May 10, 2017

RCW: Inside Men's Golf 3.34

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Down four strokes through 12 holes, senior Chase Hanna birdied four of his last six holes, accompanied by a 12-foot par putt on the final hole, to claim the individual Big 12 Championship title in dramatic fashion.

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Hanna’s victory marks the first time a Jayhawk has won an individual league title since the late Slade Adams who tied for first in the 1995 Big 8 Championship.
This also marks the first time a Kansas golfer has won a league title outright since Matt Gogel was the sole champion in the 1991 Big 8 Championship.
Kansas finished the event in third place to mark its third-straight tournament in the top-3 and the highest finish in the Big 12 Championship since a second-place effort in 2000.
The Jayhawks were 8-strokes better than any other team in the field, finishing the event at 52-over par, only three strokes back from the champion, No. 18 Texas, and two strokes back from second place, No. 2 Oklahoma State.
Kansas distanced itself from the rest of the competition, beating No. 11 Texas Tech by 11 strokes, No. 13 Oklahoma by 13 strokes and No. 4 Baylor by 18 strokes.
Competing in his first ever Big 12 Championship, junior Daniel Sutton finished the event in a tie for ninth place at 15-over par to earn all-tournament honors.
Sutton took advantage of favorable conditions in round two to enter the clubhouse with a 69, one of 10 in the 50-golfer field to finish the round under par.
In a first round with winds reaching around 30 MPH, junior Daniel Hudson finished the day in the lead one stroke better than any other golfer at 2-over par.
Hudson, accompanied by Hanna, was one of three golfers to post an even-par round in the final day, ending the event in a tie for 13^th, marking his third straight top-20 finish.
Responding to a tough first day, sophomore Charlie Hillier continued to fight, improving his score in each of his rounds and finishing the tournament in a tie for 25^th finish.
This is Hillier’s best finish in the Big 12 Championship in his career.
With the opportunity to play in the Big 12 Championship in his first year, freshman Andy Spencer played the difficult Prairie Dunes Golf Course at 23-over par to earn a tie for 31^st place.