Charlotte Mayorkas
Charlotte Mayorkas
Title: Head Varsity Golf Coach
Email: cmayorkas@stfrancishs.org

A three-time All-American at UCLA and a three-year veteran on the LPGA Tour, Charlotte Mayorkas was named head golf coach at St. Francis High School on July 24, 2023. She replaced Kelli Corlett, who stepped down last spring after a successful four-year run at the Troubadours helm. 

"Charlotte brings the complete package to our St. Francis golf program – experience, expertise and the overall philosophy of learning through sports," said Chisolm. "She is the perfect fit for the Troubadours, and I look forward to seeing our student-athletes develop under her watch."

Currently a product lead for Lululemon Studio (formerly Lululemon MIRROR), Mayorkas and her husband, Mike Duhamel, are coaches for various group programs at SF's home course of Haggin Oaks. She guides many of the top players in the Delta League, including athletes at St. Francis and Pleasant Grove. Mayorkas' commitment to furthering youth golf dates back to her playing days. In fact, she served as Tour Captain for the San Diego chapter of the LPGA-USGA Girls Golf program in 2009.

"I'm really excited to share my knowledge and experience with these girls, to support their process and whatever they want to do with golf, whether that's to play college golf, or just really excel in high school, or use it as a tool later on in business," said Mayorkas. 

That Mayorkas now mentors a team at an all-girls school carries a touch of irony, given her own prep career. She starred on her high school boys' team in Chula Vista, earning two first-team all-league accolades plus an All-San Diego Section nod in 1998. Mayorkas also played tennis, water polo and basketball as a teenager, but her abilities on the links set her apart. Oddly, she had discovered an affinity for golf almost by accident, as she told Golfweek for a 2004 feature. She attended a friend's golf lesson when she was 10 years old, and immediately discovered she had a natural swing – perhaps honed by almost five years of tennis that preceded this revelation. The young Mayorkas received a set of used clubs that her mother retrieved from a garage sale soon after, then began a successful juniors career at nearby Torrey Pines.

The juniors and prep scene sent Mayorkas on to a stellar career at UCLA, where she earned three NGCA All-America with a runner-up finish for 2004 NGCA Player of the Year honors. That junior season also included a Pac-10 Conference championship – the first by a Bruin since 1991 – as one of a school-record four individual titles. Mayorkas culminated that season in spectacular fashion. Her 30-foot birdie putt on Auburn Golf Course's 17th during the final round of the NCAA Championship clinched the team title for UCLA. For her part, Mayorkas finished fourth at the national tourney, coincidentally behind Troubie alumna Sarah Huarte, who topped the individual leaderboard as a member of fourth-place Cal. Mayorkas also ended the year at No. 2 on the Golfweek/Sagarin individual rankings.

Mayorkas graduated from UCLA with a degree in history. As of 2023, she remains among the Bruins' career leaders in tournament wins (5), scoring average (73.67), rounds under par (33), rounds in the 60s (10), top-10 finishes (24) and top-20 finishes (32). Mayorkas is also one of just seven players in school history to earn three first-team All-Pac-10/12 awards, and one of only four to capture three first-team All-America nods from the WGCA.

Mayorkas went pro in 2005, posting 13 top-10 finishes on the Duramed Futures Tour (now known as the Epson Tour), including wins at the Tucson Duramed Futures Golf Classic and Laconia Savings Bank Golf Classic. She led the tour with a 70.71 stroke average and finished second to South Korea's Song-Hee Kim on the year-end money list, the latter of which garnered her an LPGA tour exemption.

Mayorkas played on the LPGA Tour for three seasons. She made the cut in 54 total tournaments, with a best finish of 12th at the Ginn Tribute Hosted by ANNIKA in 2007. Other highlights including a first-round win over Karrie Webb at the HSBC Women's Match Play Championship, a No. 69 finish on the final 2007 LPGA money list, and an appearance at the Women's British Open at St. Andrew's. Along the way, Mayorkas served as a brand ambassador for several corporate entities, as if predicting her future career as a lead for Lululemon; and she ran children's clinics as part of her LPGA-USGA Girls Golf post, predating her current role with Haggin Oaks and the NorCal Institute of Golf.