Oklahoma Golf Hall of Fame announces five-person class for 2023

Oklahoma Golf Hall of Fame announces 2023 Class

The five inductees in the Oklahoma Golf Hall of Fame’s 2023 class have impacted the sport from the top professional levels to the junior game.

The organization is set to induct Stacy Prammanasudh of Enid, Ron Streck of Tulsa, Mike Hughett of Owasso, Bo Wininger of Commerce and Guthrie and Morri Rose of Shawnee in November at an event at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa. Tickets will go on sale soon at www.golfoklahoma.org.

“This year’s inductees represent different aspects and contributions to the game of golf, and to the state of Oklahoma,” said Oklahoma Golf HOF chairman Tom Jones. “The 2023 class encompasses players from the professional ranks, an amateur that has more state titles than anyone on record, to an administrative director, visionary, and mentor to young players across the state. The Oklahoma Golf Hall of Fame is proud to showcase the rich history and heritage that this class represents.”

From professional and national record-holders to one of the state’s preeminent leaders in junior golf, the Hall of Fame’s 10th class encapsulates Oklahoma’s impact on the sport.

Prammanasudh won five consecutive WOGA junior championships from 1993-97, while taking three of four high school state championships before heading to the University of Tulsa.

There, she was a four-time All-American with 10 wins in 44 events, three times being named the Western Athletic Conference Player of the Year. She spent 13 seasons on the LPGA Tour with two wins and 30 top-10 finishes.

Streck spent 40 years playing professionally on the PGA Tour, Champions Tour and what is now known as the Korn Ferry Tour, appearing in 355 events overall. He was the first player to win at all three of those elves, while also winning a European Tour event. Streck was the first player to win a Tour event with a metal driver at the San Antonio Texas Open in 1978.

Hughett, a Nebraska native, came to Oklahoma on a golf scholarship at Oral Roberts and never left the state. He won the OGA stroke play championship in 1986, his first of a record 24 OGA championships. The last came in 2022 when he won the mid-amateur championship, becoming one of the oldest mid-amateur champions ever in any state.

Hughett also won five national amateur events and reached the match play rounds of the USGA championship 11 times.

Rose is the founder and longtime director of the Oklahoma Junior Golf Tour, which has helped raise the profile of Oklahoma junior golf, helping countless players earn college scholarships since its inception in 2002. The OJGT was initially designed to give junior golfers fall competitions to counter the spring high school season, but has since grown to add spring and summer events.

Winniger, who will be inducted posthumously, played football and basketball at Guthrie High before serving in the Naval Air Corps during World War II. From there, he played for Labron Harris Sr. when the legendary coach founded the OSU golf program in 1947. He won six times over two stints on the PGA Tour between 1953-1963. He suffered a stroke in November of 1967 and passed away a month later at the age of 45.

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Thunder's Williams out for season with wrist injury

Thunder forward Kenrich Williams is expected to miss the rest of the season after suffering a scapholunate ligament rupture in his left wrist on Tuesday night against the Kings.

The injury will require surgery, the Thunder announced Thursday.

It’s the latest blow to the Thunder’s play-in chances.

Williams, the ultimate glue guy and a locker room leader, averaged 8.0 points, 4.9 rebounds and 2.0 assists in 53 games this season. He shot 52% from the floor, including 37% from 3-point range.

Appropriately nicknamed Kenny Hustle, Williams leads the NBA with 26 drawn charges. Knicks guard Jalen Brunson is second with 24, and Thunder center Jaylin Williams is third with 22.

The Thunder outscored opponents by 4.0 points per 100 possessions with Kenrich Williams on the floor. The Thunder had a -0.7 net rating with Williams off the floor.

Williams, a 28-year-old in his fifth NBA season, signed a four-year, $37.2 million extension with the Thunder last summer. Williams is under contract through the end of the 2026-27 season.

He’s expected to be fully healthy by the start of next season.

The Thunder filled its open two–way contract spot on Thursday by signing former Baylor guard Jared Butler, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported.

The Thunder had an opening after promoting Lindy Waters III to a standard NBA contract. Butler will join center Olivier Sarr as the Thunder’s other two-way player — players on cheaper deals who go back and forth between the G League and NBA.

Butler is a 6-foot-3, 22-year-old from Reserve, Louisiana. After playing three seasons at Baylor, Butler was drafted 40th overall by the Jazz in 2021.

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Extra points

OU MEN'S BASKETBALL: Desi Sills flirted with a triple-double in his Bramlage Coliseum farewell, Keyontae Johnson and Markquis Nowell also had big senior send-offs, and No. 11 Kansas State beat Oklahoma 85-69 on Wednesday night. Sills finished with 15 points, nine rebounds and eight assists. Nae'Qwan Tomlin added 19 points, Johnson had 16 and Nowell finished with 11 points and 10 assists for the Wildcats. Milos Uzan had 20 points to lead the Sooners and Otega Oweh finished with 18. The Wildcats snapped a three-game losing streak against Oklahoma.

OU WOMEN'S BASKETBALL: Skylar Vann scored a career-high 23 points and Madi Williams scored 19 and No. 16 Oklahoma beat Kansas State 90-86 in overtime Wednesday night. The contest saw OU (23-5, 13-4 Big 12) squander a 22-point second-quarter lead while committing 26 turnovers overall. Serena Sundell scored a career-high 33 points for Kansas State (16-14, 5-12).

OSU WOMEN'S BASKETBALL: Madisen Smith scored a game-high 22 points and West Virginia (18-10, 9-8 Big 12) held off visiting OSU 71-67 on Wednesday night at WVU Coliseum. Lexi Keys scored 13 points to lead the Cowgirls (20-9, 10-7).

COLLEGE TRACK & FIELD: OSU's Dave Smith earned his first Big 12 Women's Coach of the Year honor since 2016 after guiding the Cowgirls to their first track and field team title and to a program record of 146 points. Four Cowgirls claimed conference titles while Oklahoma State had nine combined champions.

—Staff and wire reports

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