Oklahoma State golfer Rickie Fowler, winner of the 2008 Ben Hogan Award, is among 22 players on the watchlist for this year’s award, which will be presented May 22 at Colonial Country Club.
The Hogan Award is given annually to the nation’s top college golfer. Other members of the watchlist, announced today, include Southern California’s Jamie Lovemark, a 2008 finalist; Texas A&M’s Bronson Burgoon and Oklahoma State’s Trent Leon.
The candidate pool will be trimmed to a list of semifinalists on April 16, then narrowed to three finalists on May 7. All three finalists will head to Fort Worth for a live announcement of the winner on May 22.
Below is a look at the complete list of candidates on the watchlist:
2009 Ben Hogan Award Watch List
(in alphabetical order)
Bronson Burgoon, Texas A&M
Jorge Campillo, Indiana
Bud Cauley, Alabama
Sam Cyr, Point Loma Nazarene
Rickie Fowler, Oklahoma State
Dustin Garza, Wichita State
Matthew Giles, Southern California
Russell Henley, Georgia
Billy Horschel, Florida
Sihwan Kim, Stanford
Trent Leon, Oklahoma State
Jamie Lovemark, Southern California
Adam Mitchell, Georgia
Eddie Olson, UNLV
Kyle Stanley, Clemson
Zack Sucher, UAB
Hudson Swafford, Georgia
Matthew Swan, Alabama
Nick Taylor, Washington
Jarin Todd, Sonoma State
Cameron Tringale, Georgia Tech
Mike Van Sickle, Marquette
_ Jimmy Burch
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