Women's Golf
Anna Hack - Women's Golf - University of Kentucky Athletics

AnnaHack

  • class Redshirt Sophomore
  • Hometown Paducah, Ky.
  • Major Education
  • High school Calloway County

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2016-17 (Redshirt Sophomore): Four of her five rounds were 75 or better … Transferred in the fall … Tied for 22nd in the stroke-play portion of the East & West Match Play Challenge and went 1-1 in match play … Opened the season at the Minnesota Invitational with a 22nd-place finish … Fired a 2-under-par 70 in the second round of the Minnesota Invitational, a career low.

Summer 2016: Played in the U.S. Women’s Open as an amateur at CordeValle in California … Was one of 25 amateurs in the 156-player U.S. Women’s Open field … Qualified for the U.S. Women’s Open in May by beating professional Ember Shculdt on the third playoff hole to clinch one of two spots from the St. Louis sectional qualifier … Thanks to five birdies in the second round, including three in the final five holes, Hack shot a second-round 69 in the sectional qualifier, the lowest score of the qualifier to set up the playoff.

2015-16 (Redshirt Freshman): Posted two top-25 finishes in two of her last three tournaments to end the season and placed in the top 40 in all three of the final tournaments … Fifteen of final 17 rounds in the spring were in the 70s … Posted a 76.3 stroke average in the spring, second best on the team … Ended the season with back-to-back rounds of 73 for a career-low 54-hole score of 223 at the SEC Championship, tying for 23rd … Recorded her first career round of under par with a 71 at the Bryan National Collegiate … Led the team with a career-best 14th-place finish at the LSU Tiger Golf Classic, including a 74 in the final round … Carded a 74 in the second round at the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate … Fired a then-career-best 73 in the third round at the Ruth’s Chris Tar Heel Invitational on Oct. 11 … Competed in nine of 10 events … SEC Academic Honor Roll member.  

2014-15 (Freshman): Joined Kentucky in January … Did not play in her first season.

High School: The 2012 Kentucky High School Athletic Association individual state champion with rounds of 68-74 … Five-time Kentucky All-State honoree … Finished in the in the top three times in the KHSAA state championship … 73 top-five finishes in statewide, national and Junior PGA Tour events … Shot 64 twice in tournament play … Tabbed the 2012-13 Golfweek Junior Tour Player of the Year (girls 15-19) … During 2012, finished in the top five in 16 of 28 events … Played in 21 events on the Southeastern Junior Golf Tour, winning nine and never finishing worse than fourth place … Qualified for the PGA Junior Championship in Bryan, Texas, finishing in 28th place … Also qualified for the USGA Junior Girls’ Championship in Flagstaff, Arizona, finishing 26th to qualify for match play.

Personal: Born Jan. 28, 1997 … Daughter of Darren and Kelly Hack … Has a sister, Ellie … Uncle, Billy Haskins, played football at UK … Major is education.

Why she chose Kentucky: “The coaches, the team and I fell in love with the school.”

Hack’s UK Scorecard

Year Events Rounds Strokes Stroke Avg. Low 18 Low 54 Top 10* Top 20*
2015-16 9 26 2,020 77.7 71 223 0 1
2016-17 2 5 374 74.8 70 225 0 0
Career 11 31 2,394 77.2 70 223 0 1

*Does not include dual matches

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