FORT WORTH, TX (February 8, 2017) -- On
Wednesday
the Colonial Country Club, the Friends of Golf (FOG)
and
the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA)
announced the 28 player 2017 Ben Hogan Watch
List.
Headlining the list is World Amateur Golf
Ranking
No. 1 Maverick McNealy. The Stanford senior has
been a
finalist each of the last two years and he is joined by
repeat nominees Sean Crocker, Nick Hardy, Rico
Hoey,
2016 semifinalist Sam Horsfield, Matthias Schwab
and
Will Zalatoris.
In addition to McNealy; Hoey and Zalatoris are
on
the watch list for the third straight season.
The entire Watch List Includes:
Sam Burns (LSU, Sophomore)
Cameron Champ (Texas A&M, Junior)
Wyndham Clark (Oregon, Senior)
Sean Crocker (USC, Junior)
Jared du Toit (Arizona State, Senior)
Jorge Garcia (Florida, Sophomore)
Doug Ghim (Texas, Junior)
Gavin Hall (Texas, Senior)
Nick Hardy (Illinois, Junior)
Rico Hoey (USC, Senior)
Sam Horsfield (Florida, Sophomore)
Viktor Hovland (Oklahoma State, Freshman)
Will Long (Auburn, Senior)
Patrick Martin (Vanderbilt, Sophomore)
Maverick McNealy (Stanford, Senior)
Dylan Meyer (Illinois, Junior)
Collin Morikawa (California, Sophomore)
John Oda (UNLV, Junior)
Chandler Phillips (Texas A&M, Sophomore)
Doc Redman (Clemson, Freshman)
Scottie Scheffler (Texas, Junior)
Matthias Schwab (Vanderbilt, Senior)
Greyson Sigg (Georgia, Senior)
Jimmy Stanger (Virginia, Senior)
Sam Stevens (Oklahoma State, Junior)
Braden Thornberry (Ole Miss, Sophomore)
Alejandro Tosti (Florida, Junior)
Will Zalatoris (Wake Forest, Junior)
On Wednesday, April 12th the semifinalists for
the
Ben Hogan
Watch List will be announced before the three finalist
are
announced on Wednesday, May 3rd. The winner will
be
announced
on Monday, May 22nd at Colonial Country Club in
Fort
Worth,
Texas prior to the start of the Dean & DeLuca
Invitational .
The Ben Hogan Award was first awarded in 1990
and some the former winners include D.J. Trahan
(Clemson, 2002), Ricky Barnes (Arizona, 2003),
Hunter
Mahan (Oklahoma State, 2003), Bill Haas (Wake
Forest,
2004), Ryan Moore (UNLV, 2005), Matt Every
(Florida,
2006), Chris Kirk (Georgia, 2007), Rickie Fowler
(Oklahoma State, 2008), Kyle Stanley (Clemson,
2009),
Nick Taylor (Washington, 2010), Peter Uihlein
(Oklahoma State, 2011), Patrick Cantlay (UCLA,
2012),
Chris Williams (Washington, 2013), Patrick Rodgers
(Stanford, 2014) and Jon Rahm (Arizona State,
2015,
2016).
-Information for this article was provided by The Ben
Hogan Award