A third consecutive below-par round on Saturday at Quail Hollow has former University of Kansas All-American Gary Woodland within striking distance at the Wells Fargo Championship in Charlotte. After entering Round 3 in a tie for the lead, Woodland shot a 1-under 70 on Saturday and, at 7-under for the tournament, sits two strokes behind leader Keith Mitchell heading into Sunday’s final round. Woodland ...
Lawrence Country Club has a new head golf pro and his title is merely a variation of the one he’s had for the past two decades. Former University of Kansas All-American Chris Thompson, a 44-year-old Independence native, recently accepted the job as the club’s new golf guru, transitioning from playing professional to club pro. The move for Thompson comes at the end of a 20-plus year career that featured ...
The Kansas men’s basketball program made the cut for Georgia point guard Sahvir Wheeler, a sophomore transfer who released his four finalists on Friday morning. Wheeler, a 5-foot-10, 180-pound lead guard who averaged 14 points per game for the Bulldogs last season, is down to Kansas, Kentucky, LSU and Oklahoma State. He announced his four finalists on social media Friday morning via a 10-minute video of ...
On a day when the three players who finished ahead of him in Thursday’s first round struggled, former University of Kansas golf standout Gary Woodland moved up to the top of the leaderboard at the Wells Fargo Championship. [After finishing Round 1 at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte in a tie for fourth place with a 4-under 67 on Thursday,][1] Woodland shot a 2-under 69 on Friday and finished the day in a ...
Continuity was one of the most popular themes of Lance Leipold’s introductory press conference on Monday, and the new KU coach’s moves since that day have delivered the Jayhawks with a fair amount of it already. Sure, Leipold and his coaching staff are new to Kansas. But the fact that they’re not new to each other is massive. In fact, [Leipold’s reported plan to bring seven Buffalo assistant coaches ...
Former University of Kansas men’s basketball strength coach Andrea Hudy is headed back to where it all began. After two years at Texas following a 15-year career with Bill Self at Kansas, Hudy is returning to UConn to take over as the director of sports performance for Geno Auriemma’s women’s basketball program, the school announced Wednesday. Hudy, who earned her Master’s degree from UConn in 1999, ...