Watch List Announced for 2007 The Ben Hogan Award
Wednesday, October 25, 2006
Watch List Announced for 2007 The Ben Hogan Award
Honor recognizes top amateur player in college golf
NORMAN, Okla. - Colonial Country Club and The Friends of Golf (FOG) in cooperation with the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA) has announced the watch list for the 2007 The Ben Hogan Award. The most prestigious award in men's college golf, The Hogan is presented annually to the top men's NCAA Division I, II or III, NAIA or junior college golfer taking into account all collegiate and amateur competitions during the last 12 months. Returning PING First-Team All-America selections Rhys Davies of East Tennessee State, Texas Tech?s Oscar Floren, Billy Horschel of Florida, Coastal Carolina?s Dustin Johnson, Chris Kirk of Georgia and Oklahoma State?s Pablo Martin and Jonathan Moore highlight the list. Others on the 23 player watch list include Charlie Beljan of New Mexico, Louisville?s Derek Fathauer, Erik Flores of UCLA, UNLV?s Seung-su Han, Brian Harman of Georgia, SMU?s Colt Knost, Bronson La?Cassie of Minnesota, Arizona State?s Niklas Lemke, Jamie Lovemark of Southern California, Stanford?s Zack Miller, Alex Prugh of Washington, Wake Forest?s Webb Simpson, Kyle Stanley of Clemson, Georgia Tech?s Cameron Tringale, Dawie Van Der Walt of Lamar and Kansas? Gary Woodland.
The Hogan Award selection committee will announce 10 semi-finalists on April 4 and name three finalists on May 2. The three finalists will attend The Hogan Award banquet on May 22 at Colonial Country Club ? the Tuesday prior to the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial - with the recipient announced that evening.
2007 The Ben Hogan Award Watch List
(in alphabetical order)
Charlie Beljan, New Mexico
Rhys Davies, East Tennessee State
Derek Fathauer, Louisville
Oscar Floren, Texas Tech
Erik Flores, UCLA
Seung-su Han, UNLV
Brian Harman, Georgia
Billy Horschel, Florida
Dustin Johnson, Coastal Carolina
Chris Kirk, Georgia
Colt Knost, SMU
Bronson La?Cassie, Minnesota
Niklas Lemke, Arizona State
Jamie Lovemark, Southern California
Pablo Martin, Oklahoma State
Zack Miller, Stanford
Jonathan Moore, Oklahoma State
Alex Prugh, Washington
Webb Simpson, Wake Forest
Kyle Stanley, Clemson
Cameron Tringale, Georgia Tech
Dawie Van Der Walt, Lamar
Gary Woodland, Kansas