FSU Golfer Luke Canton Signs NIL Collective Deal to Stay In College

Luke Clanton has been on fire this summer. The rising junior at Florida State has reached the second overall spot in the World Amateur Golf Rankings and, with another solid finish at the PGA Tour's ISCO championship this past week, looks to continue closing the gap on Vanderbilt's Gordon Sargent for the title of best amateur golfer in the world. Make no mistake; the only thing amateur about Clanton is his inability to cash in on on-course earnings from the tournaments he plays in.  The twenty-year-old was one of three amateurs to make the cut at the U.S. Open at Pinehurst last month during his first major start. It was in the following weeks that his budding fame would transcend into golf folklore. Clanton, leveraging his impressive U.S. Open finish, secured a sponsor’s exemption to compete in the PGA’s Rocket Mortgage Championship, finishing in tenth place. Riding his hot streak, Clanton accepted yet another exemption to the John Deere Classic the following week, where he made history by finishing in second