Torgerson wins 2018 AAC Women’s Golf Championship
Women’s golf senior, Taryn Torgerson won the 2018 American Athletic Conference Championship Tuesday afternoon.
Wichita State senior Taryn Torgerson golfs in the MVC Preview in Oct. 16, 2017.
A closing 64 from Torgerson and three closing birdies from ECU’s Dorthea Forbrigd sent them into a playoff for first place in the 2018 AAC Women’s Golf Championship.
Torgerson won the individual title with a birdie on the first playoff hole.
Torgerson not only won the American Athletic Conference Championship, but also made American Conference history. She broke the American Championship single-round record by two strokes with a -8 round of 64.
She finished before the playoff round with a total score of 211 after scoring 70 in the first round, 77 in the second, and 64 in the final.
Aliyah Funschelle was a sports reporter covering men's basketball for The Sunflower. She studied sports management at Wichita State, and worked as a Campus...
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