{"id":97888,"date":"2026-06-22T16:06:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T21:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=97888"},"modified":"2026-06-22T16:06:01","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T21:06:01","slug":"fhsu-pauses-mens-womens-golf-programs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=97888","title":{"rendered":"FHSU pauses men&#8217;s, women&#8217;s golf programs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>By FHSU University Marketing and Strategic Communications<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fort Hays State University announced today it will pause its NCAA men\u2019s and women\u2019s golf programs effective\u00a0immediately.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This decision follows a comprehensive evaluation of Tiger Athletics&#8217; portfolio and resource allocation, aimed at preserving the long-term financial stability and competitive strength of the athletic department.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPausing our golf programs was an incredibly difficult decision,\u201d said FHSU Director of Athletics Dr. Lisa Goddard McGuirk. \u201cThe rapidly evolving landscape of college athletics presents financial challenges that require immediate, proactive management. These challenges are not unique to FHSU, but they&nbsp;require&nbsp;that we look critically at our resources.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>FHSU&nbsp;remains&nbsp;fully committed to supporting all affected&nbsp;student-athletes. The university will honor all existing golf scholarships for the upcoming 2026\u20132027 academic year.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur golf&nbsp;student-athletes&nbsp;and coaches have done a tremendous job representing FHSU on and off the course,\u201d Goddard McGuirk added. \u201cTo support them through this transition, we are honoring their&nbsp;athletic&nbsp;aid and&nbsp;providing&nbsp;dedicated guidance. We hope they choose to continue their education at Fort Hays State, but we are fully prepared to&nbsp;assist&nbsp;them if they decide to pursue their athletic careers elsewhere.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur priority&nbsp;remains&nbsp;safeguarding our core educational mission, while navigating a challenging budget environment and a recent $2.4 million reduction in state funding.&nbsp;&nbsp;The pause on our golf programs&nbsp;represents&nbsp;a&nbsp;step in a series of difficult, necessary budget reductions,\u201d&nbsp;said FHSU President Tisa Mason.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By FHSU University Marketing and Strategic Communications Fort Hays State University announced today it will pause its NCAA men\u2019s and women\u2019s golf programs effective\u00a0immediately.\u00a0 This&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":61340,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3396,7349],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-97888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-golf-sports","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/golf-g095ea4bf9_1920.jpg?fit=1920%2C1280&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=97888"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97888\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97889,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97888\/revisions\/97889"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/61340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=97888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=97888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=97888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}