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Klara Hurtova

Class:
Junior
High School:
Valašská Mezirící Business Academy
Hometown:
Policná, Czechia

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS, AWARDS & HONORS

Academic All-Big 12 Team (2025, So.)
Big 12 Golfer of the Month, March (2024-25, So.)
Third Red Raider in program history named an NCAA individual at-large selection (2024-25, So.)
Fourth Red Raider in program history to win multiple events in a single season (2024-25, So.)

AS A SOPHOMORE (2024-2025)

Started in the team's lineup in all 12 events (35 rounds), plus played a team-high 13 events as an at-large selection for the 2025 NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championship
Led the Red Raiders with a 73.2 scoring average over 12 events and 35 rounds during 11 regular season events and the Big 12 Championship; final season scoring average dropped to 73.9 following NCAA Regional after playing a team-high 38 rounds
Contributed to the team score in 33 of the 35 stroke play rounds competed in which amounted to a team-best percentage used (94.2)
Won first two career tournaments, becoming the fourth Red Raider in program history to win multiple events in a single season; won the Valspar Augusta Invitational, March 15-16, and the Pinetree Women's Collegiate, March 24-25
Was named the Big 12 Golfer of the Month (March, 2025); earned first career monthly award after capturing medalist honors at the Valspar Augusta Invitational, navigating Forest Hills Golf Club with a 5-under 139 (69-70) to win the 36-hole event by three strokes followed by her second career win with a tie for first place at the Pinetree Women's Collegiate with a 1-over-par 214 (74-70-70). She ultimately outlasted her foe, winning medalist honors outright in a playoff at Pinetree Country Club.
Over three events in the month of March, owned a 71.75 scoring average and increased her national ranking by 86 spots
Final national ranking was a team-best No. 229, released on May 29. Topped out at No. 192 during spring season
Led Texas Tech during sophomore campaign in Top 20 finishes (6)
Led Texas Tech during sophomore campaign in Top 5 finishes (3)
Owned the team lead for the season in rounds carded in the 60s (4)
Tied for the team lead in rounds carded below par (10)
Ranked second on the team in rounds scored even-par or better (14)
Set 54-hole career-low at the Red Raider Invitational, Sept. 24-25, shooting 6-under-par 210
Matched single-round career low in the third round of the Red Raider Invitational, firing a 5-under-par 67 that helped propel Texas Tech to its first team title of the 2024-25 season

Event-by-Event

T-30th at the Carmel Cup/78-77-78=233 (+17)
T-2nd at the Red Raider Invitational/73-70-67=210 (-6)
T-52nd at the Illini Invitational at Medinah/73-77-70=220 (+4)
T-22nd at the Jim West Challenge/75-72-68=215 (-1)
T-57th at the Charles Schwab Women's Collegiate/75-84-79=238 (+25)
T-15th at the FAU Paradise Invitational/73-69-72=214 (-2)
T-47th at the Chevron Collegiate/72-72-74=218 (+2)
T-30th at the Juli Inkster Invitational/73-75-73=221 (+5)
Won the Valspar Augusta Invitational/69-70=139 (-5)
T-1st at the Pinetree Women's Collegiate/74-70-70=214 (+1)
- Won solo title in a one-hole playoff
T-15th at the Veritex Bank Collegiate/71-74-75=220 (+4)
T-19th at the Big 12 Championships/72-74-74=220 (+7)
T-62nd at the NCAA Lubbock Regional/83-83-81=247 (+31)

AS A FRESHMAN (2023-2024)

Competed in 10 of the team's 11 tournaments during freshman campaign
Did not play in the season-opening event (Carmel Cup), participated in the next three events during the fall season as an individual before earning a spot in the team's lineup over the final seven events of the season
Owned a 74.0 season scoring average over 28 total rounds; it ranked fourth-lowest on the team
Propelled by a first-round 3-under 69, the first round below par of her career, she finished 11th at the Red Raider Invitational (Sep. 25-26)
Recorded first career eagle in the third round of the Red Raider Invitational on hole No. 9 at the Rawls Course
Fired a single-round season-low 5-under-par 67 in the first round of the Jim West Challenge on Oct. 22
Used a final round 1-under-par 71 at the NEXUS Collegiate, Feb. 12-14, to leap into a tie for 11th place
Helped the Red Raiders secure the fourth seed in The Match Play at Jimmie Austin by firing a 70 in the stroke play round. Recorded an 8&7 victory over Kansas State in her quarterfinal match (Apr. 8-9)
Recorded an 11th-place finish in first career Big 12 Championship appearance, April 18-20, propelled by a final round 2-under-par 69

Event-by-Event

T-62nd at the Sam Golden Invitational/75-74-76=225 (+9)
11th at the Red Raider Invitational/69-73-75=217 (+1)
T-69th at the Women's Invitational at Medinah/79-76-72=227 (+11)
T-42nd at the Jim West Challenge/67-77-73=217 (+1)
T-84th at the UCF Challenge/78-76-75=229 (+13)
T-11th at the NEXUS Collegiate/77-73-71=221 (+5)
T-83rd at the Chevron Collegiate/75-81-73=229 (+13)
T-27th at The Bruzzy Challenge/74-77-71=222 (+12)
Posted a 70 (-2) in the opening stroke play round of Match Play at Jimmie Austin/won one of three ensuing match play events
11th at the Big 12 Championships/72-74-69=215 (+2)

BEFORE TECH:

Attended Business Academy and Higher Vocational School of Valašská Mezirící outside her hometown of Policná
Played for the Czech Golf Federation
Finished Top 10 at the LET Access in Kacov
Won the 2023 Czech International Junior Lady Amateur Championship
Finished T-9 at the 2023 Czech International Amateur Championship
Participated in the 2023 European Women’s Team Championship for Czech Republic

PERSONAL:

Born Feb. 23, in Valašská Mezirící, Czechia (Czech Republic)
Valašská Mezirící is town on the eastern side of the Czechia with a population of approximately 22,000.
Hometown of Policná is a small municipality just outside of Valašská Mezirící with a population of approximately 2,000.
The daughter of Radek Hurta and Ludmila Hurtova
Has one brother: Šepán Hurta