Shot 76-78=154 and missed the cut at the 2021 U.S. Women’s Open at The Olympic Club in San Francisco.
? Reached match play (with Sophie Linder) at the Four-Ball in 2019, 2021 and 2022. In 2019, placed t-11th in stroke play and reached the Round of 16. In 2021, finished t-6th in stroke play and lost in 19 holes in the first round). In 2022, was t-9th in stroke play and reached the Round of 16.
? Advanced to the Round of 16 of match play in the 2021 U.S. Girls’ Junior at Columbia Country Club in Chevy Chase, Md.
? Teamed with her dad, Ken, to finish sixth in the 16-under division at the 2019 FSGA Parent-Child Championship at Celebration Golf Club in Reunion Resort, Fla.
? Posted 23 top-10 finishes in 48 WAGR events between 2017-22, including six runner-up showings.
? Notched six victories and 37 top-10 efforts competing in 43 FSGA Florida Junior Tour (FJT) tournaments between 2016-21.
? Captured medalist honors as a freshman to lead Lake Mary High School to the 2018 Florida Class 3A state title. Shot 6-under 138 to win the individual title by two strokes and lead the Rams to a 26-shot victory over the field.
? Finished third at the 2017 Florida Women’s Amateur when she was just 13 years old.
Personal:
? Born September 13, 2003, Karoline is the daughter of Ken and Nikki Tuttle. She received a bachelor’s degree in Media Production, Management and Technology with a certificate in Sport Management from Florida in 2025 and is on track to earn a master’s from UGA in Sport Pedagogy in May 2027.
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