Will Kurtz

Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Hudson, Ohio
High School:
Hudson

2020-21 (Senior): Competed in four tournaments… Finished the year with a 74.58 stroke average… Earned two top-25 finishes… Tied 19th at the Mobile Bay Intercollegiate with a score of 214 (-2) which included an opening round of 68 (- 4)... Tied 25th at the Boilermaker Individual Tournament at Purdue’s AckermanAllen Golf Course with a score of 222 (+6)… Shot a season-low 67 (-4) in the opening round of the 2021 NCAA Men’s Golf Championships, Nashville Regional… Named 2020-21 Srixon/Cleveland NCAA DI All-American Scholar

2019-20 (Junior): Finished the year ranked 297 in the Golfweek NCAA Division I Player Rankings… Competed in eight tournaments… Second on the team with a 72.63 stroke average... Earned two top-15 finishes… Tied 13th at the Seminole Intercollegiate with a 218 (+2)… Tied 14th at the General Hackler Championship with a 215 (-1)… Scored a season-low 68 on the first day of the Maui Jim Intercollegiate... Scored 70 or lower five times... Named 2019-20 Srixon/Cleveland Golf All-American Scholar

2018-19 (Sophomore): Played in six events as a sophomore… Finished the year ranked 382 in the Golfweek NCAA Division I Player Rankings…Finished the season with a 72.81 stroke average… Named Second-Team All MAC… Named to the MAC Championship All-Tournament Team… Earned two top-25 finishes… Best finish was a tie for 3rd with an even-par 144 at the Mid-American Conference Championship… Shot a season-low 67 (-5) at the Bank of Tennessee Intercollegiate… Competed in the 2019 NCAA Men’s Golf Championships, Pullman Regional… Named to the Academic All-MAC Team… Named Mid-American Conference Distinguished Scholar-Athlete

2017-18 (Freshman): Competed in three events as a freshman… Best finish was a tie for 34rd at the Louisiana Classics 218 (+2)… Twice shot season-low 71 (the Louisiana Classics and the General Hackler Championship)… Finished the year with a 75.11 stroke average

Prior to Kent State: Top ranked Ohio junior golfer in the 2017 class… Ohio High School individual state champion in 2015 (73-69)… Qualified for the 2017 US Amateur at Riviera Country Club... Captured victories at the 2016 Kiely Cup and the 2015 Jr. PGA Championship Qualifier… Finished second place at the 2016 Hudson Junior

Personal: Majoring in Economics… Son of Kris and Dave Kurtz, has one sister, Emma

What’s in the bag?

Driver - PING G400

3 Wood - PING G400

Driving Iron - PING G700

Irons - PING I210

Wedges - PING Glade 2.0

Putter - TM Spider