Kyle Hanquist, a UNL mechanical and materials engineering alum, and his teammate, Kevin Neitzel, are one step closer to the $500,000 top prize after advancing to the third round of The Golf Channel’s “Driver vs. Driver,” a design reality show.
The show's contestants design drivers for sporting goods giant Wilson, which will pick one driver to be manufactured and sold under the Wilson Staff brand beginning in 2017.
In the second round, contestants competed in a marketing challenge in which they teamed with experts from Wilson to create a video to promote their driver. Hanquist and Neitzel were selected as winners of the challenge and the $5,000 Wilson shopping spree. Hanquist said the team planned to buy 10 starter sets of clubs and donate them to First Tee, a golf charity that aims to introduce the game of golf to children.
The fourth episode, in which two of the remaining five teams will be eliminated, will air Tuesday, November 1, at 9 p.m. Follow @NebEngineering on Twitter for live updates during the show.
New episodes air Tuesdays at 9 p.m. through the Nov. 22 finale. You can watch the previous episode online at http://golfchannel.com/drivervsdriver.
Read more about Hanquist at the link below.
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