WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Wichita State is shuttering its men's and women's golf programs, effective immediately, the school announced on Tuesday.

“Today marks a difficult moment for our department. This decision was not made lightly and reflects deep and deliberate consideration,” director of athletics Kevin Saal said in a statement.

The university cited long-term financial sustainability as the driving factor behind the changes, referring to the modern college athletics landscape as “increasingly complex and costly.”

The women's golf program, led by Tom McCurdy, finished the season in the American Conference Championship in late April, where the Shockers placed eighth.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Stewart Cink pulled away with consecutive birdies early on the back nine Sunday that stretched his lead to four shots, and he closed with a 3-under 69 for a three-shot victory in the Regions Tradition for his second major this year on the PGA Tour Champions.

Cink, who won the Senior PGA Championship two weeks ago in Florida, became the second player in two years to capture the first two majors on the 50-and-older circuit. Angel Cabrera won the Senior PGA and the Tradition last year in consecutive weeks.

“This weekend was a little scrappy,” Cink said. “I'm really proud I was able to stay out front.”

He was staked to a three-shot lead going into the final round at Greystone Golf & Country Club, and Colin Montgomerie got within two shots of them heading to the back nine.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Stewart Cink increased his lead to three strokes Saturday in tricky wind conditions at the Regions Tradition in his bid to win consecutive senior major titles.

After opening with two 7-under 65s at Greystone to take a two-shot edge, Cink had a 71 to get to 15-under 201 in his home state event. He won the major Senior PGA Championship two weeks ago in Florida for his third victory of the year on the 50-and-over tour.

“Overall today it was just a lot harder day to score,” Cink said. “I wasn’t quite as sharp either as I was the first couple days, but sometimes the golf course it just turns on you a little bit. The wind direction on a lot of the holes was awkward and it was difficult to pick out a lot of the gusts in the direction of it.”

In wind gusting to 20 mph, the 52-year-old Cink offset a double bogey on the par-5 15th with birdies on the par-3 14th and par-5 18th.