OU Golf's Dynamic Duo

University of Oklahoma golfers Ben Klaus and Will Kropp have been friends and a golf tandem since a young age. The two grew up in Edmond, OK and went to high school at Edmond North where Ben graduated in 2007 and Will in 2008. The two golfers have a never-ending list of awards and honors including all-state and all-american individual honors and members of seven total state championships and both were a part of the 2006 McDonald's High School National Championship team.

After graduating from Edmond North in 2007, Ben became a Commodore at Vanderbilt University while Will entered his final year at Edmond North.

In the 2007-2008 school year, Ben competed in four events at Vanderbilt and Will won his fourth straight state championship at Edmond North. Following his graduation, Will attended Georgia University. Will was recruited to Georgia by former Bulldog assistant coach and current OU head coach Nate Hybl.

Though the two longtime friends were at different universities, one in Tennessee and one in Georgia, the friends were still close.

In 2009, Hybl was hired by OU to restore the winning tradition that they had lost in the years since the Sooners’ 1989 national championship. When Hybl came to OU, Kropp followed.

Klaus started to consider the idea of transferring after he heard of Kropp’s full release. Klaus played the 2009 fall season at Vanderbilt after coming off of an ACL injury. Though he felt improvement in his game, his scores weren’t showing. His family, swing coach and he all felt he would be happier and more succesful at OU.

Klaus was released to talk with Coach Hybl and both agreed it would be better for Klaus and the team to transfer to OU.

The two friends were reunited at OU in the spring of 2010 and have been roommates since.

[Slideshow: Joseph Truesdell; runs, 2:02]