2025-26 Women's Golf Roster
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Hurtova, Klara
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Klara Hurtova
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Valašská Mezirící Business Academy
- Hometown:
- Policná, Czechia
Bio
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
- 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
- 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
Klara Hurtova: Lubbock Regional Preview
Wednesday, April 30
JoJo Robertson: Lubbock Regional Preview
Wednesday, April 30
Loewe Down: Alumni Edition
Wednesday, October 02
Red Raider Invitational Flashback
Thursday, September 26
